Opportunities for Service with CLC

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CLC wishes to connect with people with a genuine passion for literature mission who wish to share their enthusiasm, experience and training, particularly in marketing and management.  We are also keen to speak with people with wider skills attracted to the mission of CLC. 

Though we sell other things, CLC is at heart a literature mission distributing Christian literature and Bibles throughout the UK through locally operated resource centres. CLC operates 21 retail sites nationwide and is a wholesale distributor to many, many accounts in the retail Christian product market.

To grow the UK ministry, we are seeking people who share the vision and mission of CLC, and who are able to bring strong management and leadership capability.  This could involve coordinating a team of volunteers and/or paid staff in wholesale distribution or in our retail stores throughout the country.  If you have relevant business operations training and/or experience and believe you should now apply those skills into a ministry context please contact us and talk about your interest. 

We are keen to hear from you if you are excited about the possibilities of how you might fit into our mission; this may be a vision to “plant” a literature ministry in your regional area, or perhaps to perform a key role at one of our existing sites, or even to spearhead a new development or section within our operations. 

How do people join CLC?

Whether they serve as a volunteer for a few hours or a couple of days a week, or as a short-term or long-term missionary, we believe that the people who work with us will receive a call or direction from God, a sense that God would want them to serve Him in this way. Psalm 32:23 says, The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives. Psalm 32:8 says, The Lord says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.' 
We encourage people to seek the Lord for His answer as to their future when thinking of CLC.

Be aware that CLC in the UK does not normally <employ> people. We do not pay salaries as a rule.

Personal Finances

We trust God to supply all of our financial needs, whether for the income to cover the daily running costs of the ministry, or personal financial needs of our staff.

CLC UK does not normally pay salaries as such.
Since taking over 6 existing bookshops together with their paid staff in December 2009 CLC now has a hybrid support system. Most of our full time workers continue to be supported in a combination system whereby some overheads can be covered by CLC, while personal expenses are funded by friends, family members, churches and so on. Besides the accommodation costs that can be covered by CLC for those serving full time, a basic allowance is available providing there are sufficient gifts to the ministry for it to be paid out.

Though marking a distinct departure from our long-established personal support system, paying salaries is nothing new to CLC worldwide. In fact our workers are salaried all over the world. In some countries with a missionary tradition, gifts are received into CLC and those that are not designated for other purposes go towards personnel costs.

The founders of CLC, Ken and Bessie Adams, felt that salaries should not be paid; rather, members of CLC should make their needs known only to God. Things have changed somewhat since those early days. Whether salaried or not, each missionary is still dependent on God's provision for their needs and minister from a position of faith and trust in God.

In short, every full-time CLC worker who is not salaried, whether based in the UK or serving overseas, needs some personal means of support (eg own resources, and/or via friends, family, churches, etc.)

CLC Service Opportunities

There are various ways to serve in CLC UK:

1. Volunteer - offering your spare time, from half a day upwards, to help in your local CLC centre
2. Gap year or university course placement (eg languages, business, intercultural studies...)
3. "Taster" placements - to see if CLC is for you
4. Short-term from a few months to a couple of years or so
5. Long-term career missionary
6. And we can train you and prepare you for service with CLC overseas

There are various UK opportunities available to you:

1. Bookshop personnel are needed in a number of city centre locations around the country.
   Duties include helping customers in the shop and by phone, cash and card handling, and stock control and display to name but a few.
   Good inter-personal skills are required. Experience is appreciated but full training is given. 
2. Bookshop Managers and Assistant Managers are also needed in a number of locations.
   Duties include shop administration, security, stock control, team motivation and management, customer service, stock purchasing...
   This is an ideal role for someone already working in retail and for quick learners with people and organisational skills.
   
   Current bookshop staffing needs exist in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Canterbury, Chatham, Ipswich, Leicester, London, Sheffield, Stamford, Welling and Wolverhampton
    
3. Warehouse Personnel are needed to pick and/or pack customer orders, replenish shelves, handle telephone orders and enquiries, and for various administrative and database tasks. The location is Alresford, near Winchester, Hampshire.
4. IT and Systems Management - A suitable person is needed to help with our growing IT needs. A good working knowledge of all IT areas is necessary, as well as good communication skills and the ability to work with others. 
5. Publicity, Design & Marketing- A need exists for a team worker with the appropriate skills, experience and initiative to create copy and organise the printing of both mission and commercial materials. It is envisaged that this could be a part-time role combined with other tasks. 
6. Human Resources - A suitably qualified and experienced person is needed to develop this department within the ministry. Duties would range from recruiting and HR admin to collaborating in compiling handbooks. 
7. Website Design and Development - A suitably qualified and experienced person is needed to oversee and develop an existing ecommerce site and to help create and populate a second site.

As you pray, if you would like more information about the above openings or have any questions, please contact us.

Click here for the email address

Phone here (0114) 281 2136

Or write here:    CLC UK Personnel Dept.
                          291 Abbeydale Road
                          SHEFFIELD
                          S7 1FJ