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Salvation Army Staff
The Salvation Army relies on its staff and its members to fulfil its mission. Salvation Army staff includes:
Officers
Salvation Army officers are trained and ordained ministers of religion and they work in a number of settings, the likes of Worship & Community Centres (also referred to as Churches or Corps); social and community programmes including aged care facilities, addiction centres, employment programmes and community & family service centres. There are approximately 400 active officers in the New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory.
Those in training to become officers are called cadets. There are two cadet training facilities in the territory; Booth College of Mission in Upper Hutt and the School for Officer Training in Suva, Fiji.
Officers wear uniform and can be recognised by the red epaulets on their shoulders. These epaulets also display an officer’s rank. The officer ranks within the territory include: Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, and Commissioner. The international leader of The Salvation Army carries the rank of General.
From the beginning, The Salvation Army has taken a firm stance on the place of women, and has accepted the validity of female ministry. This was largely shaped by Catherine Booth’s firm conviction that women should be free to preach the Gospel.
Today, women officers are commissioned and appointed on the same terms as men. A married female officer is an officer in her own right, and undertakes the same course of preparatory training as her husband before being commissioned and ordained.
Employees
The Salvation Army employs over 3,000 paid staff in the territory in a range of ministry and support functions. A number of these employees are church members (Lay Salvationists). Lay Salvationists are sometimes required to wear uniform when working and can be identified by the blue epaulets on their shoulders.
The Salvation Army, as one of New Zealand’s larger employers, is committed to being a good employer and to continuously improve its employment practices. Each employee has an employment agreement that outlines the responsibilities that employees and the Army have to each other.
Employees are playing an increasingly important role in assisting the Army in fulfilling its mission.
Click here for a list of employment opportunities currently available with The Salvation Army in New Zealand.
Volunteers
Volunteers have always been a key part of The Salvation Army. There are over 4,000 volunteers involved in the Army's mission activities throughout the territory. The Army recognises the importance of volunteers’ contributions and has formalised its relationship with volunteers through a Volunteers Agreement.
If you wish to support the mission of The Salvation Army by volunteering your time and effort, please email us.
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