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Project
Leader Information
Questions:
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contact Bill Pagel at 800-881-2461 ext. 290.
Job Description
As the spiritual and temporal authority, the Project Leader shoulders the responsibility for every person, detail, and activity on a mission project. They must be committed to implement the standard elements of an AIM project, anticipate problems, and plan ahead. They should keep everything on schedule with grace and integrity. They must be 23 years of age or older.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Communicate and train groups in the Five AIM Project Objectives
- Spiritually direct/oversee every aspect of the project
- Communicate with setup staff prior to the project to coordinate ministry details
- Communicate with Youth Pastors prior to project about ministries, field conditions, and group preparation
- Communicate with Worship Leader prior to the project to discuss the mission plan
- Recruit and ensure adequate staff for your project
- Conduct daily staff and leader meetings for prayer, feedback, and to communicate changes
- Keep everything on schedule; manage all details of mission project
- Shepherd staff and give them daily assignments
- Anticipate problems and develops contingency plans
- Keep track of finances, reconciling daily
- Help groups achieve their goals while training them to achieve and adopt the Great Commission objectives
- Conduct debriefs of God's work each day focusing on the Five Objectives
- Serve the group leaders so they can attend to the spiritual growth of their students
Required Training
In order to become a certified Project Leader there is a certification
process that must be completed. A Project Leader must fulfill the
following requirements:
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Previous participation on an AIM project
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Attend Project Leader Training—This is a hands-on experience with an seasoned instructor during an actual youth trip. In this training you will observe the Project Leader and be introduced to the management of the logistics and spiritual direction of an AIM mission.
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Finish required reading - When God Speaks by Henry & Richard Blackaby This is to be completed prior to attending Project Leader Training.
- Optional Coached Mission—This is for additional training with an experienced instructor guiding and encouraging you along the way.
- Complete
Solo Mission—Your first solo project - Lead a mission trip on your own.
**After
your coached and solo missions are evaluated you will be certified
as a Project Leader.
| Project Leader Training Dates |
Oct. 15 to Oct 19 in Harlan, Kentucky
Jan. 29 to Jan 30 in Gainesville, Georgia (Classroom setting)
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Your Volunteer Staff
Adventures In Missions' ability to field outstanding mission projects depends in large measure on the availability and quality of our Volunteer Staff. Good staff assistance, not just warm bodies, can materially improve our ability to achieve our mission to see project participants take what they learn on the trip and implement it at home. To ensure project excellence, AIM has developed the following standards and requirements for Volunteer Staff:
All Project Leaders are encouraged to recruit their own Volunteer Staff and may recruit one person for every twenty-five participants. If you have over 40 people signed up for your trip and are having trouble finding Volunteer Staff, please let Leadership Development know that and we will do our best to help you find someone. All Volunteer Staff must fill out an application, reference form and medical release. AIM will do a background check on all Volunteer Staff. Volunteer Staff must pay for their transportation to and from the project as well as ground fees of $100 to cover food and lodging during the trip.
Click here to download the application, reference form and medical release for your Volunteer Staff.
- Encouraged to attend Project Leader Training Conference.
- High School Graduate and Minimum 18 Years of Age - If an immediate
graduate or underage, the project leader proposing the person
as staff will have to provide written justification for their
inclusion to AIM's Leadership Development Assistant. Upon approval, the
proposed staff person can attend the project.
- Competency - Mission project staff are to be competent in the
area of operations in which they are to work.
- Paperwork - All Volunteer Staff must fill out an application, reference form and medical release. AIM will do a background check on all Volunteer Staff.
- Cost - All Volunteer Staff must pay for their transportation to and from the project as well as ground fees of $100 to cover food and lodging during the trip.
See
Project Support Staff for specific
support staff roles.
Paperwork
Prior to departure for the field, all required documentation must
be on file with the Leadership Development Assistant in AIM's Gainesville
office. This includes a completed two-page application, reference
form, and a copy of the notarized medical release. Click
here to retrieve the necessary forms.
Medical Release: We need a new medical release every year.
If you are 19 or older and not currently under the care of a doctor,
you need not get a physical or the doctor's signature. We need a notarized copy of your medical release on file in the office, the original stays with you during the project and someone else should know where it is in case of emergency.
Children of Staff
There must be a plan of supervision, approved by AIM's Leadership Development Coordinator, for all children of staff attending a mission project.
They will be charged at the same rate as the volunteer.
Making Travel Plans
Whether you plan on driving or flying, AIM will pay for your travel as long as it is approved by AIM's Leadership Development Coordinator prior to booking and is in accordance with AIM's financial policies. Project Leaders are responsible for investigating the most cost effective and practical way to get to and from the project, as well as inquiring about mileage reimbursement and/or contact information for our travel agent in order to book a flight.
When scheduling your travel, please plan to arrive a couple days before the project begins so you will have time to meet with the other project staff and ministry partners during the final planning and preparations. Be sure that the Leadership Development Assistant has your travel itinerary well in advance of your arrival date so any necessary passenger pickup arrangements can be made.
Required Reading for AIM Project Leaders
Preparation for project leadership for Adventures In Missions includes
reading several short books. These will provide important, perhaps
even eye-opening, information. They will encourage and enable you.
Please take this portion as seriously as you do the other elements
of your preparation.
Enjoy your reading - enrich your time in the field and enhance your
ability to meet challenges!
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