East-West Hiring for Clinical Member Care Specialist – Multiple locations worldwide and stateside at Remote Full Time

About East-West

The vision of East-West is to glorify God by multiplying followers of Jesus in the spiritually darkest areas of the world. The mission of East-West is to mobilize the Body of Christ to evangelize the lost and equip local believers to multiply disciples and churches among the unreached.

About the Position

East-West missionaries serve in some of the world’s spiritually darkest places. Member Care plays a key role in providing the pastoral care our missionaries depend on for their effectiveness, longevity, and wellbeing. Stateside and overseas Member Care Specialists provide care for East-West missionaries in their area of the world through Zoom and regular travel to meet with overseas staff in person.

This position will provide ongoing and proactive care to all overseas missionaries with regular counseling and relationship building, resourcing, encouragement, prayer, Member Care referrals, and visiting them in their field ministry locations as opportunities arise. If deployed overseas, this person will learn the local language and participate in local ministry activities.

This is a fully support-raised position.

Reports to: Director of Member Care
Position Location: USA (Remote) or Overseas

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide annual on-site member care visits and counseling services as needed to field personnel in their assigned area of service

• Provide assistance for other East-West Member Care projects as needed

• Consult with and report to Member Care leadership regarding personnel matters

• Provide training/learning opportunities to field personnel in their area of service

• Involvement in local ministry, if deployed overseas

• Develop and maintain a network of personal support

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Ability and desire to travel internationally or live in Eurasia or Southeast Asia

• Postgraduate degree in a related mental health field

• Current licensure from a U.S. state licensure board

• HIPAA certification

• Broad-based clinical background

• Clinical background should include training and practice in the identification of counseling issues as well as the provision of appropriate treatment for those issues

• Extensive overseas experience preferred

• Demonstrated gift of practicing wise counsel

• Baptized believer of Jesus Christ, faithful member of a local church, and experience in sharing the gospel

• Extensive overseas experience preferred

• Ability to raise personal support as well as develop and manage personal ministry budget

• Ability to learn languages, preferred

• Extensive overseas experience preferred

• Must possess excellent relationship skills with clear gifting in the areas of encouragement, listening, exhortation, teaching, and innate sensitivity to the needs of others

• Capable of and willing to refer clients to the proper setting when a referral is indicated

• Should be capable of teaching/leading in group settings

• Must be capable of working in a broad range of settings with a broad range of people

• May be required to obtain language proficiency to live in certain field settings

• Must be able to network with a broad range of individuals in multiple settings

East-West Employee Culture

Our team members are passionate about Jesus, grace, bold action, and taking the gospel to the spiritually darkest places. We have one consuming passion: to make God known among every nation, every tribe, every tongue, and every people. We strive to uphold the highest standards of behavior, which include integrity, trustworthiness, theological alignment, a healthy work/life balance, care for others, a servant spirit, competency in difficult conversations, a desire to see results, diligence, respect, and humility.

All East-West employees will maintain a firm commitment to East-West’s vision, mission, values, Statement of Faith, and beliefs as well as display a growing and mature faith in Jesus Christ.

Contact

If you have questions about this position or any other stateside or overseas position with East-West, email [email protected].