USA: Short-term Missions Program Assistant

Responsibilities

• Responding to inquiries from those interested in serving as an intern or on a short-term team on one of ACTION’s fields
• Vetting candidates through email and later by phone or video interview
• Communicating with field missionaries about potential short-termers
• Facilitating video calls between candidates and field missionaries by moderating the calls
• Walking with candidates through ACTION’s online application process
• Taking trips (as able) to visit ACTION missionaries to better understand ministry opportunities and the on-field logistics for short-termers
• Help create budgets for short-termers by collaborating with field workers and the Finance Department
• Coaching, mentoring, and discipling short-termers as they prepare for their trip and while they serve on the field
• Staying in regular contact with short-termers while they are on the field, praying for and encouraging them as they serve, and maintaining contact with the field missionaries (hosts) as well
• Debriefing short-termers once they have returned from the field
• Representing ACTION at local colleges, missions conferences, and churches seeking to mobilize people for short-term or long-term service with ACTION
• Providing input for improvements to the program as well as ideas to grow and better promote it

Requirements

• Must be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ who lives according to biblical principles
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, as well as Gmail
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills