Volunteering
& Employment
Working and volunteering at South West Baptist Church means you are part of a motivated and passionate team of people wanting to make a difference, backed by a supportive, experienced and approachable leadership team.
Roles can be flexible and have the potential to be combined together to suit your circumstances. All ideas welcome – we’d love to chat with you.
If you’re interested in volunteering in a role not listed here, get in touch!
We are currently seeking expressions of interest for the roles below. Vacancies will typically be posted for a minimum of 1 week before an appointment decision unless otherwise stated. Early applications are encouraged, as appointments may be made at any time following initial advertising.
Employment
Sunday School Preschool Programme Coordinator
We are seeking someone to coordinate our Sunday preschool programme as part of our Children’s Team. This role involves planning an engaging, age-appropriate programme, running this programme on a bi-weekly basis and supporting a team of volunteers. We’re looking for someone who loves Jesus, cares for young children, and enjoys serving in a team environment. This is a paid role for up to five hours a week. Read the full job description here and get in touch to find out more and apply.
2 Roles - SYC Junior Programme Coordinator & SYC Senior Programme Coordinator
Join Us in Growing Vibrant Communities with Young People!
At SYC, our vision is “to grow vibrant communities with young people who bring Jesus’ life, colour and hope to the world – starting right here.”
We are looking for someone for each role who is passionate and faith-filled to help shape and deliver an engaging, bible-based programme for our awesome Junior (Year 9-10) & our Senior (Year 11-13) youth groups. If you love Jesus, love young people and love organised chaos, read the full job description here and get in touch to apply!
24-7 Youth Worker
SYC Trust is seeking a motivated 24-7 Youth Worker to join our team at Cashmere High School. This 10-hour role focuses on helping young people thrive by building strong relationships, fostering leadership, supporting school culture, and coordinating fun, safe community activities.
We’re looking for someone who can build meaningful connections within the school and youth community, encourage and mentor young people in leadership and personal development, help run social and outdoor activities in a positive, empowering environment, and support the overall spirit and wellbeing of the school. Interested? Contact Sandy Hector.
Volunteering
Sunday Gatherings Volunteers
Would you like to be part of a team that welcomes people and ushers them to seats at our Sunday gatherings once a month? Or part of our communion set up team? If you’re keen, contact Warren.
We are currently looking for groups or individual volunteers to help with setting up and packing away the chairs in our Lyttelton St site Gym before and after our Sunday morning gathering. Get in touch with Matt if you can help.
If you’d like to be involved with our Sunday gatherings in any other way, get in touch with Sam. We’re especially looking for stage managers and computer operators at the moment! Full training provided.
Fancy Footwork?
Our Foot Clinic caters for older folk who are in need of help with their toenails. They’re treated to a relaxing foot spa and a cuppa before having their toenails trimmed and a luxurious foot massage to finish with. There’s some great chat and friendships and often opportunities to encourage & pray for each other. We are looking for someone to help with filling and emptying the foot spas at our Cobham St Hall Foot Clinic. We meet every third Monday morning from 9.15am to about 12 noon. Please contact Rosemary 0273389607 if you would like to be involved.
Van Drivers
Tuesday Christian Fellowship have a roster of volunteer van drivers - this would involve a fortnightly or monthly commitment. If you would like to consider this, then please email Andy. Thank you!
SYC Youth Leaders
Our SYC crew are always on the lookout for more volunteer youth leaders to journey alongside our rangatahi. To find out more about this contact Sandy.