FOCUS Missions Specialist

FOCUS Catholic; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision and Dental insurance

Health Savings Account

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance for family

403(b) retirement plan

Identity protection

PTO

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

FOCUS Missions is seeking a Missions Specialist to train and coach Mission Directors for successful mission trips, serving the poor with charity and truth, while guiding participants in their faith journey. The role involves meetings with trip directors, planning, budgeting, and adhering to department processes.

Salary is MPD-based and ranges with experience and location. The position emphasizes budget management, on-call leadership during seasons, and continuous improvement of protocols.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a campus missionary
• Team Director qualification preferred

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage mission trips for 10-20 trips
• Direct a mission season
• Provide ongoing support to mission directors and staff
• Coordinate recruitment and fundraising goals
• Maintain timely communication with directors and stakeholders

Job description

FOCUS Missions is one of the fastest growing Catholic mission trip organizations in the world, sending thousands of participants around the world to encounter and serve poverty of all forms. The Missions Specialist is a core member of the FOCUS Missions team who trains and coaches Mission Directors to carry out successful mission trips, serving the poor in charity and truth, while helping participants come to a deeper understanding of their own relationship with Jesus. This includes routine meetings with the trip director, vision casting, and adherence to department processes (checklist, booking procedures, payments etc.) while constantly striving to push the Missions department toward a higher level of staff care and efficiency. In addition, Mission Specialists may have the opportunity to take on additional projects according to skillset and bandwidth to further the effectiveness of the team. Salary is based on Mission Partner Development (MPD)

Position Responsibilities

Trip Success and Management

• Manage comprehensive planning and logistics for 10-20 trips
• Direct a trip during 1 mission season
• Be available as an on-call director or leader during the other mission season (aka “Firefighting”)
• Hold regular bi-weekly meetings with directors
• In each meeting
  • Delegate and follow up on task
  • Review checklist and coaching topics
  • Set and follow up on recruitment and fundraising goals
• Provide support outside meetings as needed (calls, emails, texts)

Trip Finances

• Build initial budget and update monthly at a minimum
• Ensure projected funds are adequate for trip needs without excess
• Confirm expenses with host and set final budget no later than 2 months prior to departure
• Complete host payments no later than 1 month prior to departure

Host Relationships

• Maintain positive relationship by building rapport
• Review past AARs and trip one-pager at beginning of season

Administrative Support

• Complete designated coach tasks on time and accurately
• Maintain accurate deadlines in the checklist
• Update all required platforms immediately when trip information changes
• Ensure trip logistics follow all departmental processes and procedures
• Upload all required trip information to Box and SS before departure
• Complete AAR, MQR and other post-trip tasks within 1 month of trip end

Communication

• Communicate in a timely and professional manner with all parties
• Respond to emails within 48 hours
• Respond to calls, voicemails and texts within 24 hours
• Convey themes of trust, safety, empathy, ownership and transparency
• Communicate any real or proposed policy and procedure deviations to manager immediately
• Communicate proactively with Managers and teammates

MPD

• Achieve and maintain $3,500 in monthly support
• Set 14:28 number and create a plan to achieve it within 12 months
• Adhere to Wednesday morning MPD time
• Send out monthly email updates by department deadline
• Schedule at least 1 ask per day when traveling for MPD

Coach Training and Development

• Prepare for each Training session by reviewing required material
• Attend all Training sessions
• Make up sessions within 1 week when missed
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of policies and risk management
• Attend and participate in each Coach Development meeting

Special Projects

• Fulfill all requirements on time and accurately for mission director and/or leader roles
• Attend all required meetings associated with additional projects
• Complete required tasks associated with additional projects on time and accurately

Qualifications

• Ideally 2+ years of experience as a campus missionary
• Ideally Team Director qualified

For this role, we anticipate paying $42,000 - $54,000/year.This range is an estimate. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the provided range and will be adjusted based on various factors including qualifications, experience, abilities, geographic location, and duties.

Personal Mission Partner Development (MPD) is one way in which FOCUS invites others to be on mission with us through the gift of their financial support. In this position, the POSITION will be expected to fundraise between $3,500-$4,500 a month to support their work with FOCUS. To thrive in serving the mission, the candidate will receive world-class training in this area and ample time to engage in their fundraising efforts.

As a FOCUS staff member, you and your family will have access to several benefits that are designed to help care for the whole person and make your career at FOCUS rewarding. You will receive:

• Medical, Vision and Dental insurance
• Ability to contribute to a Health Savings Account
• Employer-provided life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Option to purchase additional life insurance for yourself, your spouse and your child(ren)
• 403(b) retirement plan with a discretionary employer-match for eligible staff
• Option to purchase LifeLock Identity Protection
• Integrity-based Paid Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• We observe many paid holidays recognized by fellow Americans and also some of the feast days of Holy Mother Church. In addition, we recognize the Sacred Christmas Respite by closing the office from December 24-January 1 each year.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold (full-time, part-time or temporary), and your tenure with FOCUS. Specific benefits may change at FOCUS's discretion.