What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAFS Team Assistant (Temporary, Part-Time) position at Convoy of Hope?
Ministry Function:
The Center for Agriculture & Food Security (CAFS) Team Assistant supports the ministry of Convoy of Hope by assisting the CAFS Team/GP Working Group in special projects and assigned tasks.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Under the direction of the Senior Director-CAFS do the following:
- Create foundational CAFS Resource Bank.
- Create base elements and templates for CAFS Agriculture Bulletins to be published for public use.
- Sort and gather appropriate agriculture information through web and literature reviews.
- Participate and/or lead in field work tasks as directed by the Sr Dir-CAFS.
- Resource supplies for the CAFS.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- High School diploma or equivalent required.
- Ability to positively contribute to team projects, cooperate with team members, and assist with planning and evaluation.
- Good written communication skills for creating, editing, and proofreading correspondence.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to be detail oriented and to follow through.
- Ability to multi-task, solve problems, and manage deadlines.
- Ability to use a PC and software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Excel.
- Experience with livestock management and handling techniques, farm machinery operation, crop management, and harvest is required.
- Experience working with a farm operation and performing duties, such as fence building, maintenance, crop production, and livestock vaccination are required.
- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator's license.
- Must have the ability to lift and carry livestock, farm supplies, and equipment weighing fifty pounds or more on a regular basis.
- Possesses the ability for prolonged walking or standing, frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, and reaching. Requires a full range of physical motion to operate manual, electrically powered, and gasoline powered equipment and machines. Can move throughout assigned areas, as the work is often performed outdoors year-round.
- Attends and actively participates in COH At Home Week meetings and activities as a required responsibility to the organization and fellow team members.
- Serves as an advocate for the ministry, striving to nurture, broaden, and develop financial and other resource opportunities to support and expand organizational and program ministry.
- Positively represents the ministry of Convoy of Hope, including its mission statement and core values, to all outside constituencies.
- As a Christian organization, Convoy of Hope believes it is critical that team members embrace the organization's religious purposes for which it exists and not only agree with its Statement of Faith but demonstrate it in their lives on an ongoing basis.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities
