Equip Internship for Young Adults

Equip Intern for Young Adults, part-time.
Purpose of the internship:

Part of our vision at CRBC is to raise up and release leaders who have a heart and vision for the Kingdom of God. This internship year is about the church investing in potential leaders who are hungry for God, who want to grow in Christ and be all that they can be for Him in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Here’s an opportunity to take a year out, to deepen a relationship with God, to explore God’s calling and to discover more of your purpose in life.

Serving alongside a growing staff team, the intern will explore their gifts, serve, grow and lead in a variety of contexts within the life of this church but specifically offering leadership to our Young Adults Ministry.

Training opportunities, peer support and mentoring will also be made available. We hope this training and experience will equip you to explore God’s calling and provide opportunities in ministry beyond internship. We will discuss this during the period with us and there may even be scope for this internship to lead to employment in the church.

Main areas of engagement
– Maintain contact and community at CRBC for those aged 18-30, with social and worship programme. Building a community that will become self-sustaining.
– Reach young adults for the growth of our family at CRBC.
– Enable and develop the discipleship and pastoral care of young adults, encouraging them to engage with wider church activities and ministries.
– Support young adult communities in colleges, universities and Christian Unions.
– Establish and maintain contact with Young Adult Workers in Ipswich churches, as well as local and national organisations (such as UCCF and Fusion).
– Join in the life and staff team of CRBC.
– Offer help and support to ministries beyond young adults, e.g. social media.
– Engage in a training programme as agreed with and funded by the church.

Cost and training
The part-time hours associated with the internship are undertaken on a voluntary basis and without remuneration. The church will cover reasonable expenses directly related to this voluntary role and provide accommodation with a church family. Training will also be funded by the church with our preference being:

DNA:Training (https://dna-uk.org/dnatraining/) or the Spurgeon’s College,
Equipped to Minister Course (https://www.spurgeons.ac.uk/equipped-to-ministercourse).

We would also support attendance to River College, which is provided by an HTB Resource Church plant in the centre of Ipswich. Time will be allowed for
part-time work to cover the cost of this internship.

You might want to apply for any part-time work that is available at CRBC at the time of application.

The intern will be entitled to days off during the programme plus Bank Holidays.

Location
Your place of work will be the CRBC building at 75 Colchester Rd, Ipswich, IP4 4ST, but with flexibility to sometimes work from home with the agreement of your manager.

Accountability
The Equip Intern reports and is ultimately accountable to the Leadership Team. Day-to-day reporting will be to the Ministers. The intern will work as part of the ministry team. They will be encouraged to take their own initiative and will be given appropriate supervision.

Internship duration
September 2024 until July 2025.
If possible, with attendance to the Newday festival before departure (https://www.newdaygeneration.org/).

Time commitment
The intern will normally be expected to volunteer 24 hours per week, including training days, some evenings and weekends. We would expect the intern to be available on Sundays but will discuss working days once the intern has enrolled on a training programme and considered other part-time work.

Internship will be dependent on References and interview. A DBS check is required for this position.

Notice period
The Equip Intern is required to provide 4 weeks’ notice if they wish to leave prior to the end of the internship period.

Review period
A formal review to encourage the intern in their progress and growth will be held after 5 months.

For further details and to apply
If you have any questions or would like further details, please contact our Associate Minister (Rev Andy Fitzgerald) on [email protected].

Moreinformation about our church can be also found on our website (www.crbc.org.uk) and social media pages.

If you would like to apply for the Equip Intern programme then please contact Andy (as above) and he will send you an Internship Application Form to complete. After we have received your Internship Application Form we will be in touch to arrange a time to meet with you and talk further about your participation in the programme.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!