Area Ministry Director -- Georgia (Undergraduate Ministry)

Area Ministry Director -- Georgia (Undergraduate Ministry)

Work Location:

Remote - USA

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.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who loves Jesus and is equipped to navigate the nuances of college campus life with God’s compassion, grace, and truth. The ideal candidate knows how to balance individual effort with delegation and dependence, rest with hard work, and professional development with ministry care. While being based in Atlanta is preferred — we have a strong contingent of staff and alumni in the area and would love a leader who can grow that network and our presence throughout Georgia — it is not a requirement.

ESSENTIAL COMMITMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Spiritual Growth

The Area Ministry Director models spiritual maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ so that your life and work increasingly reflects a growing love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world.

• 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

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2. 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:

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Georgia Specific Commitments/Responsibilities
 

As the Area Director of Georgia, you will be responsible for growing the student and staff work throughout Georgia. This will include, but not be limited to:
 

• Pastorally and professionally care for the current team of field staff and volunteer staff
• Manage and nurture existing partnerships and establish new ones to support the ministry
• Develop a staff recruitment strategy to grow the team
• Provide staff with vision and direction for growth
• Participate in a diverse Regional Leadership Team that sets vision and strategy for the whole region
• Develop a strategy for reaching unreached campuses in partnership with national initiatives and partners
• Strengthen partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Asian American communities
• Continue building a communal funding model that supports the financial health of all staff

6. 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: $56,844.00 - $75,792.00 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:

We offer a competitive benefits package, including health care and retirement savings with a match. Eligibility is based on employee type and hours worked.  Benefits include the following:

• 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.