SIL Global

LEAD Global Operations Coordinator

SIL Global  •  United States (Remote)  •  22 days ago
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Job Description

Job Title

LEAD Global Operations Coordinator

Location

Global

Position Type

VolunteerAt LEAD Global, we place language and identity at the heart of holistic program design. Moving beyond siloed projects, we lead the way in weaving together language development, Scripture engagement, education, and environmental stewardship. Supporting our diverse Leadership Team, you won’t just manage tasks; you will be the operational catalyst for global thinkers bridging the gap between ideas, activities and human flourishing. If you have the tenacity to fuel a movement that honors local voices while driving holistic change, join us in building capacity for a more just and integrated world.

Core “Working Genius” Alignment

  • Discernment: You have a "gut feel" for the nuances of global teamwork. You can review a plan (be it a budget or a travel itinerary) and spot potential conflicts or operational issues before they arise. You provide a sounding board for the leadership team to evaluate the feasibility of new ideas.

  • Tenacity: You are the "closer." When the team brainstorms a Community Seed Bank project or a Face-to-Face team meeting, you are the one who handles the follow-through, helps allocate tasks, and ensures every action item from the meeting notes is marked "Complete."

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Discernment

  • Monitoring how the team is functioning and advising what support is required to help it function better.

  • Discerning the team’s "capacity to interact" with new ideas and providing or calling for the necessary support.

2. Meeting & Project Coordination

  • Calendar: Sending out meeting calendar invites for regular staff and leadership team meetings.

  • Action Item Management: Ensuring clear notes are taken at meetings, with action points for staff set out and regularly reviewed to track progress.

  • Travel: Supporting with complex travel arrangements, including helping ensure the most effective and efficient travel and event choices are made.

  • Event Support: Assisting in the planning, liaison with partners and registration for major events.

3. Financial Administration

  • Expense Tracking: Monitoring event cost tracking and ensuring reimbursements are processed correctly.

  • Grant Support: Assisting with the administrative side of grant filing and tracking receipt of fees, refunds and income to accounts.

  • Donor Relations: Helping to manage key donor relations, including drafting and sending "Thank You" letters to donors.

4. Systems & Personnel Support

  • HR Liaison: Assisting with onboarding for new staff and coordinating annual reviews.

  • Data Management: Updating personnel records.

  • Communication: Managing the "Administrative Updates" flow, ensuring the team is aware of sabbatical dates,vacation windows and other key information.

Qualifications & Attributes

  • Global Mindset: Comfortable working with colleagues in different continents, with different cultural contexts and backgrounds.

  • Flexibility Comfortable with ambiguity and needing to find ways forward within clear parameters, flexible to work outside of usual office hours at times to accommodate people in different time zones.

  • Technical Proficiency: Skilled in hosting Zoom calls, and highly proficient in using Google Workspace.

  • The "Follow-Up" Spirit: An innate drive to finish tasks and a low tolerance for loose ends.

  • Relational Intelligence: High empathy for a team dealing with complex personal contexts (e.g. sabbaticals, family or health issues.).

Discernment & Tenacity: While the team provides the Invention (new strategies) and Galvanizing (getting people excited), you provide the Discernment to say, "This schedule appears too tight for the team's current capacity," and the Tenacity to say, "I’ve followed up three times, and the grant is finally filed."

Weekly Hours

40

SIL Global

About SIL Global

SIL is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand their possibilities for a better life.

As of 2024, we are involved in approximately 1,530 active language projects in 107 countries. These projects impact more than 950 million people. SIL’s work brings together more than 4,373 staff from 86 countries who work alongside thousands more local partners and community volunteers worldwide. Our services are available without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race or ethnic background.

Our Vision:

We long to see people flourishing in community using the languages they value most.

Our Mission:

Inspired by God’s love, we advocate, build capacity, and work with local communities to apply language expertise that advances meaningful development, education, and engagement with Scripture.

Industry
Nonprofit & NGOs
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Year Founded
1934
Website
sil.org
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