Do You Love Preaching, Teaching, and Inspiring Others to Go?
As Director of Mobilization, you’ll be the voice calling the next generation of missionaries to take up the Great Commission. Whether you’re preaching in churches, speaking at conferences, or mentoring individuals one-on-one, you’ll represent ABWE as the public face of recruiting and sending gospel workers to the nations. If you thrive in teaching, building relationships, and leading others to answer God’s call, this role puts you at the forefront of mobilizing workers for the harvest. Be part of a mission that changes lives for eternity.
Department: Mobilization
Location: ABWE Headquarters, New Cumberland, PA
Job Type: Full-Time/Salary/Exempt
Supervisor: Vice President | Strategic Initiatives Development
Supervisory Responsibility: Mobilization Department Staff
Mission/Vision: Fulfilling the Great Commission by multiplying leaders, churches, and missions movements among every people.
Job Summary/Primary Role: The primary role of the Director of Mobilization is to serve as a key representative of ABWE, promoting its Global Family of Ministries through public speaking, strategic relationships, and leadership. This role focuses on inspiring and implementing effective missionary recruitment strategies while leading a motivated team to guide prospective missionaries along their journey toward official approval or appointment.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Representing ABWE’s Global Family of Ministries by engaging in public speaking at churches, conferences, colleges, and other events.
- Engaging in dialogue with pastors and church leaders to resource and inspire their sending efforts.
- Leading the development and execution of missionary recruitment strategies aligned with ABWE’s vision and values.
- Establishing departmental goals and objectives and leading the team to achieve them.
- Training and equipping the Mobilization team to carry out their roles effectively, fostering collaboration and motivation.
- Developing and overseeing a relationship cultivation strategy for prospective missionaries, including lead generation and management.
- Overseeing and refining workflows for departmental personnel and applicants, ensuring efficiency and positive applicant experiences.
- Approving and implementing tools and technology to enhance mobilization efforts.
- Collaborating with other departments to ensure cohesive marketing strategies, social media presence, and promotional efforts.
- Conducting regular one-on-one meetings with team members and holding departmental meetings to establish and review objectives, milestones, and progress.
- Crafting and managing the departmental budget.
- Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned.
Qualifications: Ability to pass background check and all necessary clearances as mandated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies, Intercultural Studies, or related field required. Master’s Degree in related field preferred.
Minimum Prior Experience Required: relevant supervised ministry experience required. Previously acquired cross-cultural experience highly preferred. Previous pastoral ministry preferred, with the ability to effectively preach/teach in churches.
Travel: Ability to travel within the United States; occasional international travel may be necessary.
Necessary Attributes:
- Joy-filled personal faith rooted in Jesus Christ and a heart to serve.
- Knowledge of the Bible and the Biblical principles of world missions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong stage presence
- Self-disciplined, results-oriented, and highly energetic.
Christian Life:
ABWE is a Christian organization, and it is necessary that employees possess and maintain a lifestyle that is above reproach. Employees are encouraged to participate in staff events including corporate and departmental prayer times and staff meetings and lunches.
All ABWE employees must:
- Be a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and able to articulate a personal testimony of salvation.
- Be walking in Christ-like obedience to Biblical standards in ways that evidence a transforming relationship with Jesus Christ, particularly as outlined in ABWE’s Christian Code of Conduct.
- Be a current and active member and/or regular attendee of a like-minded local church that aligns doctrinally with ABWE.
- Be able to fully support ABWE’s mission, vision, core values, doctrinal statement, and ministry philosophy.
- Be able to follow all guidelines set forth in the ABWE Policy Manual and IHQ Staff Handbook.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations, including extended periods of time sitting at a desk. The work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand, and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a moderate to high noise level. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.