Location/Department: Bietz Student Center/ Office of Ministry and Missions/Suite 2000
Description/Duties: * Be flexible
* Connect with Student Missionaries in the field as often as possible
* Responsible for getting one envelope and one package per semester out to SMs in the field (incl. contents, boxes, postage, customs forms)
* Responsible for two to four packing parties
* Maintain a prayer list for SMs
* Check the social media profiles of student missionaries regularly to collect media and report any concerns to the SM Director
* Email a list of people who need follow-up to the SM Director whenever it’s necessary
* Read the blogs of student missionaries, report concerns to SM Director & save significant ones for promotion
* Create & manage Google sheet with deployed SMs information (addresses, contact, social media - Use 2024-2025 Punchlist)
* Collect and grade NOND-227, 228 and 050 assignments and report updates on students’ academic and emotional status to the SM Director
* Respond to students’ assignments and submissions where necessary
* Update and manage e-Class
* Stay in regular contact with deployed SMs on a monthly basis via Skype, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, or email, etc. – they need to know your job is to take care of them
* Create and update student missionaries social media groups to engage students with each other
* Keep main office neat and clean (maintain a business-style environment)
* Facilitate Re-Entry interviews if desired
* Support the Student Missions team wherever needed during retreats, vespers, mission emphasis week etc.
Qualifications: Must have served as a student missionary, taskforce, or have lived abroad (non-native country).
Hours: 12 hours/week
Pay Rate: Freshman: $7.25 - Sophomore $7.75 - Junior $8.00 - Senior $8.25
Person to Contact: Steven Manoukian
Email: msteven@southern.edu
Office Phone: 423.236.2442
Job Posted: 5/9