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Samaritan's Purse · 2 months ago

Program Manager Specialty Team

North Wilkesboro, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. The Program Manager for the Specialty Teams Program focused on Dentistry will develop strategic programming, oversee project management for dental teams, and ensure the integration of evangelism into the dental care provided to beneficiaries.

Non Profit

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him

Develop and directs the strategy for evangelism and spiritual care as well as dental care for beneficiaries of the program ensuring all Specialty Teams activity actively engages in evangelism to include Gospel presentation, Bible distribution, prayer, discipleship, and connection to the local church (where possible)

Provide leadership and direction to staff and the campaign teams ensuring all support staff (associated partnership hospital staff, local volunteers, and volunteers) have the necessary budget, tools, and resources to implement dynamic programming around the world with proper support from IHQ

Oversee logistics, transportation, and coordination for volunteers by working with the WMM placement and logistical coordinators to provide direction and approval for international airfare and visas

Research, identify, and implement programming with partnership hospitals for continued growth and global impact around the world and establish relationships with site teams at partner medical facilities

Develop, monitor, and control the staffing needs, operations budget, and capital budget for the program overseeing the financial component of all program campaigns and ensuring resource availability

Ensure all necessary dental equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals required to perform dental procedures are available on-site at the host medical facility for program implementation

Collaborate with the site team to procure necessary equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals in-country and work closely with the biomedical and logistics teams at IHQ to procure all other dental equipment and supplies requiring delivery to the host country

Obtain necessary permissions from the local customs office for all supplies being brought in from out of the country

Manage the recruiting, interviewing, and selecting qualified dental volunteers to serve on the campaigns

This process includes networking with dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants through conferences and/or other means and identifying volunteers who will serve with spiritual integrity and excellence

Obtain necessary permissions, agreements/memorandum of understanding from the local Ministry of Health and partnering hospital facilities and if needed, assist with licensing the visiting medical personnel in the host country

Oversee the development of operating procedures and policies for the WMM/Samaritans Purse Specialty Team standard orientation/guidelines manuals, consumables, and equipment lists to effectively ensure quality implementation of patient care and direction of the volunteer teams that provide the patients dental services

30% of the time in contact with Samaritans Purse beneficiaries (children, young adults, adults at risk) promoting and safeguarding their welfare within the context of Samaritans Purse operations

Qualification

Dental professionalProgram managementStrategic planningEvangelism strategyBudget managementProject coordinationTeam leadershipFluency in EnglishFluency in SpanishCommunication skills

Required

Active dental professional (Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Dental Assistant); five (5) to seven (7) years related dental experience

Ability to set strategic program direction focusing on evangelism

Ability to spiritually lead, manage, and motivate diverse teams through dynamic situations in challenging environments

Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects across geographic locations ensuring campaigns are spiritually focused and culturally appropriate

Ability to professionally represent WMM/Samaritans Purse to visiting specialty teams, local hospital medical personnel and administrators, other NGOs, and government officials

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents

Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, patients, missionaries, or members of the business community

Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format

Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Fluency in English (Required)