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CURRENT VACANCY: WORLD MISSION COUNCIL

Female Project Counsellor and Advisor

Council: World Mission Council
Responsible to: Associate Secretary (World Mission) and Women's Development & Service Programme (WDSP) Coordinator and Advisory Committee and ultimately to the Bishop
Base: Lahore, Pakistan
Closing date: Friday, 26 September 2008

Women's Development & Service Programme require a qualified social worker or counsellor to improve the methodology of the programme by maintaining regular contact with women in both rural and semi-urban communities. This will involve organising workshops to raise awareness and address issues confronting the women e.g. commercial sex work, HIV and AIDS, along with informing women about alternative careers and opportunities for rehabilitation. Experience working with vulnerable woman, preferably in a Christian/Mission context is essential.

Section 9 (2) (b) of the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000 applies to this post.

You must be a committed Christian, in good standing with your Church. This is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. This post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure checks.

Introduction letter and further information

An introduction letter and information about Pakistan are available to download.

Download an introduction letter:


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Download an introduction to Pakistan:


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Full job description and application forms

The job description for this post can be downloaded below, along with an application form and Caring for Children declaration, which are available in Word [.doc] and PDF [.pdf] formats.

Download the job description and person specification:


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Download application form:


[.pdf]
(63KB)

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[.doc]
(181KB)

Download Caring for Children declaration:


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(27KB)

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[.doc]
(56KB)

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