Area Ministry Director, Undergrad Ministry

Role Overview

• An Area Director leads and oversees a ministry team to plant and to grow witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus on college and university campuses.
• As an Area Director, you inspire, coach and develop campus staff ministers, students, faculty, and ministry partners to increase the number of witnessing communities, as well as the size, health, spiritual maturity, and campus-wide influence of existing witnessing communities by being a:
• Visionary Guide: Create a culture of dependence on God to gain vision for establishing and advancing witnessing communities that reach every corner of every campus in your area
• Model InterVarsity’s vision and Core Values for supervisees
• Lead staff, students, and faculty through Scripture, prayer, teaching and discipleship experiences in a way that motivates and shapes their ministry around vision
• Set appropriate annual goals through prayer, research and reflection with your teams
• Structural Architect: Lead your team to develop and implement plans to achieve ministry goals
• Adapt the plan as needed through rhythms of action, reflection and evaluation
• Develop, align and leverage programs and structures to move the mission forward
• Missional Developer: Recruit a diversity of qualified minister candidates
• Develop ministers to spiritually grow in Christ in intimacy, like Christ in character, and with Christ in his mission to current and new campuses
• Develop ministers professionally so that they are consistently increasing their gifts and skills as ministry leaders
• Supervise ministers, using appropriate leadership style for the individual and situation, to help them accomplish assigned tasks. This will require coaching, assessing, correcting and affirming job-related behaviors
• Proactively establish and develop healthy relationships across racial, ethnic, national background, and gender barriers with staff, students, faculty, and ministry partners to build effective and diverse communities
• Build an effective minister team that collaborates well and accomplishes goals
• Participate in regional leadership as determined by the Regional Director, to set ministry vision and strategies, contribute to accomplishing plans, and provide regional leadership in specific areas
• Positively and constructively respond to the direction and coaching of line supervisors
• Build productive ministry partnerships with regional and national collaborative leaders
• Establish systems, processes and protocols to fulfill regular operational and administrative tasks in a timely manner (reporting, finances, human resources, etc.)
• Maintain sound financial status of the area through management of budgeting, expense control and ministry partnership development
• Become familiar with and comply with all InterVarsity policies and procedures
• Develop a team of partners who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or with volunteer service that advances the mission.
• Develop and maintain a ministry among partners who will fund InterVarsity
• Ensure ministry budget is fully funded
• Supervise each minister’s MPD (collaborating with coaches when applicable) and equip staff to build ministry partners
• Build resource networks with alumni, volunteers, churches, advocacy councils, and major donors, in particular to fund low-network ministers
• Communicate regularly with ministry partners
• Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum three years campus ministry or equivalent work experience required
• Strong ministry skills (including the ability to communicate spiritual vision, teach spiritual and biblical principles, plan ministry programs, and spiritually disciple, coach and mentor)
• Proven ability to work well with others and the ability to develop a team of campus ministers.
• Strong interpersonal skills (including ability to minister to diverse ethnic communities and faculty)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Familiarity with word processing, presentation, email, and spreadsheet software

Benefits

• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• 403(b) matching contributions
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Flexible work schedule
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance