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Provides strategic programming development for the Specialty Teams. This position will drive the vision and spiritual depth of this program while expanding the reach of this ministry. Develop multi-year, multi-country plans emphasizing spiritual support utilizing specialized surgical teams while developing enduring programs in multiple World Medical Mission (WMM) partnership hospitals. Oversees and provides project management to all specialty teams deployed by WMM.

This role provides strategic programming development for the Specialty Teams. This position will drive the vision and spiritual depth of this program while expanding the reach of this ministry. Develop multi-year, multi-country plans emphasizing spiritual support utilizing specialized surgical teams while developing enduring programs in multiple World Medical Mission (WMM) partnership hospitals. Oversees and provides project management to all specialty teams deployed by WMM.

A Day in the Life of a Program Manager Specialty Teams: 

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel 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 Program Manager Specialty Teams, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness to Him
• Develop and direct the strategy for evangelism and spiritual care as well as medical care for beneficiaries of the program ensuring all Specialty Teams activity actively engages in evangelism to include Gospel presentation, discipleship, and connection to the local church (where possible). 
• Provide leadership and direction to staff and the campaign teams ensuring all support staff (biomedical technicians, associated partnership hospital staff, and volunteers) have the necessary budget, tools, and resources to implement dynamic programming around the world with proper support from IHQ. Oversees logistics, transportation, and coordination for volunteers by working with the WMM logistical coordinators to provide direction and approval for international airfare and visas. 
• Research, identify, and implement programming with partnership hospitals for continued growth and global impact around the world and establish relationships with site teams at partner hospitals. 
• Develop, monitor, and control the staffing needs, operations budget, and capital budget for the program overseeing the financial component of all program campaigns and ensuring resource availability. 
• Ensure all necessary medical equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals required to perform specialty surgeries are available on-site at the host hospital for program implementation. Works closely with the biomedical and logistics team at IHQ to procure all proper medical equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals requiring delivery to the host country. Obtains necessary permissions from the local customs office for all supplies being brought in from out of the country. 
• Manage the recruiting, interviewing, and selecting qualified medical volunteers to serve on the campaigns. This process includes networking with physicians and nurses through conferences and/or other means and identifying volunteers who will serve with spiritual integrity and excellence. 
• Obtain necessary permissions, agreements/memorandum of understanding from the local Ministry of Health and partnering hospital facilities and if needed, assist with licensing the visiting medical personnel in the host country. 
• Oversee the development of operating procedures and policies for the WMM/Samaritans Purse Specialty Team standard orientation/guidelines manuals, consumables, and equipment lists to effectively ensure quality implementation of patient care and direction of the volunteer teams that provide the patients surgical services. 
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

•  Active RN (Registered Nurse), PA (Physicians Assistant), or RNP (Registered Nurse Practitioner); seven (7) to ten (10) years related medical experience and/or training in an alternative medical field; or equivalent combination of education and experience with surgical experience preferred. 
• Ability to set strategic program direction focusing on evangelism.
• Ability to spiritually lead, manage, and motivate diverse teams through dynamic situations in challenging environments.
• Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects across geographic locations ensuring campaigns are spiritually focused and culturally appropriate.
• Ability to professionally represent WMM/Samaritans Purse to visiting specialty teams, local hospital medical personnel and administrators, other NGOs, and government officials.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, patients, missionaries, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, the opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire. 

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: Travel Expectation:  80-100 days/annually; required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary

Benefits:

• 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 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 Gods 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, 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.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5