Salary: Support-Raised
Paraclete Services Mission Statement:
Our member care team serves global workers, encouraging and equipping them to fulfill God’s global, redemptive purposes, assisting each to finish well with Him.
Position Summary:
The TCK (Third Culture Kid) Member Care Specialist, is responsible for leading TCK training programs, resourcing appointee and international worker families for cross-cultural life and ministry, and is responsible for equipping appointee and international worker families and TCKs; while advocating for their care and well-being.
Position Responsibilities:
- Support the Director of Paraclete Services and team to fulfill the purpose statement
- Encourage biblical perspectives within all member care interactions
- Provide WorldVenture parents with consultations and resources for raising TCKs in cross-cultural settings
- Participate in training events, conferences, and retreats as requested
- Debrief international worker families
- When appropriate, work directly with TCKs to equip them in self-care
- Adhere to the current child safety policy and code of conduct
- Maintain partnerships with other global TCK education entities
- Partner with other members of Paraclete Services to provide parents and their TCKs with relevant resources
- Lead TCKs in biblically integrated, age appropriate, cross-cultural training programs
- Hire, train, and oversee TCK program workers
- Create and implement curriculum using a variety of communication methods
- Review and update curriculum based on feedback and current needs
- Maintain child-safe and child-friendly areas and equipment
- Maintain active membership on the Child Safety Team, and serve as liaison between Paraclete and the Child Safety Team
- Ensure those working with TCKs are educated in the practices of child safety compliance
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Minimum of 5 years of cross-cultural ministry experience
- Integrate biblical principles to the needs of TCKs and their families
- Connect well with others in a virtual environment
- Positive experience working collaboratively with parents and their TCKs
- Respect for those from nations and cultures other than one’s own
- Excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills appropriate for all age groups
- Relate to others in a professional, personal, and prompt manner
- High attention to detail and efficacious organizational skills
- Work with the training team to develop learning resources for parents and TCKs
- Collaborative approach when serving staff and international worker families
- Personal initiative, creativity, and flexibility in the management of work responsibilities
- Computer proficiency for Office365, related programs, and usage of video conferencing software
- Proficiency in Salesforce is highly preferred, but not required
- Contribute areas of unique gifting and specialization
Personal Qualifications:
- Proven commitment to a personal relationship with God and a desire to serve Him in global ministry
- Affirmation of the WorldVenture Doctrinal Statement, Sexual Conduct Policy, Child Safety Policy, and Child Safety Code of Conduct
- Enthusiastic personal interest in and dedication to WorldVenture’s vital and significant ministry
- Christian character that reflects and embodies the values, beliefs and principles foundational to WorldVenture
- Service-oriented attitude of assisting and serving others
- Team player who displays humility and a learner’s attitude
Education or Formal Training:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, preferably with a degree in Education, Child Development, Psychology, Sociology, or Cross-Cultural Communication
- Experience serving the spiritual, behavioral and emotional health needs of TCKs and families
Work Environment/Physical Activities:
- Remote office environment
- Travel required, both domestic and international
Job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. They are meant to be accurate reflections of the principal job elements essential for making fair pay decisions.
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