[Hiring] Senior Interim Leadership Associate @InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Role Description

To advance the mission and purpose of InterVarsity, an Interim Leadership Senior Associate has significant spiritual leadership and pastoral supervisory responsibility. The Interim Leadership Senior Associate helps provide continuity of ministry and supervision by serving in a campus leadership role on a temporary basis.

Essential Functions

• Personal Spiritual Duties:
  • Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in 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.
  • Experience and live out an ongoing call to ministry service with InterVarsity and its mission.
• Ministry Leadership:
  • Create a culture of dependence on God to gain vision for establishing and advancing witnessing communities among ministry team members.
  • Assess reality of context and develop and articulate a vision for qualitative and quantitative growth, particularly in conversions, disciples, and leaders.
  • Model InterVarsity’s missional vision and Core Values for supervisees.
  • Provide effective interim leadership to ensure campus ministry continues without interruption.
  • Lead an assigned ministry team to:
    • Grow as a community depending on God in prayer.
    • Do strategic planning, decision making, and policy making as assigned.
    • Work on projects that advance the ministry and strengthen team relationships.
    • Provide learning and training opportunities for the team.
    • Partner effectively with all other organizational leaders.
  • If serving as a Regional Director or Divisional Director, lead the regional or divisional team in setting vision and strategy, developing student training programs, and recruitment and placement of staff.
  • Participate with and engage fully with other Interim Ministry Associates.
  • Work with organizational leaders at all levels to:
    • Access and assist regional strategies for growth and accomplishment of the national mission.
    • Facilitate partnership and collaboration across regional lines.
    • Address team concerns and facilitate resolutions when needed.
    • Provide assistance to national leaders through additional projects.
  • Engage in ministry with students.
  • Engage positively with the supervision received from your staff director.
• Pastoral Supervision:
  • Model solid pastoral support and supervisory skills for your team.
  • Provide ministry and professional training and development for your team.
  • Provide coaching, strategic leadership, and pastoral support to staff under your supervision.
  • Oversee the leadership of ministry partnership development of your team.
  • Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of your team.
• Administration:
  • Promote partnership among the National Service Center, the ministry departments, and the field.
  • Ensure adherence to national policies, procedures, and reporting requirements.
• Fund Development and Public Relations:
  • Ensure sound financial status of the Interim Ministry Program through adherence to national fund development guidelines.
  • Secure personal financial and prayer support.
  • Raise funds to underwrite launching and training of the interim ministry program.
  • Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual donors and church groups.
  • Accept speaking engagements.
  • Represent InterVarsity within the wider Christian community.

Qualifications

• 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.”
• Ongoing call to InterVarsity and its mission.
• Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• Prior experience with InterVarsity strongly preferred.
• Prior experience at the Divisional Director position or above (or equivalent in outside organizations).
• At least 5 years experience supervising teams, people development, and coaching strongly preferred.
• 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 develop a team of campus ministers.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to minister to diverse ethnic communities and faculty.
• Evidence of being a life-long learner.
• Experience in management and people development.
• Willing to receive ongoing training.
• Ability to contribute to an open and supportive relationship with team members.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and conflict resolution/mediation skills.
• Ability to organize events and manage the details involved.
• Detail and task orientation.
• Ability to take charge of teams and tasks; work independently without close supervision.

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.