Manage Project EdSend

Director of Project EdSend

This is a job description for a one of a kind, significant, and satisfying position directly related to the Great Commission of Christ.

The person in this position will serve the Lord in a unique way since he/she will be directly involved in addressing the critical shortage of teachers of missionary children. These teachers contribute to keeping missionaries on the field and on task in a highly significant way since they fully understand and are totally committed to addressing missionaries' concerns for their children's education. Over and over again missionaries praise teachers for what they do and the support role they play. The person in this position will join these ranks.

Location: The location of Teachers In Service is in Las Cruces, NM. However, the director of this project may reside anywhere he/she chooses in the continental US as long as they have access to the internet sufficient to do he job.

Title: Director of Project EdSend, a program of Teachers In Service, Inc.

Reports to: Board of Directors, Teachers In Service, Inc.

Job purpose: To direct the financial support raised by the Director of Fund-raising for Project EdSend. This support will be used to assume monthly repayments of college education loans for teachers of missionary children. This will enable teachers who are otherwise deemed acceptable to go to the mission field.

Responsibilities:

• Takes responsibility for managing the financial support for Project EdSend.
• Plans, organizes, and carries out a method for identification of potential teachers
• Works with MK teacher recruitment departments with mission agencies, especially in areas of teacher qualifications and teachers leaving the field, in which case Project EdSend would cease making monthly payments
• Be self-motivated
• Maintain records for each teacher selected to receive support
• Insures that monthly repayments go directly to the college education loan institution and not to the teacher
• Insures that monthly repayment is used only for college education and not for car payments, credit card payments, house mortgages, etc.
• Uphold, safeguard, and promote Teachers In Service's Christian and ethical values
• Insure that funds are fully accountable
• Complies with procedures common to this line of work
• Adheres to IRS and state laws and policies.
• Provides a report to the Chair person of the Board of Directors no less than once a week.

Requirements:

• Be an evangelical Christian and agree with the Statement of Faith of Teachers In Service, Inc.
• Have a history of successful money and program management in either the for-profit or not-for-profit environments.
• Have superior HR skills, including face to face, telephone, and e-mail, especially with the age level of recipients of support.

Remuneration:

This is a non-salaried position and does not carry insurance and retirement benefits. Reasonable expenses to carry out the job will be reimbursed. Please Contact Us.