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Employment Opportunities at Lamplighter

"MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY.
SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS
OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER,
SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR AND
RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS."

This ad was supposedly placed by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, a famous explorer, in London newspapers before one of his expeditions. It has been widely cited by many writers and speakers as an example of leadership and determination in the face of dangerous odds.

Lamplighter is looking for men who are willing to give their life for a greater cause….to advance the Kingdom of God and His righteousness…one story at a time.  

Current Openings:

Operations Manager

Lamplighter Ministries is a growing international nonprofit organization, headquartered in northeastern Pennsylvania, whose mission is making ready a people prepared for the Lord by building character, one story at a time. 

Purpose:

• Lamplighter is seeking an Operations Manager who will oversee all LLM staff operations including book production, shipping & inventory management, Web & Information Systems, financial management and marketing support. 

Key Skills:

• The lead candidate will be a competent manager who is organized with strong sense of detail; able to translate vision into action; high energy; confident; a team builder; results-oriented; fun & out-going, has a systematic approach, a solid problem-solver.

 Personal Profile: 

• Their personal style of management is described as follows:

1. Builds high level of trust that creates a vulnerable and transparent work environment.

2. Willing to face conflict head-on with compassion and truth to promote a harmonious team.

3. Brings clarity to the task and team in order to forge stronger commitments to the mission and vision.

4. Can establish and convey the corporate standards and practices consistent with the standards of excellence of LLM, holding everyone accountable.

5. Is consistently results-focused, evaluating and improving those results in every key area.

Qualified Candidates should have relevant experience and a college degree is preferred, but all exceptional applicants will be considered.  Please email your resume with references and letter of interest to mark@lamplighterpublishing.com.

Marketing Director

An individual who is naturally skillful in creative and strategic marketing. Along with embracing Lamplighter's mission, vision, and values, this person needs must be able to connect the Lamplighter "story" to a wide range of markets, potential markets, and ministries. This ability to connect and network must be a natural ability, demonstrated by their life…they love to tell their story…to everyone! This person is passionate about informing others of great things that can bring joy to life. This position does not require a residence in Waverly, PA, though it will require some time spent with the team. Residing in Waverly would be helpful, but is not essential.

Director of Development

An individual with a business degree, who has developed a biblical philosophy of financial stewardship that will attract supporting partners who believe in Lamplighter's mission and have a sense of belonging to the ministry. In essence, this person will attract others to tell their story and fulfill their mission through and with the Lamplighter leadership and staff.  This position encapsulates five core values: to attract, to relate, to connect to vision, to engage, and to sustain community. This position does not require a residence in Waverly, PA, though it will require some time spent with the team. Residing in Waverly would be helpful, but not essential.

What type of person is Lamplighter looking for?

 1.  One who is passionate about Lamplighter's mission of making ready a people prepared for the Lord, by building character one story at a time.

 2.  One who holds our values of perseverance and hard work with a healthy lifestyle, possesses humility, a teachable spirit, is a life-long learner, passionate about his/her relationship with Christ, flexible, values a team approach to ministry, and appreciates excellence and beauty.

3.  One who desires to serve as an extension of God's arm to fulfill the great commission.

4.  One who is competent, possesses solid character, senses a call upon their life to serve God and others, fits with the chemistry of the Lamplighter leadership and staff.

Biblical Underpinnings

Exodus 36:1:  “…every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work…in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded."

Exodus 36:2:  "…and every craftsman in whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work."

Deut. 28:47:  "Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things, therefore you shall serve your   enemies…"

Ezra 1:1-5:  "…everyone whose spirit God stirred up to go…"

Ezra 7:6:  "...He was skilled in the Word…"

Ezra 7:10:  "For Ezra had set his heart to study the Word…"

Malachi 4:6:  "…to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers…"

Psalm 16:11:  "Thou will make known unto me the path of life, in Thy presence is fullness of joy, at Thy right hand are pleasures for evermore."

Micah 6:8:  "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

Matt. 6:24:  "You cannot serve God and money."

Luke 1:17:  "…to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Eph. 3:20:  "He will do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that works in us."

2nd Samuel 24:24: "I will not give unto the Lord, that which cost me nothing."

Ezra 8:21, 23 "Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might
humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for
ourselves, our children, and our goods...So we fasted and implored our God
for this, and he listened to our entreaty."

Qualified Candidates should have relevant experience and a college degree is preferred, but all exceptional applicants will be considered.  Please email your resume with references and letter of interest to mark@lamplighterpublishing.com.