Director of Global Relationships

PURPOSE: To blend a rich background in global missions with experience in the local church context to deepen Christ Church's congregational engagement with global missions. To maintain fruitful, mutually beneficial relationships with global mission partners. To stand at the intersection of missions and discipleship, drawing congregants along the discipleship pathway and into missional service of our church, community, and world. To facilitate greater integration between student ministry and young adults ministry and missions, cultivating a missional heart in the next generation.

POSITION FOCUS: The Director of Global Relationships will develop and nurture rich, fruitful relationships between Christ Church and our Global Mission Partners. The Director will work to innovate and execute a blend of discipleship and service, especially in the global context. The Director will maintain and where necessary, create systems for congregational engagement with global Missions, including GO Teams, the Partner Advocacy Program, and Global Mission Fest. The Director will partner with the Senior Director of Missional Living to guide the work of the Global Missions MMA.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Global and Domestic Mission Partnerships
- Cultivate deeper relationships with global mission partners, enhancing Christ Church's support of their ministries.
- Partner with Senior Director of Missional Living to facilitate fruitful work of the Global Missions MMA and deeper engagement of MMA members.
- Help to determine and uphold standards of partnership (both for partners and for Christ Church).
- Partner with Senior Director of Missional Living and Global Missions MMA to discern feasibility of potential new mission partnerships.
Partner Advocate Model
- Assemble congregants into Partner Advocate Teams, providing resourcing necessary for Partner Advocate leaders to become primary points of contact for Global Mission Partners.
- Develop rich prayer patterns for Partner Advocate Teams to support partners through prayer.
- Encourage Partner Advocate Teams to build context-specific methods of supporting partners.
Missional Engagement Pathway
- Enhance, and contribute to the success of, the Missional Engagement Pathway for our congregation.
- Partner with both Serve and Grow teams to facilitate smooth transitions from group life into service.
- Create opportunities for life groups to partner with global mission partners.
- Develop and maintain a model for ever-deepening congregational engagement with mission partners.
- Assist in cultivating a heart for missional living in the congregation.
GO Teams
- Serve as primary owner of Global Outreach Team trip strategy, planning, and execution.
- Ensure that GO Team strategy is both beneficial to mission partners and formational for Christ Church congregation.
Communications
- Assist in maintaining Christ Church website with mission partner information, serve opportunities, accepted donations, and other details.
- Partner with the Communications team to communicate details of various missions initiatives.
- Partner with Senior Director of Missional Living to enhance missions/serve storytelling.
- Assist in maintaining robust mission department social media presence.
Congregational Relationships/Inquiries
- Cultivate relationships with Christ Church congregation, providing welcoming presence on Sundays and helpful responses to informational inquiries.
- Assist in the Mission Cafe to create a welcoming atmosphere for the congregation.
- Serve as a Kingdom Connections liaison between congregation, mission partners, and missions staff.
- Process and respond to incoming congregational requests for mission partner information, serve opportunities, donation information, etc.
Serve Data Tracking
- Help to maintain up-to-date missions/serve metrics in service of our strategic plan.
- Work in database system to assist in event, service opportunity, and interest form registrations in order to track congregational engagement.
Missions Events
- Provide Support for:
  - Oh What Fun! Christmas Party
  - Mission Fest
  - For Chicagoland
Spiritual Development
- Support and model individual spiritual formation i.e., Worship, Grow, and Serve.

Traits:

Detail-oriented with high capacity to manage multiple projects at a high level of detail and organization.
Desire to continuously learn and serve others.
Honest and trustworthy.
Integrity for work habits and results.
Ability to discern needs and respond appropriately, sensitively, and proactively.
Appreciation for one's own and others' giftedness.
Ongoing desire and effort to grow more Christ-like in character.
Able to keep a high degree of confidentiality.
High degree of professionalism.
Approachable and accessible.

Skills and Talents:

Demonstrated leadership skills.
Superior organizational, logistical, and planning skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks under tight deadlines while maintaining high standards of work quality.
Ability to coordinate and implement communications strategies and manage projects and/or events.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent soft skills; comfortable offering friendly, welcoming interactions with a high volume of people.
Able to multitask, meet deadlines, and maintain composure under pressure.
Begin and end projects within a reasonable timeframe.
Entrepreneurial self-starter who sees the big picture.
Team builder who builds relationships and manages by influence.
Energized by non-routine assignments.
Creative and innovative.

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