What are the responsibilities and job description for the TCK Family & Education Consultant position at Envoy?
Summary:
- A TCK/Family Consultant provides support and care to parents and TCKs as they navigate parenting and grow their resilience during frequent transitions while serving globally. He/She works with parents, children and colleagues to evaluate, implement and manage a process of educational planning and care support for Pioneers’ field workers. He/she travels to overseas conferences to support the region through strengthening relationships with families.
Qualifications:
- Committed to global missions and overall vision of Pioneers
- Must practice and support the relevant elements of the US Mobilization Base Manual
- Holds a bachelor’s in education or equivalent and has a minimum of 4 years of positive teaching experience with children
- Completed 3 years or equivalent of field experience
- Love for children and families
- Understand the uniqueness of TCKs and the challenges they face
- Uses gifting in encouragement, teaching, and leadership
- Is trustworthy and credible
- Demonstrates evidence of spiritual maturity
- Able to work independently and collaboratively within the team
- Maintains confidentiality with, for and among members
Responsibilities:
Team:
- Develop and maintain financial support base
- Work in connection with regional consultants as determined by supervisor
- Promote prayer for TCKs among ministry partners, member development team and the Orlando base
- Collaborate with TCK team including program coordinator
- Ensure data communications are tracked within established internal system
Events/Program:
- Participate in Orlando TCK programs by teaching safeguarding lessons, interacting with children and meeting individually with each family unit.
- Consult with TCK program coordinator on evaluation, revision and updates to the TCK curriculum for Explore, Launch and Connect
- Teach adult curriculum related to family/TCK issues at Explore, Launch, Connect, or as determined by supervisor
- Serve on Explore family interview committees
- In preparation for field conferences, help prepare the kids’ team as requested and support the region by teaching safeguarding and TCK lessons to children, meeting with parents individually and attending group sessions.
Education/Care:
- Communicate with families in assigned regions on an annual basis
- Facilitate family and individual TCK debriefing
- Provide pre-field/on field educational consultations with resources and referrals
- Maintain relationships with parents to equip them with information, resources and activities that support and encourage TCK resilience.
Physical demands:
- Stamina to be actively involved in events, debriefs, and children’s programs
- Able to travel internationally
- Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment with extensive public contact and frequent interruptions.
- Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
- Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.
- Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
