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 Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai.

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.