[Hiring] Director of Staff Development @Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Role Description

The Director of Staff Development designs, builds and leads a talent development system that fully integrates professional competencies and spiritual formation across our global ministry. Using talent platforms and practices, this role creates personalized learning paths, development plans, and career structures that enable supervisors and staff to effectively develop their teams and themselves, equipping FCA staff worldwide for long-term effectiveness, internal mobility, and Christ-centered impact -- raising up more workers for the harvest field.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience designing and leading enterprise-wide talent development, learning, or organizational development systems, ideally within a large, complex, or global organization.
• Proven track record building and scaling modern learning platforms and talent development systems that drive personalized learning paths, internal mobility, and measurable career growth (Auzmor experience strongly preferred).
• Demonstrated success integrating professional competency development with values-based, character, or spiritual formation in a ministry, nonprofit, or faith-based context.
• Experience creating and deploying global or multi-region development frameworks, executive leadership programs, and onboarding systems that deliver clear, quantifiable impact on readiness and performance.
• Required degree: Equivalent Professional Experience or Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, HR, Adult Learning, I-O Psychology, Theology/Ministry, or a related field.
• Preferred degree: Master's degree in Organizational Development, Adult Learning, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or related field. Executive coaching certification or equivalent highly desirable.

Requirements

• Agree with, and abide by, FCA's Christian Community Statement.
• Follow a spiritual rhythm including daily prayer and Bible study to seek the Lord's will for FCA.
• Lead, conduct and provide spiritual leadership for staff, volunteers, coaches and athletes through prayer, Bible study, worship and living by example so they are equipped to serve others.
• Connect to and participate in a local church through worship and weekly involvement.
• Conduct yourself in a manner that affirms biblical standards of conduct in accordance with FCA's Christian beliefs (see FCA's Christian Community Statement) at all times.

Benefits

• An estimated 15% travel may be required for occasional in-person collaboration with team members and partners across the ministry.