Regional Host Coordinator, Children's Heart Project

Regional Host Coordinator, Children's Heart Project

Location:

North Wilkesboro, NC, United States
Job
Date Posted:
May 29, 2026

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Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Regional Host Coordinator to serve with our Children's Heart Project (CHP). In this role, you will oversee volunteers and interpreters and advance CHP programs in North America, Grand Cayman, Barcelona, and Seoul. Come join our team!

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 our volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Regional Host Coordinator
, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Identify and recruit host churches, host families, and key volunteers in North America, Grand Cayman, Barcelona, and South Korea. Train and supply these individuals with safeguarding and training materials. Engage with these key volunteers to enrich partnerships. Involves domestic and international travel.
• Maintain constant contact with volunteers and beneficiaries for the duration of their stay in order to provide emotional and spiritual support. Address questions or problems that arise.
• Maintain databases of applications, orientations, safeguarding materials, and other pertinent files for host churches, host families, and ITLs.
• Assist in interviewing ITL (Interpreter/Team Leader) candidates and supervise them as they serve. Provide ongoing contact and support, and evaluate their performance.
• Conduct post program interviews with host churches and host families to assess the program impact and the role of Samaritan's Purse within that context. Keep host families and volunteers engaged by supplying updates from the field offices, follow up reports, and photos of the beneficiaries they hosted.
• Empower Children's Heart Project international staff to maintain an approved, qualified, and passport/visa ready pool of ITLs for beneficiary groups. Develop training workshops for potential and active ITLs and lead those events. Provide updated policies, information, support materials, and evangelism training to ITLs.
• Visit project locations that require intervention due to crisis, death, serious medical complications, and other unexpected issues. Serve as a transport when needed.
• Bachelors Degree (BA) from four-year college or university and three (3) to five (5) years related experience/training working with church leadership and volunteers; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Cross cultural experience required. Language proficiency in Spanish preferred.

Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: This position requires domestic travel of approximately 20 days per year and international travel of 40-65 days per year. Maintaining required 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