Student Intern - San Diego Region

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA in California is seeking a part-time intern to learn the basics of college campus ministry while enrolled in a four-year or community college. The role supports leadership development, evangelism, and spiritual formation within a diverse campus community.

The position is funded through donor support and will involve working with staff ministry trainers to cast vision, teach Scripture, and promote mission across campus.

Qualifications

• Must be a follower of Jesus Christ.
• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement.
• Developing passion for evangelism.
• Demonstrates campus ministry leadership qualities such as initiative, self-awareness, cross-cultural competence, teamwork, and relational maturity.

Responsibilities

• Participate with the campus ministry team to cast spiritual vision and direction.
• Contribute to the campus ministry team’s plans for spiritual growth and transformation.
• Teach students to love, study, and apply Scripture to their lives.
• Promote the Mission on campus and work to build diverse witnessing communities.
• Learn to guide chapters in developing strategic witness to the university.
• Encourage a prayerful lifestyle in students.
• Engage with supervision from ministry staff trainer or director.
• Assist with reporting as assigned.
• Serve as an ambassador to ministry partners and churches through prayer and outreach.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Follower of Jesus Christ

Statement of Agreement

Evangelism passion

Campus ministry leadership

Job description

Work Location

California Southern

Job Type

Part time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this position is focused on learning the basics of college campus ministry. This position is limited to students who are currently enrolled in a four-year or community college. Second year students and students enrolled at a community college may intern at a two-year/community college. Third year students and higher can work at a four-year or community college. Non-InterVarsity students who attend a Christian college must have third or fourth year standing.

GROWTH OBJECTIVES

• Develop in college campus ministry leadership
• Grow in spiritual understanding, biblical knowledge, ministry experience and skills, and mature as a disciple of Jesus Christ
• Develop daily spiritual disciplines
• Pursue spiritual relationships and involvement in a worshipping community
• Discern God’s call to ministry service with InterVarsity and its mission

Major Responsibilities

• Participate and engage fully with the campus ministry team to cast spiritual vision and direction
• Contribute to the accomplishment of the campus ministry team’s plans for spiritual growth and transformation
• Teach students to love, study, and apply Scripture to their lives
• Promote the Mission on campus (to advance witnessing communities that are bolder, broader, and more ethnically diverse):
  • Seek opportunities to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Learn to guide chapters (or assigned segments of a chapter) in the development of strategic thinking regarding witness to the university
  • Learn to model and assist students and faculty in growing in their love for God's people of every ethnicity and culture
• Encourage a prayerful lifestyle in students, especially focusing on those who do not yet follow Jesus as Lord and Savior
• Engage positively with the supervision and training you receive from your staff ministry trainer and/or director
• Assist with reporting as assigned
• Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual ministry partners and churches, through prayer, discussion of ministry efforts, mission, and accomplishments
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• A follower of Jesus Christ
• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement
• A developing passion for evangelism
• Demonstrates campus ministry leadership qualities such as initiative, self-awareness and cultural awareness, communication, professionalism, eagerness to learn, cross-cultural competence, teamwork, and relational maturity.

Pay Range: $15.06 - $20.08 per hour

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.