Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

 

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

 

 

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit and develop leaders and teams deeply rooted in their church and community. 
• Engage church leaders (staff and laity) in 1:1 conversations that lead to congregational action
• Resource leaders with tools to help shape disciples who “love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly with our God.”
• Recruit and equip church-based teams of people who will accompany immigrant families facing detention and deportation
• Convene stakeholders and guide community listening and kingdom partnerships
• Engage impacted immigrant community members as guides and informants for the broader church and community response
• Convene church leaders and members of the community in events or meetings to foster collective change for refugee and immigrant integration
• Host visitors from other cities envisioning how to catalyze similar actions in their own community Identify and launch local compassion gospel-centered community engagement
• Through community listening, design and catalyze church-led community actions and campaigns
• Convert interest and learning into action that makes a difference in the lives of immigrants impacted by detention or community hostility
• Collaborate with other coalition partners and Micah Catalysts to strengthen movement-wide actions that impact the national-regional narratives around immigrants and immigration

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs , , and
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in nonprofit or church leadership
• Lived cross-cultural experience and multi-cultural leadership experience required Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Able to drive locally/regionally on a regular basis and travel nationally on occasion
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator 
• Relationally proximate to concerns and challenges around immigration in community Bilingual, bicultural preferred but not required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent interpersonal and large group communication skills
• Facilitative leadership and creative problem-solving skills
• History of formal or informal leadership in local churches 
• Experience in team or small group ministry
• Desire to serve and equip churches to respond to needs in immigrant communities
• Experience launching and growing new initiatives preferred
• Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines with flexibility
• Familiarity with immigration and broader justice issues, especially within the local community
• Self-starter, quick learner, able to work independently, organize and prioritize responsibility
• Fluent in evangelicalism across a wide range of ethnic and denominational backgrounds
• Brings a network of relationships in the Christian community to build upon preferred

$60,000 - $80,000 a year

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, and part-time (25+ hours per week) employees

 

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

 

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.