<p><span style="font-weight: bold">POSITION SUMMARY:</span><span> </span></p>
<p>The LAUNCH Program Leader provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for a two-year apprenticeship program that prepares emerging adults for vocational mission in Europe.</p>
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<p>This role establishes the core program framework, equips host-site leaders, and ensures alignment across locations in program expectations, training, care, and communication.</p>
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<p>The Leader collaborates with sending and receiving partners, supports host leaders, and helps ensure that what is communicated about LAUNCH is realistic, clear, and deliverable.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold"> Vision & Strategic Leadership</span></p>
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<li>Clarify and steward the purpose, scope, and long-term direction of LAUNCH.</li>
<li>Define core program standards, non-negotiables, and delivery expectations across host sites.</li>
<li>Lead long-range planning for sustainable growth, scalable systems, and continuous improvement.</li>
<li>Represent the program with key partners as needed while building shared ownership.</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"> Organizational & Executive Oversight</span></p>
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<li>Supervise host-site leaders and program coordinators, ensuring clear communication, reporting, accountability, and evaluation systems.</li>
<li>Align expectations with host sites regarding placements, roles, support structures, and delivery realities.</li>
<li>Oversee program policies, risk management, safeguarding, and operational review of outcomes.</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"> Spiritual & Formational Leadership</span></p>
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<li>Safeguard the discipleship and apprenticeship philosophy of LAUNCH through participant formation, spiritual practices, intercultural learning, and ministry reflection.</li>
<li>Equip host-site leaders to mentor apprentices with consistency, care, and appropriate expectations.</li>
<li>Cultivate a healthy program culture marked by prayer, missional obedience, and team health.</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"> Recruitment & Development</span></p>
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<li>Involvement in apprentice recruitment in both North America and Europe.</li>
<li>Support the identification and development of future host sites and leaders.</li>
<li>Contribute to promotional materials, interviews, and selection processes, as needed.</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"> Financial & Operational Oversight</span></p>
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<li>Work with finance teams to develop and manage program budgets.</li>
<li>Ensure financial accountability across multiple locations.</li>
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<p><span><span style="font-weight: bold">GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL GEM WORKERS</span></span><span> – see <em>Expectations for GEM Workers</em> for further details</span></p>
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<li><span>maintain personal spiritual vitality and a healthy family life</span><br></li>
<li><span>engage in personal discipleship for the growth and multiplication of obedient Christ followers</span><br></li>
<li><span>actively participate in a local church</span><br></li>
<li><span>take at least one day/quarter as a spiritual retreat (Day away with God)</span><br></li>
<li><span>maintain prayer and financial support</span><br></li>
<li><span>contribute to the operation and health of your GEM field community</span><br></li>
<li><span>report monthly (ex. Metrics)</span><br></li>
<li><span>participate in field-wide and mission-wide meetings, retreats and conferences as required</span><br></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">REQUIRED SKILLS:</span></p>
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<li>Strategic leadership</li>
<li>Organizational and systems thinking</li>
<li>Intercultural awareness</li>
<li>Pastoral wisdom and emotional maturity</li>
<li>Leadership coaching and development</li>
<li>Sound judgment and conflict resolution</li>
<li>Collaborative communication</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY</span><span> </span></p>
<p>Indirect supervision of Site Hosts</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:</span></p>
<p>This is a part-time position, days and hours of work flexible.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">TRAVEL:</span></p>
<p>Some travel will be required</p>
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<p>Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. </p>
