Leadership Development Manager, Northwest; Tacoma, WA

Leadership Development Manager, Northwest (Tacoma, WA)

Do you love working with people to grow and maximize their gifts? Do you love empowering teams of people to achieve great goals? Do you have a passion for reaching the lost for Christ? Do you want to be part of a team that is working together for great Kingdom impact? Samaritans Purse is seeking a Leadership Development Manager, Northwest to serve with Operation Christmas Child (OCC) over the region.

This position is based in the Ministry Office of Tacoma, Washington. As the Leadership Development Manager, you will have the opportunity to identify, cultivate, and develop leaders (Area Coordinators) who will, in turn, establish volunteer teams to carry out the mission and vision of OCC in their communities and churches. Join the team and use your gifts and talents for Gods glory!

Frequent travel is required.

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Recruit, select, equip, lead, and develop year-round leader volunteers according to the High Impact model of volunteer ministry
• Lead volunteer teams in a defined geographic area to accomplish goals in the areas of church, community, media, prayer, and the establishment and retention of a collection network
• Ensure volunteer teams are both spiritually healthy and well-equipped with resources to build relationships with local churches, groups, and individual donors
• Coordinate with regional staff and volunteers to create and implement strategic plans and initiatives to accomplish measurable ministry goals
• Potential to serve on the Management Team in an Operation Christmas Child shoebox Processing Center for 4-6 weeks in November and December (could involve temporary relocation during that time)
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse.

• Bachelors Degree from a four-year college or university; five to seven years of experience leading volunteers and teams to meet goals and expectations; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proven experience managing, coaching, and leading volunteer teams to implement and achieve program goals from a Biblical perspective
• Experience working with the local church; interaction with pastors, leaders, and members
• Highly organized, self-starter who takes initiative to reach goals and deadlines; strategic thinker
• Collaborative team player, who enjoys seeing those on their team succeed
• Demonstrated ability to influence others with an optimistic outlook and positive attitude
• Passionate about raising awareness and participation in OCC, and establishing more life-long donors for OCC and Samaritans Purse
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required) if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete requirement is available upon hire.

Job Location: Tacoma, Washington

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English

Travel Expectations: 60-75 nights/year

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• 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
• 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…