Deputy Director

Location:

North Wilkesboro, NC, United States
Job
Date Posted:
Jul 30, 2026

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Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Deputy Director to join our Mission Aviation Services team in Wilkesboro, NC, in support of our Africa aviation program. In this role, you'll partner with the Director to provide strategic and operational leadership for our aviation programs across East and West Africa, overseeing flight operations, maintenance, logistics, budgeting, and staff development. Together, you'll help ensure safe, reliable aviation services that support ministry and bring the hope of the Gospel to some of the world's most remote communities.

A day in the life of a Deputy Director:

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.

In the role of Deputy Director, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Manage and oversee day-to-day Mission Aviation Services (MAS) Africa operations, including quarterly site visits to East and West Africa.
• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, training, deployment, and ongoing qualification of MAS Africa international field staff, pilots, mechanics, and dispatchers.
• Partner with the Director and Finance team to develop and manage annual operating and capital budgets while leading strategic projects, initiatives, and organizational communications.
• Ensure compliance with FAA, CAA, and other applicable regulatory requirements, while maintaining MAS Africa manuals, SOPs, training documents, the Safety Management System (SMS), and Emergency Response Plan (ERP) to promote a strong safety culture.
• Collaborate with MAS programs, ministry departments, vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure MAS Africa has the resources and support needed to accomplish its mission.
• Working knowledge of FAA 14 CFR regulations and comprehensive knowledge of aviation operations, including flight operations, maintenance, safety management systems (SMS), and operational risk management.
• Experience in aviation personnel management, including staffing, training, qualification tracking, scheduling, performance management, and evaluating program effectiveness to drive continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound operational decisions in time-sensitive or high-pressure environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to manage confidential information with discretion and adapt proactively to changing operational needs.
• 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: North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: :
This position requires domestic/international travel of approximately 75 days/year. Maintaining travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary.

• 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 4:4-6.
• 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…