Regional Manager

Position: Regional Manager, Central Africa

Job Description

Get Involved! Do you speak French? Are you passionate about recruiting, selecting, and equipping volunteer leadership teams? Samaritan's Purse is looking for a gifted and qualified Regional Manager, Central Africa to serve with Operation Christmas Child (OCC) International to grow volunteer leadership teams and develop and implement The Greatest Journey Discipleship program in selected countries of Central Africa.

A day in the life of a Regional Manager, Central Africa

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.

Responsibilities

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Provide field leadership, coaching, training, and accountability to the development of volunteer leadership teams and regional prayer networks
• Support key aspects of the operational structure to meet regional evangelism and discipleship goals
• Provide oversight to the Unreached People Groups Initiatives for the region
• Provide OCC leadership with pro‑active progress reporting
• Oversee the OCC administrative process for the region
• Provide field leadership, coaching, training, and accountability for all in‑country financial stewardship

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Missions, Missiology, Theology or other related field
• Three to five years related experience of living in the region; or equivalent combination of education and field experience
• 12 credit hours of college‑level Biblical Studies (strongly preferred); if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete requirement is available upon hire

Job Location

Boone, NC or Central Africa

Type

Full‑Time

Language Requirement

Fluency in English and French (required)

Travel Expectations

80‑100 days per year; required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary

Domestic Full Time Benefits

• On‑site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long‑term and Short‑term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/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 4:4,5,6.
• 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.
• 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…