Child Ambassador Job Description

Title: Child Ambassador

Purpose: To educate others about the needs of children and their communities worldwide and God’s call for Christians to serve the poor. To improve the lives of children and families in need, a Child Ambassador shares sponsorship with others in their network of friends, family, and/or work colleagues.

Reports to: Regional Manager or Area Coordinator

Responsibilities:Initiate 8 to 10 opportunities to share World Vision Child Sponsorship. These activities could include things like:

• Sharing one-on-one with your friends, family, or co-workers
• Making presentations to small groups, women’s/men’s groups, Rotary, or other service clubs, etc.
• Representing World Vision at missions fairs, conferences, etc.
• Phoning other sponsors and donors during special campaigns
• Participate in A Child is Waiting – a campaign in which volunteers share sponsorship with their church
• Participate in other campaigns throughout the year
• Set up Child Sponsorship Displays in local churches and businesses, and/or present child sponsorship at home gatherings
• Maintain regular contact with your Area Coordinator and participate in area volunteer meetings
• Prayerfully lift up your fellow volunteers and your own commitment to serve children in need; pray for your own walk with Christ
  
  

Length of commitment: Minimum 12 month commitment

• 4 to 7 hours per month (depending on preparation time, driving time, number of presentations, etc.)

Training required:

• Child Ambassador Training Course
• Ongoing regional training opportunities

Qualifications:

• Commitment to Christ, regular attendance at a local church, growth in your walk with Christ
• Willingness to share World Vision’s mission and core values with others
• Desire to partner with and serve children and families in need
• Openness to finding opportunities to share the benefits of child sponsorship
• Ability to ask others to get involved
• Have sponsored a child for at least six months through World Vision
  
  

Christian Commitment of Volunteers
World Vision staff and volunteers share our faith, hope, and Christian values through Christ-like living and caring actions. To this end, the organization as a whole is committed to uphold the following statement of faith as included in our Articles of Incorporation. Candidates for volunteer positions must understand and agree with this statement of faith.

Statement of Faith,
Held by World Vision’s U.S. office

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
• We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration of the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

World Vision Core Documents

• World Vision U.S. Mission Statement

This mission statement is World Vision’s core purpose for existence, and the day-to-day purpose for staff and volunteers.

We exist to call people to a life-changing commitment to serve the poor in the name of Christ.

World Vision U.S. Core Characteristics

The core characteristics of World Vision United States are the qualities that our staff and volunteers aspire to model in their lives.

• We are passionate about our ministry

Sincerely enthusiastic about helping people serve the poor. Colossians 3:17

• We are trustworthy

Recognized by all—donors, colleagues, and/or beneficiaries—as someone who tells the truth and is trusted; reliable and dependable. Ephesians 4:15

• We are diligent

Personally responsible to accomplish individual tasks and partners to reach team goals. Ephesians 6:7

• We are servants

Accountable to maintain an attitude of humility about our work. Philippians 2:3-7

• We are collaborators

Committed to a spirit of teamwork and cooperation in the workplace.
1 Corinthians 3:7

• We are innovators

Fearless in meeting new challenges and finding new methods and techniques that improve our ministry. Joshua 1:7

• Enriched by diversity

Strengthened by each person’s expertise and cultural background. Galatians 3:28