Intern Coordinator

The One Mission Society Italy Team has a vision of making reproducing disciples of Jesus Christ and equipping them to be transformational in their spheres of influence. In order to accomplish this vision, the Intern Coordinator , working with in a Disciple-Making team, will model disciple-making practices with individuals and churches in their geographical area in order to steward the conditions for a disciple-making movement to take place.

The intern coordinator manages all aspects of the intern program in Catania. This includes working with the interns before and while in the country. He/she will also maintain the relationships between Search Party and the sending organizations and look for new organizations with which to partner.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience with d isciple- m aking processes a plus.
• Experience working with youth in a ministry setting is preferred but not required .

Skill Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of spiritual disciplines and scriptural application.
• Ability to network well with partners.
• Ability to work constructively with team members in the area of disciple-making, showing value and respect for team-members.
• Ability to learn local language to an intermediate level .
• Must possess a coachable spirit.
• Presents themselves well and engages in tasks with enthusiasm.
• Weave the compassion of Christ into all tasks.
• Ability to relate to college students and enjoy spending time with them .
• Ability to seek out and maintain relationships with other agencies, churches, and universities .

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a regular and ever-deepening relationship with Jesus Christ through prayer, reading and study of the scriptures, fasting, and other spiritual disciplines.
• A bide in Christ together with your team including regular times of prayer, fasting, worship, accountability, and other practices.
• Personally engage with and utilize OMS-approved processes to evangelize non-believers and help others to grow in their faith and progress as reproducing disciples of Jesus.
• Work with the Disciple-Making team to plan and execute a disciple-making process in local churches and networks.
  • Work with partners to start disciple-making ‘bands’ within the churches, train up leaders, and identify future individuals who can help provide leadership locally in this area.
  • Spiritually prepare the church for partnership with Church Development to help the church to reach their local community.
• Give input for developing new strategies and training opportunities in disciple-making.
  • Help plan conferences, trainings, and work with stewardship teams.
• Seek out and recommend new resources and processes, passing gathered information to leadership for consideration of broad-based implementation for disciple-making.
  • Implement processes for determining which materials undergo translation.
• Work with the Disciple-Making and Church Development teams to develop and maintain and effective process and relationship .
• Assist as needed in other OMS Country Team ministries, where applicable and appropriate .
• Out and manage relationships with churches, sending organizations, and universities through which to recruit interns (2 months - 1 year period) .
• Developing/improving intern curriculum and program .
• Lead interns through the pre - field process: pre-field orientation, pre-field training, budgeting, reserving housing and transportation, background checks, etc .
• Oversee interns while in country: training, outreach, fun-days, conflict resolution, etc.
• Maintain intern tracking spreadsheets .
• Must be willing to learn the local language to an intermediate level.

This is a support-based position that involves raising financial support through ministry partners for salary and other expenses.

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