Regional Host Coordinator – Children’s Heart Project

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Overview

Samaritan’s Purse is seeking a Regional Host Coordinator (RHC) to serve with Children’s Heart Project (CHP) in Boone, NC.  As Regional Host Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to recruit, train and build relationships with local churches, host families and volunteers.  The RHC will equip these groups to host children from around the world who will receive life-saving heart operations. This position requires a high level of discernment, spiritual maturity, and ability to resolve conflict.  Your work will open doors for churches and volunteers to share the Gospel with children and their families who will see God’s love displayed throughout their time with Children’s Heart Project.   This position requires up to 50-60 days of travel, both domestic and international

A day in the life of a Regional Host Coordinator:

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and then we join together to pray for one another, our staff and volunteers serving around the globe. 

In the role of Regional Host Coordinator, you will:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Identify and recruit host churches, host families and key volunteers; provide training and materials
• Maintain constant contact with hosts, volunteers and beneficiaries for the duration of their stay and recovery
• Provide emotional and spiritual support, and handle conflict or problems as they arise; travel domestically for in-person visits as needed
• Assist CHP international staff in hiring and training Interpreter/Team Leaders (ITLs); provide support as they are on assignment and performance evaluation upon return
• Assist CHP international staff in maintaining updated travel records and documents for all ITLs
• Maintain database and training materials for host churches, families, volunteers and ITLs
• Travel internationally to train ITLs, assist in transporting a child, or respond to unexpected issues that may arise
• Conduct post program interviews with host churches and host families to assess the program impact
• All other duties as assigned

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Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• High level of discernment, spiritual maturity, and ability to resolve conflict
• Previous experience working with local churches (with leadership and volunteers), preferred
• Experience in cross-cultural ministry and international travel, preferred
• Listens well and maintains a high level of confidentiality
• Possess diplomacy and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Ability to be a liaison between people of varying educational, linguistic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills: Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.
• Fluency in English (required)
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required)

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type:  Full Time

Travel Expectations: 50-60 days, both domestic and international

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/personal days
• 10 sick 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)