InterVarsity

Organizes campus Christian fellowships and outreach

Campus Staff Minister - Undergraduate Ministry

Community Outreach & ProgramsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time$40.5k - $54k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement, including its Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement; abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct; and believe and behave consonantly with its Human Sexuality Theological Paper and Women in Ministry Statement of Affirmation.
A bachelor’s degree is required for Campus Staff Ministers assigned to a four-year campus. A minimum of an associate’s degree is required for those assigned to a two-year campus or community college.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to minister to diverse ethnic communities and faculty.
Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrate problem-solving skills.
Be familiar with word-processing, presentation, email, and spreadsheet software.

Responsibilities

Pursue spiritual maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ, increasingly reflecting love for God, Scripture, people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world.
Pursue a vibrant relationship with God through Scripture, prayer, and worship, individually and in community; develop self-leadership through self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency; and embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes.
Communicate and model InterVarsity’s vision of seeing students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed.
Create a culture of humble dependence on God and expectation that new witnessing communities will begin across the campus and on new campuses.
Model InterVarsity’s vision and Core Values in person and through programs, 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 they articulate the vision and align ministry activities around it.
Set annual qualitative and quantitative growth goals, including conversions and leadership development, through prayer, research, and reflection with students, faculty, and staff teams.
Create, develop, align, and leverage ministry plans, programs, teams, and structures to address the gap between current conditions and goals.
Build leadership teams that partner effectively and demonstrate spiritual vitality, relational health, and missional alignment.
Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying plans throughout the year as needed.
Align programs, structures, conferences, and teams around goals to increase momentum for the vision.
Mobilize students and faculty to engage their relational networks with the gospel and start new missional communities.
Under the direction of the Area Director, supervise Ministry Interns and Campus Ministry Interns as delegated.
Gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of students and faculty so they encounter and follow Jesus and advance the campus mission as participants and leaders.
Create opportunities for faculty and students to encounter and follow Jesus through Scripture, worship, prayer, mission experiences, and conferences.
Equip students and faculty to think strategically about campus engagement and proclaim the good news of Jesus in word, deed, and power, regularly inviting others to follow him.
Disciple students and faculty by equipping them to hear the Word, respond actively, and debrief and interpret their experiences so they grow in Christlikeness, reflect 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.
Work with local, area, regional, and national InterVarsity staff and volunteers to support work reflecting Biblical standards of excellence, integrity, and partnership.
Partner with and respond positively to the direction and coaching of supervisors and national leaders.
Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships.
Affiliate chapters under your care and submit Graduating Student Forms to increase partnership with current students and alumni.
Use national ministry resources and tools as requested, including recruiting for and/or participating in local, regional, or national conferences as required.
Complete reporting, planning, and review requirements in a timely manner so you and your supervisors can assess and improve your work.
Comply with InterVarsity policies and procedures.
Develop a team of church and individual partners, including alumni and community members, who resource ministry financially, through prayer, or through volunteer service.
Raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by your supervisor.
Communicate regularly with ministry partners and nurture relationships through visits, phone calls, emails, and regular prayer letters.
Develop ongoing, long-lasting partnerships with alumni and volunteers.
Comply with Ministry Partnership Policies.
Identify and invest in advocates who build networks of volunteers and donors on InterVarsity’s behalf.
Accomplish other assigned tasks as appropriate.
Travel to on-campus and off-campus sites as appropriate, including student ministry conferences, Ministry Partnership Development meetings, and InterVarsity-sponsored training sessions, meetings, and conferences.

Campus Staff Minister - PA/MD/DC/DE (Mid-Atlantic Region, Undergraduate Ministry)

Work Location:

Pennsylvania

Job Type:

Full timeGod 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).

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Mid-Atlantic Region serves students on over 50 campuses in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, and the eastern half of Pennsylvania.

To learn more about our work in the Mid-Atlantic, you can access our website here: http://midatlantic.intervarsity.org/

ESSENTIAL COMMITMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES

Spiritual Growth

Youpursue maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ so that your life and work increasingly reflectsa growing love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world. To do this, you will:

Pursue a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and incommunity

Develop self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, andresiliency)
Embrace Scriptural standards for behavior andattitudes

CampusLeadership

You communicate and model InterVarsity’s vision to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewedand world changers developed

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 – InterVarsity’s 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, researchand reflection with your teams (students, faculty, and staff) for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions and leadershipdevelopment

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 missionalignment
Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifyingthe 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 missionalcommunities

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 sothattheynotonlyencounterandfollowJesusasSaviorandLordbutalsoadvance the mission on campus as participants andleaders.

Create ways for faculty and students to encounterand 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 ministryskills
Invite, coach, and equip students and faculty to become increasingly effective participants and leaders, including starting new witnessing communities on campuses

Organizational Collaboration

Youwork with a network of other local, area, regional, and national InterVarsity staff and volunteers so that our work reflects Biblical standards of excellence, integrity, and partnership.

Partner with and respond positively to the direction and coaching of your supervisors and nationalleaders
Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships
Affiliate chapters under your care and submit Graduating Student Forms in order toincrease our partnership with current students and alumni
Use national ministry resources and tools, as requested, including recruiting and/or participatingin local, regional, or national conferences as required
Complete reporting, planning and review requirements in a timelyway 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

You will develop a team of partners – churches and individuals (including alumni and community members) – who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or volunteer service that advances the mission.

Raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by yoursupervisor

Communicate regularly with your ministry partners, nurturing the relationship through visits, phone calls, emailsand regular prayer letters
Develop on-going, long-lasting partnership with alumni and volunteers
Comply with all Ministry PartnershipPolicies
Identify and invest in advocates who will build networks of volunteers and donors on InterVarsity’sbehalf

Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate

QUALIFICATIONS (common to all levels of CSM)

Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement). Abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct. Believe and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s Human Sexuality Theological Paper. Affirm and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s “Women in Ministry Statement of Affirmation”
Bachelor’s degree requiredfor CSMs assigned to a four-year campus. A minimum of an Associate’sdegree requiredfor 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 spreadsheetsoftware

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 limited to: student ministry conferences, Ministry Partnership Development meetings, and InterVarsity- sponsored training sessions, meetings, and conferences. The CSM is regularly required to communicate with others, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.

Although this job is posted as a "Full Time" position, we are open to those seeking "Part Time" work as well.

Pay Range: $40,476.00 - $53,952.00 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 Basisbecause InterVarsity believes that each and every staff plays a vital role in advancing InterVarsity’s mission and purposes.

About the Company

InterVarsity

Organizes campus Christian fellowships and outreach

InterVarsity is a faith-based campus ministry supporting students and faculty on 1121 chapters across 772 U.S. campuses to grow in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It runs Christian fellowships, Bible studies, mentoring, events, and outreach led by staff and volunteers, and it tracks impact such as first-time professions of faith. It differentiates itself with a broad national footprint, a targeted 2030 goal to establish Christian Fellowships on all large campuses, and a top nonprofit ranking by Charity Navigator. Its aim is to build witnessing communities on campuses that boldly proclaim the gospel and advance God’s Kingdom among students, faculty, and staff.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Madison, WI
Founded: 1941

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