Job Description

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Samaritan’s Purse is seeking an Executive Assistant for the International department. This role serves as primary support to the International Vice President (IVP), performing a variety of highly responsible, confidential, and complex administrative duties for the IVP. Come use your talents to help Proclaim the Gospel to all the world.

A day in the life of an Executive Assistant, International Department:

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotion and spend time praying for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Executive Assistant, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Represents the office of the IVP with professionalism, confidentiality, competency, and proficiency. Discreetly handles sensitive and/or privileged information, establishes and maintains files for key documents and information, ensures that all information is stored securely, and serves as department Point of Contact.
• Manages IVP correspondence and e-mail relays instructions and requests and handles issues and follow-up as directed (of particular importance when the IVP is traveling). Communicates with leadership and staff at Samaritan’s Purse, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and government officials, diplomats, or other individuals outside of the Ministry as directed.
• Maintains IVP’s calendar to accurately and currently reflect future and history, schedules meetings and calls, prepares meeting materials and facilities, and screens and responds to incoming calls.
• Facilitates workflow and organization of department approvals and financial processes by coding, routing, documenting, and tracking payment requests, invoices, and other electronic forms.
• Assists IVP with all aspects of budget preparation, monitors financial activity, prepares/submits required financial reports, and maintains data related to independent contractors, ministry consultants, team-member travel insurance, physical assets inventory, IVP key contacts, and department procedures.
• Assists IVP (and other department staff, team members, and contractors as requested) with all aspects of travel by arranging flights, ground transportation, overnight lodging, etc., and facilitating expense reimbursement when travel concludes. Assists with hosting VIP guests/delegations by handling logistics, travel details, and preparing itineraries.
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritan’s Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience:  

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent and four (4) plus years of experience in administrative support; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiarity with all organizational systems and processes including Finance, Travel, IT, and HR systems
• General knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Understand the dynamics of the organization and navigate key relationships effectively
• Ability to collaborate across departments and across organizations
• Able to work independently and adapt to change
• Strong organizational skills with acute attention to detail
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to compile information, and write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

Job Location:  Boone, NC

Type:  Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English & Spanish

Travel Expectations: less than 5%

Benefits:

Domestic – Full Time:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• 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
• 10 sick 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 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).