Resettlement Advisor (Afghan Resettlement Program)

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Resettlement Advisor, Afghan Resettlement

Three (3) positions available

Samaritan’s Purse is seeking three (3) leaders to serve as our Resettlement Advisors, based at our International Headquarters in Boone, North Carolina. The Resettlement Advisors will work to advise and support Church Sponsors in maintaining and overseeing caseloads to ensure a high level of physical and psycho-social care is provided to all beneficiaries in the Afghan Resettlement Program. This role will directly support, coach, and assist Church Sponsors as they navigate the resettlement process ad strive to create a safe, stable, and caring environment for all recipients of humanitarian parole in the program.  

“Be also concerned about the interests of others.” Philippians 2:4

In the role of a Resettlement Advisor, you will have the opportunity to:

• Responsible to ensure that Church Sponsors are aware of and adhering to policies, procedures, and documentation which outline how Church partners can provide critical psycho-social and physical care to newly arrived Afghans on humanitarian parole.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and expertise about resettlement and integration programs.  
• Create content and provide regular and as needed coaching and training sessions to churches.
• Assist in handling unique or challenging cases alongside Church Sponsors, as needed. 

As the Resettlement Advisor, we ask that you bring:

• A consistent witness for Jesus Christ, as well as able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Bachelor’s degree with major in Social Work, Psychology, or related field and two (2) or more years of related experience.
• Familiarity with US-based refugee resettlement programs and relevant experience in a local resettlement affiliate or a national office of a resettlement agency.
• Strong background in social work with direct case work experience.
• Proven ability to coach and develop through training.
• Working knowledge of asylum processing and casework.
• Experience working with refugees of war and conflict.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage a large and diverse workload under pressure and with competing priorities.

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

Job Location: Boone, North Carolina

Type (Full-Time/Part-Time/Associate): Full-Time, 12-month contract

Travel: Domestic travel expected, up to 25% of the year.

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)