Church Partner Program Manager, Middle East

### Church Partner Program Manager, Middle East

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Job ID: 17145
Date Posted: Apr 2, 2026

### Job Description

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We are hiring a Church Partner Program Managerto serve with a new team in the Middle East.The Church Partner Manager oversees the implementation of Samaritan's Purse's multi-sector program in partnership with local church partners. This role is responsible for managing program activities, staff, and budgets across Food Assistance, WASH, and Shelter/NFI sectors, ensuring effective coordination and collaboration with the local partners. Are you a program manager with experience across multiple sectors? This is a great place to make an eternal impact in the lives of hurting people.

\*\*\*This is a 12 month assignment

A day in the life of a Church Partner Program Manager:

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Church Partner Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Develop and implement program strategies in partnership with the local church.
• Ensure effective coordination and communication among program staff, local partner, and Samaritan's Purse headquarters.
• Beneficiary Selection/Distributions: ensure all distributions are based on vulnerability and need, without conditions, regardless of nationality, religion, or legal status. Ensure effective and accountable distributions to beneficiaries in line with best practice humanitarian standards (including the Core Humanitarian Standards) and Department of State requirements.
• Food Assistance (including in-kind food parcels, food vouchers, and ready-to-eat parcels): Oversee food distributions, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure timely and effective delivery of assistance.
• WASH: Manage water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) NFI distributions and monitoring, and evaluation to ensure timely and effective delivery of assistance.
• Shelter: Coordinate shelter construction or repair activities, ensuring safe and durable living conditions for affected populations.
• Build and maintains strong and positive relationships with the local church partners, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
• Ensure local partner capacity building through training and technical assistance.
• Manage program budgets across sectors, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Oversee procurement, logistics, and supply chain management for program activities.
• Submit regular program reports to Samaritan's Purse headquarters, including progress against objectives, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Conduct monitoring and evaluation activities to assess program effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., International Development, Humanitarian Aid, Public Administration, Business Administration, Economics or a related field;), Masters preferred. Minimum 5 years of experience in program management, preferably in a multi-sector humanitarian context; or equivalent combination of experience and education.

Ability to manage budgets and finances across multiple sectors. Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with local partners and stakeholders.

General knowledge of humanitarian aid and program management in food assistance, shelter and settlement, non-food items, health/medical, and WASH

Strong problem-solving skills and capacity to thrive in a complex, fast-paced, and challenging environment

Strong team player in a cross-cultural context, adept at creating a strong team spirit

Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the office

Ability to travel/work in often difficult conditions

Job Location: Middle East

Type: Full-Time; 12 month Assignment

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required); Arabic preferred

Travel Expectations: Regular travel within the area of work. Required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary

Accompaniment: Non-accompanied

Benefits:

• International medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days
• Annual Home Leave

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order. Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5