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Position Description

The Marketing Manager with Frontier Ventures Publishing (FV Publishing) needs to be a deep well of ideas, but also have the sense and tenacity to evaluate which are the best opportunities and then follow those through to completion creating workflows and measurable goals that lead to both successful outcomes and evaluation for future improvement. The FV Publishing Marketing Manager will manage and execute marketing strategies for resources created by William Carey Publishing, contribute to marketing Mission Frontiers magazine and Joshua Project, and consult on other FV publications. All FV publications have the overarching goal of shaping and advancing the missiological conversation in the world in a way that spurs breakthrough among unreached peoples and glorifies the Lord.

We need someone who is passionate, aware (of what's happening in the missions world and of consumer mentality), competitive (in that they always want to do the next campaign better than the last one and with greater outcomes), strategic, analytical, execution-driven, technologically savvy, and creative. From how you pull together concepts, to how you manage coordinating with internal staff and external contractors, to the very words you choose in campaigns—in every way we need you to be thoughtful and intentional. Finally, the ideal candidate is someone who has experience in the missions world with an understanding of our audience and key agency partners and a passion to serve them.

Position Summary:

The Marketing Manager will play a key role in informing, persuading, and influencing marketing and business strategies on behalf of FV Publishing to its audiences and stakeholders. You will be responsible for crafting the strategic promotional objectives for FV publishing resources (individual books, magazines, etc.) along with executing and coordinating execution of those strategies. Additionally, you would manage and utilize all the technological platforms of FV Publishing for greater efficacy in marketing and sales activities; provide insights on trends and opportunities to grow our audiences and the business in general.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop marketing strategies for new products.
• Review current marketing campaigns for weaknesses and developing solutions within budget constraints.
• Write and edit promotional content for print, web, email, social, and search engine optimization.
• Ensure all written and visual promotional material adheres to and supports branding.
• Coordinate and oversee any staff or contractors connected with projects.
• Design and manage efficient tools, workflows, and processes that support sales and marketing team members.
• Analyze website click-to-purchase conversion rates and the effectiveness of promotions to determine what drives sales.
• Identify potential new markets through market research and create a plan to enter the market.
• Partner with product development and editorial teams to estimate product demand.
• Analyze and report on data across multiple platforms including but not limited to: Shopify, Filemaker, Ingram Marketing Insights, Mailchimp, Google Tag Manager, and Google Analytics.
• Drive analytic initiatives while partnering with stakeholders to deliver actionable analyses to identify areas of opportunity.
• Brainstorm fresh advertising ideas with senior management.
• Monitor sales and data quality looking for ways to improve
• Provide analytical and technological support and consultation to senior management and key partners within the organization.
• Produce monthly and annual reports on campaigns and key metrics that get shared both internally and to various groups.
• Provide publishing leadership support at events, which may require travel.
• Execute directives of Director of Publishing in coordination with the WCP Publishing Manager.
• Work well with internal and external clients
• Related and other duties as assigned.
• Commitment to following the Frontier Ventures Core Identity Document
• Adhere to the policies and procedure of the organization ·

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional writing skills for different mediums
• Excellence at learning new technologies and software
• Understanding of quantitative analytics
• Understanding of Key Performance Indicators
• Web, email, social and search insights experience
• Segmentation and brand strategy knowledge
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to consistently meet established goals while balancing competing priorities and timelines
• Highly self-motivated
• Superb collaboration, presentation, and interpersonal skills required Proficiency in Microsoft 365: Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Open to wide ranging Jesus-following spiritual heritages and expressions of spirituality
• Open to challenging traditional and comfortable spiritual heritages and expressions

Qualifications

• 3+ years of marketing experience with proven skills in writing and editing marketing copy
• 2+ years of sales experience (e.g. one-on-one sales pitches, creating customer journeys through promotions and technology, presentations to groups, etc.)
• Experience working with various marketing platforms (Mailchimp ,etc.), or similar tools required
• Familiarity with CRMs (e.g. Filemaker, Virtuous, etc.) desired
• Microsoft Excel experience required for data manipulation, analytics, and visualization
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts in a compelling, concise, and creative way
• Bachelor's degree required (Marketing, Communications, English, Business or related field)
• Technological savvy required
• Must value the mission and vision of Frontier Ventures Publishing
• Received official acceptance as a member of the FMF religious order.
• Strong motivation to move the organizational and department missions forward
• Strong alignment with the stated values of the organization
• Available for organizational development and event travel as needed.
• Must be able to participate in fundraising for organizational development

Minimum Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift 35 lbs.
• The duties of this job frequently require the worker to sit for extended periods of time.
• The duties of this job occasionally require the worker to travel by car, plane, etc with or without accommodation.
• Must have the ability to type written communication, speak and hear with clarity to facilitate good communication in virtual meetings.

Position Description

The Communications Director will work closely with the Growth Team Director and the Growth Team to lead FV in the maximization of internal and external communication channels, and the implementation of FV's CRM as one of FV's strategies to engage partners in deeper connection to FV.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge in Mailchimp or similar email marketing/communication software
• Knowledge in social media management software
• Clear vision for FV communication platforms
• Conceptual design thinking
• Experience with CRMs and willingness to learn
• Strong written and verbal communication skillset
• High level of accuracy and detail orientation
• Positive, self-starting, and solutions-oriented approach
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office and a general working knowledge of virtual collaboration tools for video conferencing, project management, and asynchronous communication

Minimum Physical Requirements:

• The duties of this job frequently require the worker to operate within a standard office work environment.
• Must have the ability to type written communication, speak and hear with clarity to facilitate good communication in virtual meetings.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication or related field, preferred
• Received official acceptance as a member of the FMF religious order 
• Must be able to participate in fundraising for organizational development
• Available for organizational development and event travel as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• With the Growth Team Director and Growth Team develop FV’s development, communications, and marketing strategies
• Build and Supervise an FV Communications Team in keeping with FV’s strategic planning
• Draft and edit FV blog posts (weekly)
• Draft and edit FV quarterly newsletter (print and/or digital)
• Serve as a content creator/editor for new FV website
• Plan, facilitate webinar(s) for engaging external constituents
• Assist in developing and implementing feedback loops with external audiences and partners.
• Contribute to upgraded FV utilization of Virtuous CRM
• Internal communication effectiveness in Yammer, posts to the Hive, and inter-departmental communications
• Glean communications content from various FV offerings such as Staff Meetings, Monday Missiology meetings, Conferences, events, etc.
• Completes compliance training as scheduled by Human Resources
• Attend weekly organization wide staff meetings and any team related meetings as determined necessary by supervisor
• Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned
• Agreement with membership in FV as outlined in FV’s Core Identity Document
• Participates in fund development in accord with agreed upon goals and objectives
• Adhere to the Policies and Procedures of the Organization

Position Description

Frontier Ventures COO serves and exercises leadership from a growing center of emotional and relational intelligence. The COO collaborates with the General Director and Lead Team to set and drive organization vision and mission, oversee organizational operations to ensure strategic alignment and translate strategy into the overall health of FV's culture; defined by being a healthy religious order that functions as a healthy organization. Provides leadership in the alignment of day-to-day operations of all FV Operations Departments to ensure operations function within regulatory statutes, manage a resource consumption and stewardship, ensure sustainability, and integrate with other Frontier Ventures departments. Working with the FV Lead Team, the COO plays a key role in assuring there is collaboration between FV's Catalysts, Hubs, Operations Growth Team, and the Process Optimization Team resulting in a healthy thriving organization cultures fulfilling the vision and mission of Frontier Ventures.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Exhibits and embraces FV's values as people of depth, health, fostering belonging, openhandedness, and faithfulness
• Self-awareness
• Experience with developing operations capacity and processes in non-US contexts
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency on computers and MS Office suite
• Participate in additional work training as deemed appropriate
• Communicate consistently with leaders (and with project team members as needed) remotely and in person
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manager deadlines
• Knowledge of organizational financial systems
• Ethical conduct
• Ability to supervise other employees
• Dependable, with the ability to be flexible, and a team builder, and team player
• Open to wide ranging cultural and spiritual heritages rooted in following Jesus including expressions of spirituality that differ from their own
• Open to challenging traditional and comfortable spiritual heritages and expressions
• Ability to travel periodically for leadership team meetings
• Highly motivated creative thinker with and entrepreneurial spirit
• Demonstrates strategic thinking combined with strong executive skill
• Has proven experience in implementation plans successfully through work teams
• Is a systems thinker and can make systems and procedures work
• Can multi-task and keep track of multiple reporting relationships and responsibilities
• Demonstrates a stated calling and commitment to the mission of the organization
• Ability to measure, monitor key business metrics and performance indicator
• Familiarity with project management approaches and business process mapping techniques
• Is familiar with and committed to the Frontier Missiology that is inherent to FV's mission, mission, and values
• Robust experience and familiarity with Project Management
• Able to make decisions that stay on course with a plan of action
• Ability to provide strategic and positive influence to assist in reaching organizational goals

Minimum Physical Requirements

• The duties of this job frequently require the worker to sit for extended periods of time
• Must be able to life up to 25 pounds
• Must be able to carry small loads of supplies (no larger than 50 pounds)
• The duties of this job occasionally require the worker to travel by car, bus, train, plane, etc with or without accommodations
• Must have the ability to type written communication, speak and hear with clarity to facilitate good communication in virtual meetings

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in business management or related field
• Experience in financial systems management
• 5+ years of organizational executive leadership
• 5+ years of management or supervisory experience
• Ability to travel internationally and domestically
• Received official acceptance as a member of the FMF religious order
• Must be able to participate in fundraising for organizational development
• Available for organizational development and even travel as needed

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the Operations Team leaders: IT, HR, Finance
• Set agendas and run department meetings for Operations Leadership in coordination with the Operations Admin Lead, HR, IT, and Finance Department
• Take initiative in seeking ways to serve Hub Directors, Catalyst Directors, Growth Team, and Process Optimization Team leadership in the development of their respective efforts, and provide guidance related to compliance and process.
• Provide guidance and encouragement to personnel
• Manage personnel workloads in order to meet goals and deadlines
• Ensure the needs and requirements of personnel in the organization are met in a timely manner
• Manager and prepare budgets and reports as needed and requested
• Manager consumption and power utilization of organizational resources as defined by department budgets
• Work closely with other departments to promote smooth working and efficient functioning and integration of processes
• Provides oversight of all direct reports and maintains regular virtual or face to face coaching and supervision of all direct reports
• Maintain familiarity with trends in missiology, mission strategies, cultures, world events and other factors affecting the ministries of Frontier Ventures Operations Leadership
• Develop and maintain operations strategies and planning to ensure alignment with short-term and long-term aims that contribute to the vision and mission of the organization
• Oversee and ensure functions of the organization are aligned and operate within the essence and purpose of FV as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-central Religious Order
• Ensure operations adhere to company, International, federal, state, and local business requirements, enforcing compliance and taking action when necessary
• Develop, implement, and maintain operational plans and systems ensuring policies and procedures are carried out properly
• Provide support and resourcing to direct reports for their participation in fund development for the organization
• Continually evaluate and make the necessary changes and adjustments to maximize productivity, efficiency, and manager and steward resources well, including monitoring performance with tracking and establish corrective measures, as needed
• Ensure projects are properly prioritized and executed to meet objectives on time and budget
• Track status of FV intangible assets (Copyrights, Trademarks, DBAs)
• Ensure FMF adherence to MOUs
• Attend weekly organization wide staff meeting and any team related meetings as determined necessary by supervisor
• Perform related and other duties as assigned
• (Finance Department) Supervises the Controller and works closely with the Board's Investment Committee
• Negotiate financial and banking contracts and serve as a signer on accounts as needed
• Assist in the development of operations functions as needed by Hubs, especially those outside the US
• Oversee grant-writing process to ensure compliance and timely execution of grant distribution
• Build and maintain a working financial model
• Communicate financial issues to a variety of audiences, internal and external as needed
• Serve the Board's Investment Committee in managing the investment policies and procedures and investment services
• Serve as lead with FV's auditor for the annual audit process
• (Human Resources) Supervise the HR Director; maintains regular connection as needed to address staff specific issues
• Provide leadership and support for HR initiative and emerging issues and opportunities
• Completes compliance training as scheduled by Human Resources
• (IT Department) Supervise the IT Director
• Provide support and direction for IT initiatives in ling with organizational goals
• (As an FMF Member) In accord with goals agreed upon with the General Director, and in collaboration with the Growth Team, participate in the fund development of FV, which may include personal contacts, major partner cultivation and grants.
• Commitment to following the outlined Frontier Ventures Core Identity
• Adhere to the Policies and Procedure of the Organization

Position Description

The Missiology Catalyst serves to promote missiological reflection and engagement within the Frontier Ventures (FV) and William Carey International University (WCIU) movements and beyond. Connect and engage the worldwide frontier mission community to cultivate and catalyze collaborative efforts for: learning; sharing of information, vision, and strategies; advancement of effective collaborative efforts; stimulation of new thinking and study of current effective and relevant ministries to catalyze Movements to Jesus. To engage and include a broad range of involvement including people from non-majority "voices" such as but not limited to women, younger individuals, people from the Global South. Effectively work with Frontier Ventures and William Carey University to involve target audiences in the discussion and sharing of the results of findings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency on computers and MS Office suite
• Participate in additional work training as deemed appropriate
• Communicate consistently with leaders (and with project team members as needed), remotely and in person
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines
• Ethical conduct
• Ability to supervise other employees
• Dependable, with the ability to be flexible, and a team builder
• Open to wide-ranging spiritual heritages and expressions of spirituality
• Open to challenging traditional and comfortable spiritual heritages and expressions

Minimum Physical Requirements

• The duties of this job frequently require the worker to sit for extended periods of time.
• The duties of this job occasionally require the worker to travel by car, plane, etc with or without accommodation.
• Must have the ability to type written communication, speak and hear with clarity to facilitate good communication in virtual meetings.

Key Qualifications

• PhD related to mission preferred.
• Previous leadership and management experience preferred.
• Received official acceptance as a member of the FMF religious order.
• Must be able to raise funds through ministry partner development for the organization.
• Available for ministry partner development and organizational event travel as needed.
• Preference towards workers with previous ministry experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate internal missiological discussion and learning via Monday Huddles and Friday Missiology sessions.
• Catalyze more diversity in our missiological voice: younger people, women, global south, etc.
• Utilize accepted fundamental FV missiological documents to effectively guide and integrate missiological efforts across FV/WCIU.
• Help FV/WCIU find processes or ways to become a more intentional "missio-hermeneutical" community using various forms of communication such as but not limited to blogs, Teams calls, etc.
• Work with all FV/WCIU ministries such as publications, Winter Launch Lab, Communications and others in order to coordinate and integrate our missiological voice internally and externally.
• Create and develop avenues of missiological interaction and collaboration between FV’s various Catalysts and regional Hubs, in order to promote missiological clarity and unity.
• Manage and facilitate relationships between Associates and their duties.
• Manage work within budget and ensure department is working within budget.
• Build healthy team culture
• Manage team workflow, schedules, and performance
• Hire and train new staff
• Develop team and team members
• Maintain required levels of ministry support through regular time in ministry partner development
• Commitment to following the outlined Frontier Mission Fellowship Essentials
• Adhere to the Policies and Procedures of the Organization
• Provide support and resourcing to direct reports for their commitments to ministry partner development and the FMF Essentials
• Completes compliance training as scheduled by Human Resources.
• Attend weekly organization wide staff meeting and any team related meetings as determined necessary by supervisor.
• Perform related and other duties as assigned.

Position Description

As support for the Perspectives Study Program National staff, the Finance Associate Level 2 position will be responsible for higher levels of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, monthly reconciliations, troubleshoot bill payment processes, W9 records, and annual 1099 reporting, assisting with annual donation summaries, and assisting with the annual audit.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency on computers and MS Office suite
• Proficiency in Excel
• Proficiency in Quickbooks
• Communicate consistently with leaders (and with project team members as needed), remotely and in person
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines
• Participate in additional work training as deemed appropriate

Minimum Physical Requirements

• The duties of this job frequently require the worker to sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to carry small loads of supplies (no larger than 25 pounds) for setting up staff events.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Key Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Completed Perspectives course at a certificate or credit level
• Passionate and knowledgeable about Perspectives Vision, Mission and Values, Perspectives content, and the broader mobilization of World Christians
• Minimum 2 years of experience in bookkeeping or accounting
• Prefer working knowledge of online expense management programs
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be a team player
• Self-motivated, self-directed learner
• Detail oriented

Key Responsibilities

• Create monthly Accounts Receivable reports
• Follow up on unclaimed checks, make and record stop payments
• Reconcile monthly bank statement
• Verify and transfer credit card transactions to Quickbooks
• Reconcile monthly credit card statement
• Reconcile or report any differences found on the financial records
• Research and resolve accounting issues as requested
• Basic journal entries as requested
• Assist in Year End audit tasks
• Prepare 1099 report for annual filing with IRS
• Train and answer user questions
• Ongoing communication with Regional and National staff
• Notify and work with IT staff on website issues
• Produce reports as requested by management
• Perform related and other duties as assigned
• Attend weekly organizational wide staff meeting and any team related meeting as determined by supervisor
• Complete compliance training as scheduled by Human Resources