If you are interested in starting the application process to be a Hunger Corps missionary, following is the detailed application process:
Step 1 – Preliminary Application:
Fill out and submit our online preliminary application.
Step 2 – Initial Interview:
Upon receiving your Personal Response form, a Hunger Corps representative will contact you within 7-10 days for a follow-up discussion. This interview will help us start learning about you determine where you feel God is leading you to serve.
Step 3 – Application / Phone Interview:
- Based on the initial interview, if you move forward, an email will be sent with instructions on how to submit a full application. Additionally, we will need to receive the following items before an application can be considered complete:
- Resume
- Educational transcripts
- Reference responses (employer, pastor, friend and teacher/colleague)
- After we receive all the completed application documents a Placement Representative will contact you to schedule a telephone interview.
- After the telephone interview, you and the Placement Representative will decide whether to move forward in the process.
- The deadlines for submitting your application, and all supporting documents, occurs three times a year in correlation with the orientation you attend, which is described further in Step 4.
Step 4 – Orientation:
If the application process continues, you will be invited to a one-week orientation program held 3 times per year in Phoenix, Arizona. During this orientation you will receive an in-depth overview of Food for the Hungry and at the same time we will conduct further professional screening interviews. We will also discuss possible placements for you in our worldwide country offices.
Step 5 – Candidacy:
Following this orientation, if you and Food for the Hungry are in mutual agreement to continue the process, we will solidify your placement and name you as a Candidate to the mission field. Most placements are confirmed approximately 4 to 6 weeks after attending the orientation. Once Candidate status is achieved, you will begin raising support for the field
Step 6 – Pre-Field Orientation:
After you have started raising support, but before departing for the field, you will visit our Phoenix office again for an employee workshop and then travel to the three-week Pre-Field Orientation held at a Food for the Hungry field office outside of the United States.
Step 7 – The Field:
Once you finish raising your support, you are ready for the field!
