Northeast Regional Mobilizer

World Team:

World Team is an interdenominational Christian mission agency with more than 300 workers sharing the Gospel in 28 countries. We place innovative teams among unreached peoples with a goal of seeing disciples brought into communities of faith that will multiply and impact the world for Jesus Christ.

Position Summary:

The Northeast Regional Mobilizer will work to establish and implement a strategy to mobilize cross-cultural workers to join World Team focusing on the Northeast Region of the United States.

The Regional Mobilizer will network and build relationships with like-minded church leaders, university faculty, individuals, students, and gatekeepers that desire to reach the nations with the gospel of Jesus.

World Team is looking for someone currently residing in the greater Philadelphia area with a strong desire to mobilize people to cross-cultural ministry through World Team. The World Team US Center is located in Warrington, PA.

Qualifications:

Organizational skills, administrative competence, and strong interpersonal skills are important to this role. The ideal candidate has the capacity to represent World Team to those investigating their Great Commission call, coach them in their search, and assist them in moving through the decision-making process that leads to attending World Team’s missionary assessment week or to pursue a short-term opportunity with World Team.

The Northeast Regional Mobilizer should be a mature Christian with some exposure to missiological principles. Cross-cultural experience and higher education are beneficial. The Regional Mobilizer should have a passion for missions and be in agreement with World Team’s statement of faith and able to sign both the Global and US Policy Manuals.

The ideal candidate has:

  • 1-3 years experience in mobilizing or similar networking background
  • Strong networking and collaborative leadership skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proven ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work independently as well as collaboratively
  • Willingness to work occasional evenings and some weekends as needed
  • Willingness to travel outside of their region as needed
  • Active membership in a local church, to include accountability groups and/or a discipleship relationship

Accountability:

The Northeast Regional Mobilizer is directly accountable to the Mobilization Manager

Responsibility: 

Mobilizers work on a team to meet goals, recruit target audiences, cast a vision for missions for large and small audiences, and create mobilization opportunities/networks. Regional Mobilizers will:

  • Develop and maintain a strong World Team presence in the Region
  • Develop and foster networking relationships (instructors, students, church leaders/members, organizations, gatekeepers, WT missionaries, etc.) within assigned Regional Hub to build a referral/social network that engages people with World Team
  • Create, schedule, and conduct presentations, as well as generate connections through events to further develop World Team’s mobilization network in regional hub
  • Follow up and coach new contacts by implementing the mobilization/discipleship process
  • Work with applicants to ensure that interested candidates submit the documentation necessary for either career or short-term opportunities according to established deadlines
  • Participate and help lead one short-term cross-cultural trip annually
  • Facilitate quarterly Mission Leaders Luncheons with network of local churches
  • Other duties as assigned

Anticipated Outcomes:

The Northeast Regional Mobilizer will be responsible for the following in their Regional hub:

  • 20-25 selected churches working closely with the regional mobilizer
  • 3-5 selected universities/seminaries working closely with the regional mobilizer
  • 5-10 selected gatekeepers working closely with the regional mobilizer
  • Each Mobilizer has the goal of mobilizing 10 people each year to World Team
  • Each Mobilizer has the goal of mobilizing 5 short-term participants each year

Working Environment:

The Northeast Regional Mobilizer role is a salaried, full-time position with benefits. The Northeast Regional Mobilizer will work out of the World Team US Center (Warrington, PA) 3 days a week when not traveling for mobilization work.

Contact:

If interested, please email your resume to Josh Morrison (JoshMorrison@worldteam.org), Mobilization Manager, World Team USA.