Country Director, Bolivia

Job Description

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Overview

Samaritan’s Purse is seeking a bilingual (Spanish/English) Country Director to serve our field office in La Paz, Bolivia.  In the role of Country Director, you will provide overall management to Samaritan’s Purse (SP) actives in Bolivia, including project development, staff management, and implementation of organizational guidelines. We are looking for someone with proven leadership abilities, spiritual maturity and a passion for the Gospel to lead our team in Bolivia.  Join the team and use your experience for the Kingdom!

A day in the life of a Country Director:

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Country Director, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Provide overall vision, management and leadership to SP’s activities and programs in Bolivia; maintain a strong commitment, understanding and compliance of SP’s Mission, Statement of Faith and policies
• Provide professional representation for SP with government officials, dignitaries, other NGOs, funding agencies, and visitors
• Maintain awareness of legal and cultural requirements within Bolivia, ensuring SP’s compliance
• Ensure proper financial accounting and monthly reporting of all funds, financial activity, and programming
• Serve as director, executive administrator, and primary contact for Bolivia’s field projects, monitoring effectiveness, financial accountability, and ensuring compliance with SP’s guidelines and policies
• Develop and implement staff reporting structure; ensuring appropriate supervision, support and direction for the effective engagement of all expatriate and national staff in their various assignments
• Travel to the field to conduct assessment of current programs, identifying program needs and/or new opportunities; create response plan, projected budget and fund proposals
• Monitor potential and present emergencies and keep SP informed of events, including crisis response options
• Implement field policies to ensure staff satisfaction, safety and security
• All other duties as assigned

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Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university; or a minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ related international work experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven management and leadership experience; prior financial management skills (preferred)
• Cheerful, diplomatic, encourager, concern for the spiritual well-being of the team
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (in Spanish and English)
• Able to communicate and interact well with people of different educational, linguistic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
• Spiritual maturity; Able to keep the focus of work on the overall goal of sharing the gospel
• Flexible and adaptable, able to work with a diverse team in a pressured environment
• Fluency in English & Spanish (required)
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required)

Job Location: La Paz, Bolivia

Type:  Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English & Spanish (required)

Travel Expectations: Frequent travel within country to ministry sites

Accompaniment:  Spouse and Family

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
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation days
• 10 sick/personal days

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)