Missions at the Airport Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: JAARS
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Do you enjoy traveling and meeting people and giving them a vision for missions and Bible translation? Are you good at coordinating details and accomplishing tasks? Have you ever prepared for events over the phone and through email?
Become part of the Missions at the Airport team, providing the pre-event, event, and post-event support needed to cast vision and inform people how JAARS makes Bible translation and language development possible, especially in the most remote and difficult places on earth.
You will help take the administrative load off the director, so the director can focus on aviation, safety, and airport requirements.
Brief Description
Serve on the Missions at the Airport team to assist in the planning and logistics of the Missions at the Airport program in the following areas.
Responsibilities
- Plan and schedule Missions at the Airport (MATA) events
- Develop and maintain relationships with local MATA sponsors and event attendees
- Communicate with local organizers regarding logistics, housing, and transportation
- Schedule aviation and public relations staff appropriate for each event
- Coordinate ground support for setup, supervise local volunteers, displays, sale items, and takedown
- Prepare travel requests, petty cash, manage trip funds, and Square credit card sales
- Reconcile ride, sales, and expense reports
- Drive ground support vehicle when required
- Speak publicly, sharing the JAARS story in churches, schools, conference centers, etc.
- There are normally 30+ Missions at the Airport events each year. Ability to travel and be away from home for a substantial number of events, sometimes for two to three weeks at a time
Experience & Skills Desired
- Organized and detail oriented
- Able to communicate well on the phone and in person
- Ability to reconcile funds
- Capable and willing to speak at events
- Valid driver’s license
- Good health to withstand long days, lifting 30 pounds, and varied weather conditions
- Recognize the need for a flexible schedule
- Good computer skills
More opportunities with JAARS
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About JAARS
Location:
7405 Jaars Rd, PO Box 248, WAXHAW, NC 28173, US
Mission Statement
Our Vision is that people’s lives and communities are transformed as they experience God’s Word in their own language. Our Mission is to make Bible translation and language development possible, especially in the most remote and difficult places on earth. We do that by enabling locally-appropriate and sustainable solutions in transportation, technology, and training.
Description
JAARS is a multidisciplinary team of problem-solvers committed to the belief--and the vision--that people’s lives and communities are transformed as they experience God’s Word in their own language.
We are a community of full-time missionaries, dedicated volunteers, and a few employees who work together to accomplish the Great Commission goal of providing Scripture to every people group on earth in a language and form they clearly understand. We do that by supporting Bible translation and language development partners globally, and by working with prayer and financial partners in the United States to help make a range of unique on-the-field solutions possible.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
7405 JAARS RoadWaxhaw, NC 28173
DATE POSTED
June 29, 2017
SKILLS
- Organization
- Event Management
- People Skills
- Public Speaking
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- 40 hours a week