Vacancies
Sometimes we have vacancies within our team of 4 resident full-time long-term core members. On occasion we also have take on a short termer (see below).
Each role calls for various skills and experience. But don’t worry if you don’t already tick every box. If you’ve got the basic capabilities plus a keen interest and willingness to learn, we don’t rule you out.
All Core Members
The following are all essential to the running of the centre and will be carried out by a combination of long and short term core members and local volunteers. They offer variety and sometimes the opportunity to use (or develop) special skills or pursue a personal interest.
The following tasks are shared between core members, often on a rota basis:
- cooking
- contributing to chapel gatherings (with support/training as appropriate)
- cleaning
- hosting (event liaison with facilitators and visitors)
- dealing with rubbish and recycling
Certain tasks are usually allotted to core members for a period of time and then sometimes swapped. They allow you to pursue an area of interest in addition to your lead role. For example:
- librarian
- art room management
- care of chapel and worship resources
The core members are at the heart of this Othona centre. They need to be committed to the work of the community, its ethos and values. Core members work actively to live these out in their everyday life, and to further them. The competences below provide good examples of what this means in practice. The programme explains what Othona is about. Our policy statements show how Othona seeks to realise these values in the way it manages people, its policies of equal opportunities and the green policies for house and grounds, and in its open Christianity.
The heart of Othona is people – core colleagues, visitors and all those who we interact with. People come because they know they will be welcomed, accepted and valued for who they are. Our role is not to be therapists or counsellors, but we do need to be interested in people and willing to listen and share. We also need to be aware of our own responses and feelings, and especially of the impact of our own behaviour on other people.
Othona core members live and work together, and are hosts to an ever-changing number of visitors. Core members have to be flexible, able to adapt to varied and changing circumstances and people.