Summer Staff Support Staff Leadership
Support Staff Leadership
Summer staff leadership job - May 14th - Aug 4th
Includes on-site housing and all meals provided.
Support Staff Leadership supports our international staff support staff (primarily from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries) as they navigate a new country, culture, job, and community by developing over-the-top hospitality in housing, discipleship & experiences. The following list is by no means exhaustive, but a minimum expectation of supporting and caring for our international team members:
Housing:
- Serving as house leadership - enforcing the rules stated in the handbook and contract that each individual has signed is followed
- Maintaining a safe, hospitable environment
- Coordinating a schedule to ensure cleanliness
- Keeping house supplies stocked
Discipleship:
- Sharing the Gospel daily
- Leading small groups with multiple departments
- Providing one-on-one discipleship
- Working alongside support staff in their roles (housekeeping, food service, grounds, maintenance)
- Planning department staff love events (cooking meals, camping trips, sports tournaments, etc) and birthday celebrations
- Providing care in any situation (i.e., homesick, exhaustion, illness, injury)
- Cleaning and maintaining staff lounge room
- Available to answer questions and connect staff to solutions for common problems related to housing, doctor's appointments, meals while sick, technology problems, host homes, withdrawing money for camp cards, etc.
- Meeting needs as they arise (i.e., picking up a shift when necessary)
Experiences:
- Planning and executing a minimum of 3 cultural trips per department
- Meeting van drivers and driving a town trip one or more days per week as needed
- Running at least one on-camp activity or group development activity weekly for each department
- Facilitating cross department interactions and providing events for general community building among staff (includes collaborating with recruiting)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hoping to share Jesus in a ministry setting
- Authorized to work in the United States (no visa sponsorship needed)
- Over 21 with a valid driver's license and comfortable driving or learning to drive a 15-passenger van
- Spanish speaking is not required but very beneficial
- Most summer staff are under the age of 28
If you are someone who would thrive in mentoring, caring for, and sharing Jesus with college students from other countries, this is a perfect role for you.
Weekly stipend of $325 plus food and lodging
Willing to discuss how this can fit into your internship requirements.