TeachBeyond Team Leader - Philippines

The Team Leader will facilitate a healthy team dynamic and provide administrative support and guidance to team members in a way that allows individuals and families to grow and be transformed into all God intends for them to be. The Team Leader would preferably live in Manila, Philippines

Responsibilities:

• Personal and Team Support
  • Pray for team members and team
  • Coordinate with Member Care, National Director, and local projects to welcome and orient new members
  • Give practical care and resources to team members especially in areas of cross-cultural adaptation, maintaining reasonable, healthy boundaries, and navigating available TeachBeyond support structures
  • Seek to ensure housing and member care are provided for international team members (as needed)
  • Ensure members across all projects in your country/location are included in all team communication and are in regular (at least monthly) contact with you or local member care. 
  • Mediate in conflict resolution as requested   
  • Ensure hospitality and coordination of visits for visiting TeachBeyond staff 
  • Provide regular gatherings (at least quarterly) for the TeachBeyond team to facilitate growth and a sense of being on mission together. Ensure that these meetings are inclusive to all team members across projects. 
  • Coordinate with Member Care (locally and/or regionally) to ensure team and personal well-being of all members 
  • Implement activities that promote team spirit and unity - outings, retreats, socials, prayer times, regular meetings
  • Encourage communication of ideas between members of different projects within the country
  • Encourage and model healthy personal and interpersonal skills and dynamics
• Administrative Support
  • Provide written reports to National Director and/or Regional Director as requested and based on location
  • Liaise with regional director, national leaders, cross-cultural staff in country, member care (local & regional) and team lead team. 
  • Liaise with projects to ensure clarity and coordination of local support and compliance with TeachBeyond administrative personnel requirements (ie: completion of annual review). 
  • Liaise with project leads and TeachBeyond crisis management team during crisis and emergency events – know/communicate project crisis plan, liaise between team and TeachBeyond leadership; participate in crisis debrief 
  • Be point person during events significantly impacting team member or family well-being (ie: unexpected personal departure, medical emergency, etc.) –ensure there is coordination between the project, the team and TeachBeyond leadership as appropriate
  • Report major incidents such as destabilizing political events, embassy evacuation orders, urgent medical or mental health needs of members, safeguarding issues, etc. to appropriate national, regional and global leadership
  • Raise concern with appropriate national, regional, and global leadership if team member is displaying habitual patterns of unresponsiveness, ongoing and unresolved mental, emotional, or physical struggle, or non-alignment with the TeachBeyond distinctive and values
  • Participate in TeachBeyond training and/or meetings as requested
  • Attend global, regional and team lead meetings as determined by Regional Director
  • Be the expression of TeachBeyond on the ground, communicating mission-wide priorities, connecting local expressions of ministry to the global mission and vision, and fostering a sense of team unity as people “serving together on mission.” 
  • Regularly engage on the Microsoft Teams Team Leads team and with team lead support group 

Qualifications:

• Personal Skills: 
  • Ability to excel both independently and as a team member in an unstructured work environment  
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with people of various ages and cultural backgrounds 
  • Ability to spot and proactively address potential conflicts in a way that promotes growth and unity  
  • Mature Christian experience, sound judgment and professional skill 
  • Be known for integrity and the ability to keep a confidence 
  • Life philosophy that aligns with TeachBeyond policies, objectives, and doctrine 
  • Striving to embody the core values of the organization: humility, excellence, love, and partnership 
  • Passion for Christ and the Gospel; active participant in a local church community 
  • Motivated by TeachBeyond’s mission and vision of transformational education  
• Education and Experience: 
  • Significant intercultural experience 
  • Practical experience in managing highly diverse people groups, global teams and remote staff 
• Technical Skills: 
  • Demonstrated success holding leadership roles 
  • Demonstrates a growing familiarity with host culture and cultural norms 
  • Exceptional English communication skills both verbal and written  
  • Growing facility in host language (preferred) 
  • Overall business technology proficiency and competence in use of Office 365 (Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) 

This is a part-time role with flexible hours. Pay is based on the applicants own ability to raise funds for their salary. Paid via donor or self-support.