Location: School of Religion

Hours: Full-time, Hourly

Pay: $17.17 - $23.29/hr.

Job Summary: The SALT Outreach Coordinator and Registrar is responsible for planning the outreach of the SALT Program, assisting the director with programming and training, interviewing and advising students, and working with a host church. The SALT Program operates as part of the Pierson Institute of Evangelism and World Missions in the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University. It is run in partnership with It Is Written.

Job Description: The SALT Outreach Coordinator will work under the supervision and direction of the SALT Director in the following areas:

• Firstly, coordinate SALT students in their Bible work outreach including:
  • Personally mentoring and supervising students in the field
  • Assisting with SALT’s outreach training classes
  • Assigning and managing all territory and interests
  • Integrating students into the church’s outreach efforts
  • Supervising student mentors and their involvement in the field outreach
• Secondly, be part of the overall SALT leadership team
  • Includes weekly reporting to and meetings with the director
  • Manage student office workers.
  • Attend daily worships, SALT events, retreats
  • Provide student mentorship
  • Manage new student interests and offer program advisement and registration
  • Perform administrative duties for the SALT program including event planning, and various office tasks as needed.
  • Lead and participate in the student mission trip over Thanksgiving Break, and other mission trips as needed.
  • Collect payments, passports, and help with other details for students going on SALT mission trips.
  • Assist with planning the Summer SALT intensives, registration for the event, outreach, and teaching as needed.
  • Also assist the SALT program with other teaching/training/recruiting as needed.
• Thirdly, to assist with the overall SALT evangelism cycle in the SALT host church
  • Assisting with and helping the SALT program director oversee the coordination of the October-November public evangelistic series, interest visitation, and student and member involvement.
  • Being involved in planning outreach at the host church, including attendance of the church evangelism committee.
  • Working with church Bible workers to train, inspire and equip church members for personal evangelism and Bible work (including potential member training classes, connecting members to Bible study interests, etc.)
  • Being an integral part of the local church program on each Sabbath.
  • Working with the host church personal ministries director to coordinate follow-up activities after the evangelistic meetings
  • Assisting with other SALT training events outside the 4-month fall program, including the summer SALT intensive and weekend church trainings for It Is Written and others, as directed by the SALT program director.
  • Assisting with some SALT recruiting on campus as well as at churches, colporteur programs, schools, and events.
• Other duties as assigned by the SALT director.

Special Requirements: An expressed commitment to Jesus Christ and the teachings and mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and an SDA Church member in good and regular standing.

Qualifications:

• At least six months of full-time Bible work/Bible work coordination experience
• Previous completion of a four-month or longer evangelism training program
• Ability to train and mentor others in Bible work and evangelism
• Effective communication and teaching skills
• Experience and competency in door-to-door work (literature evangelism experience a plus)
• Experience working with public evangelistic meetings
• Passion for both personal and public evangelism
• Previous attendance of an Adventist university and familiarity with Adventist university campus life, opportunities, and challenges is a plus.

Typical Physical Demands: Requires sitting, standing, bending, and reaching. It may require lifting to 25 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers and telephones. Requires field work outside of the office which will necessitate driving and walking. Requires normal range of hearing and vision.