Campus Staff Minister - ID/MT/OR/WA (Graduate & Faculty Ministry)

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA; Idaho; On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA invites a Campus Staff Minister to lead ministry on college campuses across Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. You will recruit and mentor students and faculty, develop witnessing communities, and align programs with InterVarsity’s mission.

The role supports spiritual growth, campus leadership, and collaboration with national leaders. The position emphasizes fundraising, teamwork, and strategic campus engagement, with a focus on including diverse groups

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required for CSMs assigned to a four-year campus.
• Associate's degree required for CSMs assigned to a two-year campus or a community college.
• 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

• Lead ministry on a college campus.
• Build leadership teams and align ministry plans with goals.
• Develop diverse groups of students and faculty as participants and leaders.
• Raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by your supervisor.
• Collaborate with supervisors and national leaders; comply with policies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Problem solving

Office software

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Work Location: Montana Job Type Full time God has called InterVarsity to plant and to build 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 to the glory of God. We confidently anticipate that our InterVarsity alumni will become change agents across the country and around the world. We pursue this calling by discerning and actively participating in what God is already doing on campus. This is the essence of being a Campus Staff Minister (CSM).

Please submit the GFM Interest Form before completing the full application for a position with Graduate & Faculty Ministries in our online system. We will contact you when we are ready to proceed with the application process. We are open to part-time applicants working less than 40 hours/week. If you are interested in part-time work please apply for this position. The pay range listed for this position is for an employee working 40 hours/week. Pay will be prorated for employees who work less than 40 hours/week. Additional pay (as a geographic adjustment) is available in high cost of living areas.

We have positions in the following locations: States Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

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
• Develop self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency)
• Embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes

Campus Leadership

• Create a culture of humble dependence on God and bold expectation in God’s intention to start new witnessing communities throughout the campus and on new campuses
• Model – in person and through programs – InterVarsitys vision and Core Values, including a biblically-defined commitment to engage every ethnic and social group on campus
• Lead students and faculty – individually and collectively – through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences, so that they articulate and align their ministry activities around this vision
• Set annual goals through prayer, research and reflection with your teams (students, faculty, and staff) for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions and leadership development

You create, develop, align and leverage ministry plans, programs, teams, and structures to close the gap between current reality and the aspirational goals.

• Build leadership teams who trust and partner well with you and who demonstrate spiritual vitality, relational health, and mission alignment
• Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying the plan as needed throughout the year
• Increase momentum for the vision by aligning programs, structures, conferences and teams around the goals
• Mobilize students and faculty to engage their relational networks with the gospel and to start new missional communities
• Under the direction of the Area Director, may supervise Ministry Interns and Campus Ministry Interns as delegated

You intentionally gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of students and faculty so that they not only encounter and follow Jesus as Savior and Lord but also advance the mission on campus as participants and leaders.

• Create ways for faculty and students to encounter and follow Jesus through Scripture, worship, prayer, mission experiences, conferences, etc.
• Equip students and faculty so that they think strategically about campus engagement and so that they proclaim – in word, deed, and power – the good news of Jesus, regularly inviting students and faculty to follow him as Savior and Lord
• Disciple students and faculty by equipping them to hear the Word, respond actively, and debrief and interpret the experience so that they grow in Christlikeness, reflect our Core Values, and develop ministry skills
• Invite, coach, and equip students and faculty to become increasingly effective participants and leaders, including starting new witnessing communities on campuses

Organizational Collaboration

• Partner with and respond positively to the direction and coaching of your supervisors and national leaders
• Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships
• Affiliate chapters under your care and submit Graduating Student Forms in order to increase our partnership with current students and alumni
• Use national ministry resources and tools, as requested, including recruiting and/or participating in local, regional, or national conferences as required
• Complete reporting, planning and review requirements in a timely way so that you and your supervisors can assess and improve your work as a CSM
• Comply with all InterVarsity policies and procedures

Ministry Partnership Development

• Raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by your supervisor
• Communicate regularly with your ministry partners, nurturing the relationship through visits, phone calls, emails and regular prayer letters
• Develop on-going, long-lasting partnership with alumni and volunteers
• Comply with all Ministry Partnership Policies
• Identify and invest in advocates who will build networks of volunteers and donors on InterVarsitys behalf

Accomplish All Other Assigned Tasks As Appropriate

QUALIFICATIONS (common to all levels of CSM)

• Annually affirm InterVarsitys Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement). Abide by InterVarsitys Code of Conduct. Believe and behave consonantly with InterVarsitys Human Sexuality Theological Paper. Affi…)
• Bachelor's degree required for CSMs assigned to a four-year campus. A minimum of an Associate's degree required for CSMs assigned to a two-year campus or a community college
• 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 CSM position leads ministry in a college campus environment. A designated office space may or may not be available. The CSM is required to travel to on-campus and off- campus sites as appropriate. Off-campus travel includes, but is not