Job Overview

Do you love working with students? Do you enjoy leading both people and process? Samaritans Purse is looking for a Student Partnerships and Ministries Manager to serve with Operation Christmas Child in Boone, NC. We are looking for someone with a passion for serving and encouraging the next generation through their expertise in student relations, all for the sake of the Gospel. Join the team and use your gifts and talents to help gospel opportunity shoe boxes reach children across the world!

Job Description

In the role of Student Partnership and Ministries Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Develop and guide Operation Christmas Child Student Relations Team to grow national partnerships with student organizations to increase multiple projects of the ministry
• Oversee Student Relations team to research, plan and propose a list of like-minded, strategic potential partners with plans to pitch and secure new shoebox-generating and promotional partnership agreements annually
• Lead staff to further develop and deepen volunteer teams related to student relations. Lead team to support field staff and volunteers with effective student relations training and equipping for hundreds of Student Relations Volunteers to engage past participating and prospective student group partners
• Create and maintain strategies, support, resources, contacts, and training to assist field staff in the area of student relations at the regional level, and to support grassroots volunteer efforts
• Direct the collaboration of student engagement with other Samaritan's Purse departments Campus Relations, U.S Disaster Relief, etc.
• Travel to student-related conferences and events to represent and promote Operation Christmas Child and for quality assurance of optimizing paid sponsorships, affirming and holding accountable vendors to advertising opportunity
• Manage and oversee the Student Relations budget
• Support Student Relations team to communicate and coordinate effectively with field staff and local volunteers when engaging activity on local, regional, and national levels. Fully vet all partnerships and activities requiring volunteer response and ensure that they are supportable by field staff and volunteers
• All other duties as assigned