Missions Coordinator II

The Missions Coordinator II serves the Buckner Children & Family Services by leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of domestic and international mission experiences. The role provides leadership for international missions strategy implementation, volunteer spiritual formation, and mission experience design while coordinating complex mission projects and supporting the development of Missions staff and volunteer leaders.

• Lead implementation of Buckner's international missions strategy and support the development of mission programs, partnerships, and volunteer engagement opportunities internationally.
• Lead the design and implement high-quality mission experiences that align with Buckner's strategy while achieving the goals of churches, donors, volunteers, and ministry partners.
• Lead the development and design of participant spiritual formation experiences before, during, and after mission trips.
• Collaborate externally with churches, trip leaders, ministry partners and donors to cultivate relationships and understand what they are passionate about and integrate relevant activities into mission experience design to meet objectives.
• Collaborate internally with Church Engagement, Development, Volunteer Engagement, Program Development & Design, and other Buckner departments to strengthen mission experiences and participant impact.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and operational support to Missions Coordinators while assisting with workload balancing and coordination across the Missions team.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for mission trip planning, participant engagement, volunteer leadership development, and international operations.
• Lead groups of donors, including high-net-worth individuals, during mission experiences and trip activities, ensuring a friendly, outgoing, and relational approach.
• Make real-time decisions to best serve trip participants, demonstrating confidence and empowerment.
• Collaborate with Major Gift Team members to understand and meet trip expectations for high-net-worth donors.
• Serve as liaison between mission experience participants and operations staff.
• Create and manage budgets for mission experiences, projects and travel.
• Utilize project management systems and CRM platforms to plan, track, manage, and evaluate mission experiences and related projects.
• Travel as needed to lead mission experiences to international and domestic locations (typically 5+ trips annually. Varies year-to-year).
• Recruit, train, coach, monitor, and evaluate volunteer trip leaders to ensure mission experiences are delivered with excellence and aligned with Buckner's ministry objectives.
• Represent Buckner through public speaking, church engagement, recruitment activities, and other assigned functions.
• Assist the Director in exploration and development of new international ministry opportunities, partnerships, and mission experiences.
• Assist with onboarding, training, and mentoring Missions staff, volunteer leaders, and trip leaders.
• Serve as the Director of Missions' representative for assigned meetings, projects, and initiatives.

• Maintain compliance with all Buckner policies, procedures, and requirements. Maintain knowledge of and compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.
• Manage program resources to ensure they are used efficiently and appropriately aligned with approved business objectives.

• Responsible for supporting and representing Buckner at special events, activities, and other assigned functions.
• Attend and participate in meetings and training as required.
• Work successfully as a part of a team and responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with co-workers.
• Perform special assignments, projects, and other duties as required.

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, International Development, International Relations, Public Affairs, Community Development, or other related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience is required to perform essential job functions.
• Requires 5 years demonstrated experience leading domestic and international mission experiences. Requires experience in diverse and international settings. Latin American experience preferred.
• Requires demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and develop staff and volunteer leaders without direct supervisory authority.
• Requires experience in cultivating donor…