Job Description

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We are seeking an experienced leader to serve as our Deputy Country Director in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  In this role you will play a major part in leading our office culture and efforts. Working with the Country Director you will create and implement strategies, manage programs and logistics, and engage with donor and government partners. We are looking for a leader like you who feels called to use their gifts and talents to support the work of Samaritan’s Purse Haiti and to invest in the spiritual growth of our staff. Come join our team and see how we are making an eternal impact.

A day in the life of a Deputy Country Director, Haiti:

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 Country Director, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Assist the Country Director (CD) to create, articulate, and disseminate a clear vision and strategy for the Samaritan’s Purse Haiti team
• Provide leadership, management, and strategy for all programmatic aspects of the office, including possible future donor awards and internal funding
• Supervise and provide accountability and direction as the Samaritan’s Purse Haiti office operates programs through partners and churches
• Improve the systematization and standardization of grants management; design, document and implement sector specific strategies by creating best practice and evaluation guidelines
• Monitor humanitarian crisis in Haiti, performing frequent field assessments, and advise the CD of response options
• Ensure relationship with clusters and other coordination bodies are strong and the profile of Samaritan’s Purse in such forums is positive and influential
• Act as Officer in Charge in the absence of the CD; host VIP trips including media personnel, government officials, dignitaries and visitors as needed
• When needed, represent Samaritan’s Purse with journalists and media outlets
• Be a spiritual leader for the IFS and National Staff; assess, manage, and report critical physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff
• All other duties as assigned

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Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs/Development, Politics or similar field of study; Master’s degree in a related field preferred; with a minimum of 4 years professional experience; or a combination of education and experience
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Previous experience working with large grant funded programming (preferred)
• Spiritual maturity; Able to keep the focus of work on the overall goal of sharing the gospel
• Flexible and adaptable, Experienced in cross-cultural team leadership
• Extensive field humanitarian experience in a management role, especially with financial responsibilities
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required but can be completed after hire)

Job Location:  Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Type:  Full-Time

Accompaniment:  Employee only

Language Requirement:  Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: Frequent Travel to field sites around the country

Benefits

• International medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days
• Annual Home Leave
• R&R

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 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.   (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.   (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other.  God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society.  For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.   (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.   (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.   (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)