Staff Opportunities:
Adoption Guidance Catalyst
Position Summary:
Catalyze people group adoption by helping families, churches, organizations and networks move from initial interest to informed adoption decisions. Guide participants through discernment, selection, and commitment around a specific frontier people group focus.
Essential Roles and Responsibilities (dependent on skills of applicant and strategic needs of the organization. Could include tasks such as the following):
- Develop a people group adoption tracking system that helps users move from inquiry to adoption commitment.
- Develop and distribute decision-support tools, onboarding resources, and commitment pathways.
- Help families, churches, organizations and networks select one or more frontier people groups for adoption.
- Guide adopting partners in clarifying readiness, capacity, timeframe, and practical next steps related to adoption.
- Create and distribute comparison tools and adoption commitment resources.
- Provide monthly reports to the Director of Adoption on work activity and progress toward goals.
- Maintain required levels of ministry support through regular time in ministry partnership development.
- Ensure that privacy and security are maintained in conversation and information exchange.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong written communication and resource-development skills
- Ability to synthesize people group information into clear, simple guidance
- Ability to help others move from broad interest to specific, organized action
- Ability to manage onboarding and follow-up workflows
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to new methods of production and presentation
- Ability to manage and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in computing and MS Office suite
- Knowledge of online communication tools and digital resource sharing
- Participate in additional work training as deemed appropriate
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