Area Ministry Director - GFM NJ/Eastern PA Graduate and Faculty Ministry

Area Ministry Director - GFM NJ/Eastern PA (Graduate and Faculty Ministry)

Work Location:
New Jersey

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 anduniversity 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.

This position is open to both full-time and part-time applicants living in NJ, PA, or DE. The pay range listed is for an employee working 40 hours/week as an Area Director. Pay will be prorated for employees who work less than 40 hours/week. Increased pay may be available in high cost of living areas (as a geographic adjustment).

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.

Volunteers are welcome. Volunteer opportunities range from prayer and hospitality to leading a campus fellowship of graduate students and faculty. Those interested in volunteering will go through an application and interview process, however, volunteer openings are not posted online. For more information, complete the GFM Interest Form.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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