Area Director, Campus Ministry Leadership

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA; New Jersey; On-site; USD 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work schedule

Professional development assistance

Job summary

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA in New Jersey seeks an Area Director to lead a ministry team planting and growing witnessing communities on college campuses. The role supports staff, students and faculty, and engages regional and national InterVarsity leadership to advance vision.

Responsibilities include spiritual growth, campus ministry leadership, staff development, and partnership cultivation with donors and partners.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Spiritual Growth
• Pursue a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and in community
• Exercise self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency)
• Embrace and practice Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes, including those described in the Code of Conduct
• Campus Ministry Leadership
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Organizational Collaboration
• As an Area Director, you are part of a national organization and work in partnership with local, area, divisional, regional, and national InterVarsity ministers and volunteers.
• 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
• 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
• Ministry Partnership Development (MPD)
• As an Area Director, you will 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 and equip staff to build ministry partners
• Build resource networks with alumni, volunteers, churches, advocacy councils, and major donors to fund low-network ministers
• Communicate regularly with ministry partners
• Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate

Skills

Ministry leadership

Team development

Intercultural competence

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA in New Jersey seeks an Area Director to lead a ministry team planting and growing witnessing communities on college campuses. The role supports staff, students and faculty, and engages regional and national InterVarsity leadership to advance vision.

Responsibilities include spiritual growth, campus ministry leadership, staff development, and partnership cultivation with donors and partners.