Area Ministry Director - Upper Michigan (Undergraduate Ministries)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work schedule

Health savings account

Vision insurance

403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

Job summary

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA seeks an Area Director to lead ministry teams and plant witnessing communities on college campuses, guiding growth across multiple sites. You will coach staff ministers, students and faculty, shaping ministry through Scripture, prayer, and discipleship.

You will also develop annual goals, recruit ministers, and foster diverse, healthy partnerships while fundraising to support ministry impact nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Strong ministry leadership and communication abilities.
• Experience developing teams of campus ministers.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, coach and develop campus staff ministers, students, faculty, and partners to grow witnessing communities.
• Lead staff through Scripture, prayer, teaching and discipleship to align with vision.
• Set annual goals with teams via prayer, research and reflection.
• Recruit ministers and build professional development for ministry leaders.
• Develop and maintain healthy relationships across diverse backgrounds to build inclusive communities.

Skills

Strong ministry skills

Communication

Mentoring

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Work Location

Michigan

Job Type

Full time

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. Through these groups, we believe ever-increasing numbers of students and faculty from all ethnic groups and areas of the campus will be transformed by the gospel. We expect to see campuses increasingly become places where people, ideas, and structures flourish for the common good and to the glory of God. We confidently anticipate that our InterVarsity alumni will be growing disciples and change agents across the country and around the world.

Essential Commitments / 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

As an Area Director, you inspire, coach and develop campus staff ministers (“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:

• 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
• 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 (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
• 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 (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

Qualifications

• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement). Abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct
• 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

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

The AD position leads ministry in a college campus environment. A designated office space may or may not be available. The AD is required to travel to on‑campus and off‑campus sites as appropriate. Off‑campus travel includes, but is not limited to student ministry conferences, MPD meetings, and InterVarsity-sponsored training sessions, meetings, and conferences. The AD is regularly required to communicate with others, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, etc.

Pay Range: $55,200.00 - $73,608.00 per year

Pay: This position is funded through personal fundraising. Accordingly, compensation will vary based on the ability of the individual to secure a donor team to fund the cost of his/her salary. The anticipated salary range for this position on a full‑time basis (40 hours/week) is dependent on a variety of factors, including location and cost of living. The actual salary received, including any geographic adjustment to account for location and cost of living, is subject to the individual’s ability to raise funds necessary to cover the full amount of such salary within the range set forth in the job posting details.

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith‑based religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment. Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a)) InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement: Purpose and Doctrinal Basis because InterVarsity believes that each and every staff plays a vital role in advancing InterVarsity’s mission and purposes.