Teryl is a member of Wycliffe USA, currently serving in the Global Partnerships Strategic Innovation Group, as “Strategic Quality Assurance Development Consultant”. She and her husband Ray began their ministry with SIL serving as Exegetical Advisors on a New Testament translation project in Eurasia. In 2010 Teryl began working as a Consultant-in-Training with Seed Company in Nigeria. Since that time, she has served in Seed Company as Bible Translation Consultant, Team Leader for Anglophone Africa, Global Bible Translation Training Coordinator, and most recently as Acting Vice President of Bible Translation for Seed Company, concluding that service in 2019. Teryl is currently engaged in a DMin study program at Sioux Falls Seminary. Ray and Teryl have three sons and three grandsons, and live in Atlanta.
Knowing the End from the Beginning: A Study of Supply Chain Management Applied to the Global Bible Translation Quality Assurance Workforce
Abstract
Leaders in the global Bible translation movement have lacked a comprehensive view of consultant recruitment, training, management, and compensation, both within their own entities, and across organizational and geographical boundaries. This study focuses on global Bible translation quality assurance personnel practices, seen through the lens of Supply Chain Management theory. The question was posed, “What does it take to successfully move a person from potential recruit to fully employed translation consultant?”
The framework of the study was developed by reviewing literature on both the theory and the practice of Supply Chain Management, especially as applied to Human Resource challenges. The literature review was followed by interviewing leaders of Bible translation organizations. The final steps were an analysis and synthesis of the interview material.
The study found broad consensus among Bible translation leaders that management and compensation of consultants are the most urgent factors they face as they consider the long-term sustainability of their workforce.
About the Author
Strategic Quality Assurance Development Consultant Wycliffe USA