Team Wellness Advisor

Job Description

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At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is at the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer and from there we go into our work empowered to make a difference in the world. Our teams are full of passionate people who want to work with excellence and serve those in need to bring about lasting transformation and make an eternal impact.

A day in the life of a Team Wellness Advisor

We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer.  We hear from members of our staff, both from our headquarters 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! 

The Team Wellness Advisor advises on matters related to team wellness and staff support.  Liaising with the Director of Field Leadership Development, Projects Leadership, Country Directors, Member Care and other departments they would develop best practices in the area of member care and the building of healthy environments where staff can thrive. This role would also support the Leadership Development Pathway initiative and the leadership development efforts with country office leadership. International travel would be part of this role with opportunities to visit field offices to meet with staff and lead training sessions.

Job Duties

• Promotes the vision and philosophy of wellness across the Projects Department and Field Offices.
• Serves as a point of contact for staff support and wellness and liaises with other International Headquarters staff or departments involved in staff support, staff care, and wellness.
• Participates in the complementary efforts between Human Resources and Projects on support services and touchpoints provided during the life cycle of International Field Staff (IFS) and DART employees, including pre- and post-deployment support such as orientation and off boarding.
• Coordinates the cares and support of accompanying family members of IFS (i.e., spouse and children).
• Identifies and inventories external resource materials and develops delivery systems for employees related to team wellness. Also researches, designs, reviews, and disseminates internally developed support resources such as toolkits, trainings, and workshops.
• Collects feedback regarding team morale; channels feedback to the supervisor and assists in developing action points.
• Curates, produces and supports the activities of field leadership development including; webinars, symposiums, workshops and presentations

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Qualifications & Experience

• Knowledge of general wellness principles as it relates to international humanitarian work.
• Ability to build trust through relationship with staff.
• Understanding of humanitarian international fieldwork.
• Public speaking and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with adult learning and how best to facilitate adult learning.
• Competent at curating leadership information and able utilize this information with staff.
• Organizational intelligence.
• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) or equivalent is required and a Master’s degree (M.A.) is preferred; and three to five (3-5) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type (Full-Time/Part-Time/Associate): Full-Time

Language Requirement: English

Travel Expectations: Up to 30 of international travel/year.

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)