Church Jobs in Chicago, IL

Church Mobilizer - 2025189

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered yes, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If youre looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the worlds greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

POSITION SUMMARY :

This is primarily an externally facing position designed to recruit, support, and scale WRCs partnerships with local churches through consultation, communication, and connection.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop strong relationships with churches to create ways for churches to partner that benefit the clients we serve, the churchs own ministries, the community, and World Relief Chicagoland.
• Reach goals set by the Church Engagement Team through jointly developing and implementing plans for engaging churches in partnership with World Relief.
• Steward a portfolio of churches that produce deeper engagement with World Relief.
• Regularly present about work of World Relief at church events that mobilize churches to engage.
• Closely track the churchs information in office-based tracking systems including key contact information for pastoral leadership and church champion(s).
• Explore ways for churches to partner together in underrepresented communities to expand and grow both ministries.
• Regularly attend church network events to connect / grow relationships with churches and World Relief.

JOB REQUIREMENTS :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are proud to be an EEO / AA employer M / F / D / V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

$58,000 - $66,000 a year

Compensation details : 58000-66000 Yearly Salary

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