Job Description

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Samaritans Purse is seeking a Surge Technical Health Associate, International Health Unit, to join our Projects Department. This position is based in our headquarters in Boone, NC. Apply today and use your gifts for the Kingdom!

A day in the life of a Surge Technical Health Associate:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer.  We hear from members of our staff, both from IHQ and our global offices, as well a special guest speaker who encourages us in Gods word.  We then join together to prayer for one another, as well as praying for staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.  We get paid to start each day this way! 

In the role of a Surge Technical Health Associate, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ
• Provides programmatic and technical support to country office programs and health emergencies in assigned regional field offices.
  • Engages assigned country offices on a weekly basis to support with growth of existing and new programming.
  • Engages with regional teams and program managers to support ongoing in-country programming.
• Engages in proposal and health focused program development for country offices and in Emergency Medical responses. 
  • Contributes to creation of health programming tools including guideline creation, supply lists, staffing needs, and other critical components of a health program.
  • Actively searches for and presents sector and region specific funding opportunities to the country or regional team.
  • Develops and maintains best practices and training resources in the sector.
  • Ensures that health programs are consistent with Samaritans Purse core Christian values and are making an appropriate Christ centered contribution to the work of the international community.
• Actively engages with the Field/Regional Offices and provides support to Emergency Medical response programming.
  • Supports the implementation of health-focused programming internationally.
  • Supports emergency response efforts in preparing, planning, and deploying emergency health responses as they occur.
  • Serves on the Incident Management Team (IMT) or Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), as directed.
  • Supports the mentorship of current and future health and medical program managers and DART Medical Coordinators
  • Supports the creation of transition/handover tools and documents to guide and strengthen implementation of the program in the field/country office.
  • Routinely follows-up with and provides on going mentorship and guidance to health and medical focused programming.
  • Disseminates evidence based programming concepts, guidance, tools, technical papers, standards and frameworks regarding the health sector.
  • Stays current with health programming trends and regulation changes, and acts as a resource center for field staff.
• Actively pursues and maintains global relevancy and readiness for international programming and response.
  • Seeks to improve visibility of Samaritans Purse emergency medical response capacity internationally.
  • Attends partner meetings and conferences related to field of specialty to build further collaboration. 
  • Represents Samaritans Purse in the larger humanitarian world by attending specialty specific conferences and working groups, and presents at conferences and speaking engagements. 
• Works collaboratively with the Program Management to maintain technical resources and completes technical reviews for proposals and documents routed through Awards Management team.
• Travels to field sites as needed for temporary assigned field responsibility, project assessment, field support/training, and other duties as needed.
• Deploys on Emergency Medical responses for temporary assignments as needed. 
• Follows policies and procedures of Samaritans Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual.
• Attends daily morning devotions and participates in prayer support for the ministry, its donors, and volunteers.
• Maintains a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
• Other duties may be assigned that are not specifically identified within the context of the job description.

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Clinical degree and license as a nurse, physician, or advanced practice practitioner with two (2) to five (5) years experience working in health-related fields international context required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Masters Degree in a health-related field is welcomed. 
• Demonstrated leadership and experience in low resource or crisis settings strongly preferred

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type: Associate (3 months) July-September 2025

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required); 

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 2:89; 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