Editor, Donor Ministries
Location: N. Wilkesboro, NC, United States
Job ID: 12263
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2021
Job Description
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A day in the life of an Editor, Donor Ministries
At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer. We hear from members of our staff, both from IHQ and our global offices, as well a special guest speakers who encourage us in God’s word. We then join together to prayer for one another, as well as praying for staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. We get paid to start each day this way!
Job Duties
- Evaluate and edit written communications produced by Donor Ministries to ensure effective and excellent communication while meeting departmental deadlines. Collaborate with Resource Writers and other subject matter experts to ensure created donor resources are accurate, appropriate for the audience, and convey a relational perspective. Documents edited include emails, letters, reports, website memorial page submissions, Wiki pages, and specialized resources.
- Substantively edit resources to ensure:
- Appropriate organization, structure, and presentation of information.
- Necessary information included and irrelevant or unclear information removed/explained.
- Clarity, focus, and effectiveness of message.
- Copy edit resources to ensure:
- Absence of errors, omissions, inconsistencies, and redundancies.
- Accuracy of factual information; correct grammar, syntax, punctuation, and formatting.
- Professional and relational style.
- Substantively edit resources to ensure:
- Provide ongoing one-on-one writing coaching to staff—in person, via Zoom for chat or video, and via written mediums—using a relational rather than a corrective approach.
- Work with new and seasoned staff to ensure knowledge of professional correspondence best practices and the Samaritan’s Purse “voice.”
- Coach new and seasoned staff to build up and hone writing skills, and to help build organizational and procedural knowledge.
- Maintain a thorough knowledge of the elements of style and business correspondence according to ministry guidelines and resources.
- Working with the Senior Editor, update form letter/email libraries used by the Response Team, and create new templates as needed for all functional teams within Donor Ministries.
- Create new templates as needed in response to U.S. or international disasters, Samaritan’s Purse projects and events, and other situations that may arise.
- Revise/replace templates seasonally or in response to changing information, anticipating need for specific language.
- Create new and special response letters, emails, and resources as requested by DM leadership or team members.
- Ensure that all form letters/emails convey the ideals set forth in the Samaritan’s Purse and Donor Ministries’ mission and accountability statements.
- Maintain a thorough working knowledge of Samaritan’s Purse projects; Samaritan’s Purse, Donor Ministries, and other response procedures; donor database issues; and materials available for distribution or sharing.
- Meet or exceed all ministry quality standards following procedures and guidelines regarding professionalism, timeliness, accuracy, and compassion.
- Provide incoming phone coverage during times of increased activity such as seasonal spikes, disaster response mode, Operation Christmas Child, and other special ministry events.
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Qualifications & Experience
- Maintain a personal relationship with and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
- Bachelor’s degree (BA) and three (3) years of experience in a communication-related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
- Proficient in various software systems (Adobe, Outlook, Word, Excel, SE Web, SharePoint, PayConex, WebServices, Workfront, and multiple web browsers) to support Response Team and other functional Donor Ministries teams, and to collaborate with other departments.
- Strong proficiency in writing, editing, and proofreading; superior in spelling and grammar
- Detail-oriented with superior organizational skills; ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple projects, and to think critically and make appropriate decisions
Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC
Type (Full-Time/Part-Time/Associate): Full-time
Benefits
- Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Long term and short term disability insurance
- Term Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick/personal time
Samaritan’s Purse Mission Statement:
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Samaritan’s Purse Statement of Faith:
* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)
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