Description

Student and Local Missions Coordinator

Missions : Full Time, Non-Exempt

Bent Tree – experiencing and sharing the love of Jesus.

The Student and Local Missions Coordinator supports, drives, and strategically engages the Bent Tree body in Missions through student missions and local missions’ related events and activities. They work directly with parents and students to plan, shepherd, train, and fundraise for our annual Student Mission Journeys. Through a partnership with the Missions Ministry and Student Ministry, the Coordinator administrates the process and maintains communication with all those involved with excellence. The Coordinator identifies strategic partnerships with local non-profits/ministries to transform our community through both monetary support and engaging the body in volunteer opportunities with local missions partners.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strong computer literacy skills and Microsoft Office Skills
• Well organized with good time management and project management abilities
• Demonstrated ability in identifying, recruiting, training, equipping, and leading servants and servant teams
• Ability to manage, administrate, juggle multiple projects well. Ability to take projects from ideas to execution, to maintain the big picture and drive the details
• Understand, accept, and embrace a diversity of cultures and peoples
• Exceptional interpersonal and rapport-building skills
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with a diverse group of people in a variety of situations
• Skilled in conflict resolution and in having difficult conversations with clarity and kindness when needed

DUTIES

• Strategically align and plan annual Student Missions Journeys with Bent Tree Partners
• Identify, recruit, equip, and lead servants for Student Mission Journeys, Missions Week, Missions Sundays, and other Missions related events and activities
• Research and execute logistics for Student Missions related travel including transportation, documentation, accommodations, etc.
• Partner with Ministry Leaders, Engagement, and Operations to promote and execute Student Missions related communication, events, and activities
• Lead and administrate the student mission journey process. Train leaders on trip procedures and the discipleship process
• Shepherd leaders and students on teams through discipleship and consistent encouragement. Develop teams through team building activities and team meetings during mission journey season
• Partner with Student Ministry to make team selections
• Identify, plan, promote, and execute servant appreciation and celebration events
• Partner with Missions staff in annual ministry planning and budgeting including tracking and management of assigned tasks, projects and events
• Partner with Missions Pastor to engage with Bent Tree body in Mission including, Local Missions, Student Missions, and Life Groups through creative and effective methods
• Develop and strengthen relationships with department leaders, ministry partners and local churches for the purpose of collaboration and city transformation
• Identify strategic local partners to work with towards transforming the community. Maintain relationships with those partners
• Partner with Missions Pastor to develop a strategy to engage and educate and educate/equip the body in the pursuit of transforming our community. Execute this strategy and work with Engagement to develop communication around the strategy

Qualifications

SPIRITUAL GIFTS

• Administration
• Service
• Shepherding

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• College degree or equivalent work experience
• International travel and volunteer experience

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Intentionally embrace the Staff Values by operating In Humility (Philippians 2:3-8), On Mission (Matthew 28:18-20), and With Each Other (Hebrews 10:19-25)
• Bent Tree member or willing to become one as a condition of employment
• Active, growing relationship with Jesus Christ
• Sunday to Thursday work week

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Work with Missions Pastor, Staff and Servants
• Report to: Missions Pastor
• Leads: Missions focused Servants Teams

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lifting up to 50 pounds is an occasional but essential requirement. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Ascending or descending ladders and the like using feet/legs and/or hands/arms is an occasional but essential requirement. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. The duties of this job require occasionally working outdoor environments and regularly walking considerable distances in the facility. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee may be asked to bend and kneel. Standard hearing and vision (with or without accommodations) is required.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Bent Tree Bible Fellowship is a religious organization and reserves the right to discriminate based on the basis of religion.