<div><strong>EQUIP LEADERS - REACH KIDS - CHANGE THE WORLD&nbsp;<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>This is a fully remote US employment opportunity.&nbsp;<br>Estimated Salary Range for this Position: $75,000 - $88,000 Dependent on Experience<br></strong><br></div><div>At Awana, we believe true change happens in the communities when children and youth are transformed by the gospel and engaged in Biblical discipleship in the presence of a caring adult. We believe that kids can come to know, love and serve Jesus, following Him for a lifetime. This is why, for 70+ years, Awana has been working with leaders in local churches in the US and around the world, providing solutions that equip these women and men to make disciples in children and youth.<br><br></div><div>Today, God is using Awana to reach over 5.7 million kids in 134 countries around the world. With over 500,000 equipped leaders in 76,000 clubs/churches, Awana is able to play a vital role in global evangelism and discipleship of children and youth.<br><br></div><div><strong>Summary</strong><br>The Director of Sales works to advance the ministry of Awana by providing leadership and ownership for effective ministry expansion through selling and promoting Awana products, services, and resources. This individual is specifically responsible for understanding industry trends, building effective sales and marketing strategy and plans, while guiding execution and accountability for accomplishing organizational goals. This individual will lead an internal marketing team, while working cross-functionally with various stakeholders across the organization.<br><br></div><div>This position is primarily remote with the need to report into the St. Charles, IL and/or Nashville, TN offices or other worksites as needed.<br><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Build, mentor and lead the Marketing team, aligning with the Awana Strategic Execution Plan (SEP) and cultural values</li><li>Ensure the team's processes and work meet team standards of operational and cultural excellence, and enables the Awana executive leaders to focus on driving strong ministry outcomes</li><li>Stewards the Marketing budget, allocating appropriate expenses for effective ministry in line with desired goals and objectives</li><li>Own and hit/exceed annual sales targets in conjunction with Awana’s strategic plan</li><li>Build and execute strategies for sales growth through membership, curriculum, and events, both new and renewal business, focused on achieving engagement/sales targets and expanding our customer base</li><li>Collaborate with field staff to generate leads, follow up accordingly, drive sales growth and maintain revenue projections</li><li>Oversee campaigns to generate leads across all verticals from both known and new constituents, including paid and cross-promoted placements with related organizations, outlets, internal, and external channels</li><li>Guide plans to partner with customers to understand their business needs and objectives, apply engagement plans based on opportunities and needs</li><li>Understand and represent category-specific best practices to help shape product and service opportunities</li><li>Develop accurate performance and ROI plans, and adjusting spending plans based on needs and accountability</li><li>Analyze plan results and adjust marketing plans as necessary to meet ministry sales targets and projected ministry needs.</li><li>Oversee efforts with internal and external resources to measure, evaluate and improve campaigns and tactics</li><li>Create and maintain sales reports that track and measure the success of initiatives. Research new channels or platforms to be considered and work with leadership to utilize them most effectively</li><li>Support, uphold and demonstrate the Awana cultural values in internal and external communications and relationships.</li><li>Perform other related duties as required</li></ul><div><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>Minimum 10 years’ experience and success in marketing, ideally in the Christian marketplace.</li><li>Professional level people management and cross-functional team leadership experience</li><li>Bachelor's degree desired with a concentration in Marketing/Digital Marketing, Communication, Business or similar from an accredited college or university. Master’s degree a plus.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to think strategically, plan and execute marketing programs that achieve measurable results.</li><li>Proficient in CRM (preferably Salesforce), SEO, Google Analytics, Google Adwords, marketing automation, and data visualization tools.</li><li>Knowledge of Hubspot, Higher Logic, Canva and other marketing software a plus.</li><li>Experience with A/B and multivariate experiments for various plans and campaigns.</li><li>Exceptional communication and written skills with ability to craft messaging and marketing language for various campaigns.</li><li>Understanding of current and online marketing techniques, best practices of marketing, sales, fundraising, and non-profit organizations desired.</li><li>General understanding of the Bible and the Christian church in its various expressions is preferred.</li><li>Working knowledge of children’s inspirational or ministry space including demonstrated program/product familiarity preferred.</li><li>Familiarity with the US Church landscape and/or global nonprofits preferred.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Competencies</strong></div><ul><li>Passionate to see ministry growth and can participate independently and/or as part of a team towards annual goals.</li><li>Strong technology and data systems aptitude.</li><li>Strategic thinker with proven ability to align with strategic goals, manage competing priorities, balance ministry and business needs, and deliver timely results.</li><li>Must be resourceful, creative, detail oriented, thorough, and able to navigate complex processes while caring for donor needs.</li><li>Clear communicator and able to communicate technical issues to non-technical individuals.</li><li>Critical thinker and can trouble-shoot projects and processes as work and solutions evolve.</li><li>Values quality, accuracy, and collaboration; committed to excellence and follow through.</li><li>Demonstrates high EQ &amp; AQ (Emotional Quotient/Intelligence &amp; Adaptability Quotient) including proven relationship-building, collaboration, active listening and ability to pivot with organizational change.</li><li>Able to portray a patient spirit and teaching ability to diverse groups of learners.</li><li>Analytical with proactive problem solving skills.</li><li>Values excellence, is committed to follow through and is disciplined, accountable, and a life-long learner.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Spiritual Life</strong><br>Must be a born-again Christian. Must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Must be in agreement with the Awana Doctrinal Statement. Must be in fellowship with the body of Christ through a local church. Regularly engages in reading the Holy Bible as a guide and standard for living.<br><br></div><div><strong>Physical Demands/Working Conditions</strong><br>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is also required to regularly utilize computer equipment (e.g., screens and keyboards) to perform work. The employee is occasionally required to move about the work environment. Specific vision abilities required by this job included close vision and the ability to see color and distinguish letters, numbers and symbols. Occasional local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.<br><br></div><div><strong><em>This Job Description reflects the current assignment of essential functions and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned to this job at any time based on the needs of the organization and may be modified to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability or for other reasons.<br></em></strong><br></div><div><strong>Our Benefits for Full-time Team members:</strong></div><ul><li>WFH/Hybrid</li><li>Flexible work schedule</li><li>Medical/Dental/Vision (BCBS PPO)</li><li>HSA (employer contribution available)</li><li>401(k) with employer match</li><li>Short/Long-term Disability</li><li>Generous PTO Policy</li><li>Life Insurance</li><li>Great people - great culture – extraordinary mission!</li></ul>

Director of Sales - USA Remote

<div>The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer to play an essential role in aligning our cloud technology choices and direction to the vision of the Ministry.&nbsp; This professional will focus on cloud computing architecture costs/benefit analysis to determine technical, operational, and financial solutions. Analyze technical products and systems; design and recommend sound solutions based on industry standard concepts, practices, and procedures. Use Critical Success Factors to design the solutions and Key Performance Indicators to evaluate the solution. Works closely with the Enterprise Architects to establish standards and implements processes related to cloud architecture.&nbsp; Acts as an advisor to other Practice Area Leaders and Management during annual planning to help determine cloud solutions and costs.&nbsp; Identifies SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS opportunities within solutions and portfolios.</div><div><br></div><div>Responsible for development, design, implementation, and analysis of technical products, systems, and services for an Enterprise class IT Infrastructure and Cloud Technologies.&nbsp; Analyze, design, develop, and implement Enterprise Information Technology solutions to support the IT Service goals of the organization.&nbsp; Should be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within three or more of the following Engineering specialties: Enterprise-class Computing operating systems and hardware, Enterprise Storage systems, Data Protection and Recovery, Virtualization, Internet Technologies, Messaging, Management Systems, and basic security principles. Although not a management role, the role includes offering exceptional mentoring and advising skills; much of their work will require the ability to successfully influence and mentor as opposed to directing and mandating.<br><br></div><div>If you are an innovative Senior Solutions Engineer and desire to expand your experience and have a vision for the future design of Cloud Infrastructure possibilities, we are interested in you!</div><div><br></div><div><strong>The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:</strong></div><ul><li>S. Engineering or related degree, or 8-12 years’ experience preferred</li><li>Required Certifications for Computing Platform: VCP, Cloud Architect</li><li>Desired Certifications: CCENT or CCNA, VCP or VCDX, EMC Storage Technologist (EMCST)</li><li>Demonstrated experience in Azure AD multi-tenancy and experience in the design, deployment and migration in large and complex production environments.</li><li>Knowledge and experience with Cross forest trusts, FSMO roles, GPO structures, multiple site configurations</li><li>Knowledge and experience with VMware virtualization and High-Availability solutions</li><li>Knowledge and experience with Dell and EMC hardware</li><li>Knowledge of supporting technologies (IIS, SQL, Exchange, Share Point, ISA, Windows Scripting) is a plus</li><li>Demonstrated expert level troubleshooting and analytical skills</li><li>Proven communication and organizational skills; Must have ability to communicate at all levels within the organization both verbally and in writing</li><li>Establish and maintain Vendor Relationships that add value to the organization</li><li>Demonstrated knowledge of current and developing technologies and ability to analyze technology for use in current environment</li><li>Must be able to work independently and/or as part of a team</li><li>Flexible with ability to work well under pressure and consistently meet deadlines</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><div>CBN is a global nonprofit ministry demonstrating the love of God and sharing the Gospel through traditional and digital media, and humanitarian aid. Headquartered in beautiful Virginia Beach, VA, CBN offers a professional and rewarding work environment, competitive salary, and full benefits package.&nbsp; If you meet the listed qualifications and are in agreement with CBN’s mission and purpose, please click apply or visit our CBN Job Board at <a href="http://www.cbn.com/">www.cbn.com</a>.</div>

Senior Solution Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

<div>Ministry Brands is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our growing team!<br><br></div><div><strong>Who we are</strong></div><div>Ministry Brands is a leading provider of SaaS operational management systems, payments platforms, digital engagement tools and background screening solutions for faith-based, non-profit and for-profit organizations. We serve more than 95,000 customers as a trusted partner in digital transformation and enablement – advancing missions, driving efficiencies, and building engaged communities for more than four decades. The diverse and real-world experiences of our team members serving their communities makes us stronger together and enhances our ability to advance digital transformation for the greater good.  &nbsp;</div><div> &nbsp;</div><div>Ministry Brands is committed to acknowledging and valuing our employee differences and to creating an environment in which every individual’s unique strengths and abilities are developed and valued. Our employees share in the responsibility for creating this environment and demonstrate mutual respect and acceptance in the workplace. We welcome everyone and are dedicated to creating a culture where all our employees have equal opportunity to be heard and reach their full potential. &nbsp;<br><br></div><div><strong>What you'll do</strong></div><div>The Cloud Services team is sharply focused on supporting Ministry Brands through the delivery of innovative cloud hosting, primarily leveraging services from Azure and AWS. In support of this focus, the Senior Azure Cloud Engineer is heavily engaged in the design, builds, and implementations of technology solutions in a very collaborative environment.</div><ul><li>Collaborate directly with Development/Software Engineering and other technical and non-technical stakeholders in the design, testing, integration, and implementation of cloud hosted solutions.</li><li>Test and implement standards/design patterns to ensure compatibility and integration in cloud environments</li><li>Contribute to the evolution of the software development lifecycle through technology enhancements supporting continuous delivery/continuous integration pipeline</li><li>Identify, test, and implement enhancements and automation capabilities for data migrations, security best practices, environment builds, and operational management standards</li><li>Provide leadership to engineering resources with respect to emerging cloud technologies and supporting resources.</li><li>Serve as lead engineering resource on proofs of concept and projects that are leveraging cloud technologies</li><li>Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems</li><li>Build and maintain relationships across departments</li><li>Demonstrate broad knowledge of technology principles, practices, and procedures</li><li>As a technical expert, provide guidance and make recommendations on changes required throughout the design, testing, and implementation process</li><li>Work with management, architects, and engineers to develop artifacts</li><li>Self-manage in a way that allows flexibility to support multiple projects at any given time</li><li>Support the development of a structured, standardized, and consolidated set of services that optimally support business processes and applications</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Who you are</strong></div><ul><li>BS degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience</li><li>7+ years of overall IT experience</li><li>4+ years’ experience with Azure Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Containerization) services and solutions required</li><li>2+ years’ experience with AWS and/or GCP Cloud platforms a plus</li><li>Advanced understanding of infrastructure technologies – Server (MS Windows, Linux), data store (RDBMS and NoSQL), network, storage, security, and management technologies</li><li>Strong scripting and IaC capabilities (PowerShell, Python, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible) required</li><li>Experience orchestrating build and deploy processes in platforms like Azure DevOps a plus</li><li>Experience with Enterprise Service Bus platforms like Boomi and MuleSoft a plus</li><li>Experience designing patterns and performance tuning of integrated enterprise workflows</li><li>Experience with IT transformation - data center consolidations and migration</li><li>Proficient in problem solving, database, application servers, and application design and testing</li><li>Good organizational, task, and project management skills</li><li>Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Self-motivated and able to work across diverse technical and non-technical teams</li><li>ITIL (foundational level, but exposure to more detail than foundation is often necessary)</li><li>Experience working in and securing environments meeting PCI DSS 3.x a plus</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefit offerings designed to promote a life of balance! &nbsp;</strong></div><div>At Ministry Brands, we recognize that your career is just one important piece of your dynamic life. We offer a robust range of benefit offerings designed to cultivate a lifestyle of balance and personal success.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Robust healthcare options – Options include a plan that is 100% covered by Ministry Brands for employee only coverage as well as a generous HSA contribution by the company. Employees have several healthcare options to choose from in order to find what works best for them.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Flexible paid time off – There is no perfect, one size fits all balance between work and home. We provide flexible work schedules, PTO for vacation, and up to 80 hours of paid sick/safe leave. We also feature 11.5 days of fully paid holidays! &nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Paid parental leave – Adding a new child to the family is a big adjustment! We provide the time and income to allow parents to adjust to their new normal in the healthiest way possible. &nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Mental health support – Ministry Brands is a stigma free company with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Associates are supported through an Employee Assistance Program which provides access to in-person or virtual counseling at no cost.<br><br></div><div>Ministry Brands is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.</div>

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