Operations Specialist

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Samaritan's Purse is seeking an Operations Specialist to join our team in North Wilkesboro, NC . You can be a part of a highly professional North American Disaster Relief team. In this role, you will coordinate Samaritans Purse disaster relief activities across the United States. This position will maintain situational awareness of forecasts, emerging incidents, ongoing operations, and available resources to enable timely, informed decision-making. The Specialist will support geographically dispersed teams during both current response and future planning. This position will play a key role in ensuring effective communication, operational coordination, and continuous improvement. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!


A day in the life of an Operations 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 Operations Specialist , you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Monitor and coordinate ongoing disaster relief operations across geographically dispersed locations and all phases of response, supporting alignment across the organization.
• Gather, compile, and deliver timely situation updates and operational reports to support informed decision-making by department leadership. Maintain continuous awareness of organizational deployments, operational status, and readiness.
• Monitor weather forecasts, ongoing events, and emerging needs across the United States to support proactive and anticipatory planning. Support both crisis action planning for short-notice or no-notice events and deliberate planning for preplanned activities.
• Participate in after-action reviews to identify lessons learned from disaster relief activities.
• Maintain and improve operations center tools, systems, and reporting processes to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• All other duties as assigned.

Check out why people love serving with Samaritans Purse:

Qualifications & Experience :

• Bachelors Degree from four-year college or university in emergency management or related field, and two (2) years of operational experience in emergency management, disaster relief, or similar role; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Highly detail oriented and organized with the ability to multitask
• Proven ability to be a self-starter and willingness to adapt to changing demands
• Computer fluency, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and make valid recommendations
• Able to work creatively and independently
• Understanding of data collection, analysis, reporting, and visualization
• Flexibility, adaptability, readiness, and ability to work with a diverse team
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies preferred, not required.

Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: Full-time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English

Benefits:

• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:


Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.


Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:


* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)

* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)

* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)

* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16, 17, 18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)