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World Relief Chicagoland / Chicago Office, 3507 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL, USA
https://worldrelief.org/chicagoland/

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Church Mobilizer - 2023528

CHICAGO, IL /
USPGMS/ US MINISTRIES – CHURCH PARTNERSHIP /
REGULAR, FULL-TIME
/ HYBRID
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.
 
In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
World Relief seeks a Church Mobilizer to fulfill the role of a primarily externally facing position designed to recruit, support, and scale WRC’s partnerships with local churches through consultation, communication, and connection.

Roles & Responsibilities

    • Develop relationships with churches to learn about their ministries and community needs toward benefitting the clients we serve, the church’s ministries, and World Relief.
    • Maintain the church’s information in office-based tracking systems including key contact information for pastoral leadership and church champion(s).
    • Assist Church Mobilization Team in developing and implementing plans for deepening engagement of churches in partnerships with World Relief.
    • Regularly present about work of World Relief in church activities including evening and weekends.
    • Explore ways for churches to partner together in underrepresented communities to expand and grow both ministries.
    • Regularly attending church networks to find ways to maintain/grow relationships with churches and World Relief.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

    • Personal Christian faith
    • A heart for service to vulnerable people
    • Committed to the mission/vision/values of World Relief
    • Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
    • Biblical knowledge and understanding of scriptural basis for work among immigrants
    • Sensitivity to strengths and needs specific to churches in underrepresented communities, and the ability to network within the community.
    • Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines with flexibility 
    • Basic computer skills required (Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point)

Requirements

 
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):
 
World Relief contributes to monthly premiums:
Medical
Dental
 
Additional Benefits:
Offer 16 Paid Holidays!
Vision
Offer Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
Parental Leave
FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
 
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
Long Term & Short term Disability
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
Long Distant Travel Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
 
World Relief - Retirement:
401K & Roth
WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
Eligibility: Full Time is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year
 
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
Verizon
Pet Insurance through Nationwide
Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 
 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
·         While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
·         The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
·         Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
·         The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
 
WORK ENVIRONMENT: 
 
·         General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
·         Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
·         Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
·         Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
·         Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
·         All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
 
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
 
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 
Legal Background in the United States
World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.  
 
In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.
  
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.