Speakers Bureau Specialist

Speakers Bureau Specialist

Location: Charlotte, NC, United States

Job ID: 15169

Date Posted: May 24, 2024

Job Description

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Are you looking for an opportunity to use your communication and counseling skills to help send the gospel to children and families around the world? Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a ministry of Samaritan's Purse, searching for a Speakers Bureau Specialist to serve in the Charlotte or Boone, North Carolina Ministry Center. Come join an amazing team and help to be apart of advancing Gods Kingdom to the Nations!

A day in the life of a Speakers Bureau Specialist:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Speakers Bureau Specialist, you will have the opportunity to:

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

• Facilitate the growth of the Speakers Bureau by gathering, researching and investigating shoebox recipient stories in order to determine potential strong spokesperson candidates

• Lead efforts in fully vetting all potential strong spokesperson candidates for authenticity/accuracy of story and ability to share with various audiences. Maintain all vetting process records and communicates updates on each spokesperson candidate to the respective region

• Lead online pre-training for potential spokespersons, which includes at least ten online individual calls with each candidate for the purpose of equipping them on how to share their story in public events, as well as prepare them for the in-person training

• Oversee the execution of personalized videos with select trained spokespersons, serving all 14 regions across the US. Prepare training materials and assure technology and system readiness for personalized videos

• Manage the training of select spokespersons for recording personalized videos

• Assist in the training process of selected spokesperson candidates, including the planning, organizing, and delivery of in-person training events

• Assist in coaching spokespersons for speaking engagements including partner conferences, volunteer conferences/events, ministry events, and recording personalized videos

• Assist the Speakers Bureau team in mentoring active spokespersons through prayer and encouragement before, during and after each tour, as well as throughout the year via phone calls, emails and one-on-one meetings. Supports the spiritual development of spokespersons through writing monthly devotionals

• Observe regional and national speaker tours, local speaking engagements, media interviews, churches, schools, community groups, Operation Christmas Child partnerships and other events in order to learn best ways to guide, coach and support spokespersons, while also providing on-site coaching as opportunities arise

• Assist in Speakers Bureau data analysis and reports, as well as the yearly evaluation of contracted spokespersons

• Becomes and remains trained as an official Operation Christmas Child correspondent to serve as needed

• All other duties as assigned

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