Position Description
Title: Field Director of Baptist Haiti Mission
Date Prepared: 5/17/16
FLSA Status: ● Exempt ◌ Non-Exempt
Full Time: ● Yes ◌ No
Job Summary:
The Field Director (FD) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Baptist Haiti
Mission’s staff, programs, expansions, and execution of its mission. In existence for
approximately 70 years, Baptist Haiti Mission (BHM) has grown to include a massive nationwide
network of churches, schools, a hospital, and numerous other mission endeavors. BHM exists to
help strengthen the churches and ministries of BHM with the goal of seeing Haiti transformed by
the Gospel.
Values:
 Gospel:
◦ Remains committed to an intimate walk with Christ through personal devotion and
regular fellowship with a body of believers
◦ Displays the Gospel through integrity in business practices, especially in the areas
of doctrine and evangelism.
 Relationships:
◦ Displays a commitment to strong relationships with all BHM staff
◦ Have leadership philosophy that is one of servant leadership
 Excellence:
◦ Displays a willingness to exceed expectations
◦ Remains available to reporting staff and team members
Essential Job Functions:
 Ensure ongoing operational excellence by providing oversight to administrative, financial,
and human resource systems.
o Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve BHM’s strategic ministry
goals.
 Actively engage and support BHM staff and volunteers, sponsors, and partnering
organizations.  Lead, coach, develop, and retain BHM leadership team and regularly evaluate program
components.
 Measure and evaluate BHM’s success and effectively communicate progress to the board,
funders, and other partners.  Expand BHM self sustained activities including, but not limited to, Mountain Maid Self
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Help Project, hospital, camps and conferences, Master’s program, and other initiatives. Coordinate with BHM staff in Louisville to deepen and refine all aspects of
communications – from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a
stronger mission recognition. Continue building partnerships with like-minded evangelical entities, churches, and
donors, to optimize BHM’s strategic initiatives. Initiate the planning of short-term mission trips in Haiti. Develop and maintain appropriate relationships with various Haitian governmental
representatives and agencies. Qualifications:  The person in this position should be thoroughly committed to BHM’s mission and have
proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience.  The person in this position should be willing to immerse him/herself and family in the
culture of the Haitian people. This could include: extended trips into the provinces, time
spent studying the history and recent developments of Haiti, etc.  The person in this position should be fluent in either Haitian Creole or French.  The person in this position should have proven experience in organizational management,
and be able to coach staff, manage and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve
strategic objectives, and manage a budget.  The person in this position should have exceptional written and verbal communication
skills; be diplomatic with public relations; and be winsome and passionate with donors
and supporters.  The person in this position should affirm and hold to the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. Work Environment:  The person in this position will work in a self-directed, strategic, and collaborative
mission-field environment.  This position will occasionally call for travel in and around Haiti, and occasional trips to the
U.S. as necessary. Supervision:  The person in this position will supervise all BHM employees and oversee Haitian
operations.  The person in this position will report directly to the President of the BHM Board and
works on the field together with the Field Council