InterVarsity is committed to planting and building witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus on college and university campuses. They pursue this calling by discerning and actively participating in what God is already doing on campus. InterVarsity is dedicated to seeing campuses increasingly become places where people, ideas, and structures flourish to the glory of God. They confidently anticipate that their alumni will become change agents across the country and around the world.
InterVarsity is looking for a Campus Staff Minister (CSM) for the Metro NYC area. The CSM will be responsible for spiritual growth, campus leadership, organizational collaboration, ministry partnership development, and accomplishing all other assigned tasks. The position is full-time and requires the candidate to raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by the supervisor. The CSM will lead ministry in a college campus environment and travel to on-campus and off-campus sites as appropriate. The pay range for this position is $37,980.00 - $50,628.00 per year, and the compensation is funded through personal fundraising. InterVarsity offers a competitive benefits package, including health care and retirement savings with a match.
Responsibilities:
- Pursue a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and in community
- Develop self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency)
- Embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes
- Communicate and model InterVarsity’s vision to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed and 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 InterVarsity’s vision and Core Values, including a biblically-defined commitment to engage every ethnic and social group on campus
- Lead students and faculty through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences
- Set annual goals for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions and leadership development
- 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 mission alignment
- Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying the 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 missional communities
- Intentionally gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of students and faculty
- Equip students and faculty so that they think strategically about campus engagement and proclaim the good news of Jesus
- Disciple students and faculty by equipping them to hear the Word, respond actively, and debrief and interpret the experience
- Invite, coach, and equip students and faculty to become increasingly effective participants and leaders
- Work with a network of other local, area, regional, and national InterVarsity staff and volunteers
- 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
- Use national ministry resources and tools, as requested
- Complete reporting, planning and review requirements in a timely way
- Develop a team of partners – churches and individuals – who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or volunteer service
- Raise 100% of the financial budget assigned by your supervisor
- Communicate regularly with your ministry partners, nurturing the relationship through visits, phone calls, emails and regular prayer letters
- Develop on-going, long-lasting partnership with alumni and volunteers
- Identify and invest in advocates who will build networks of volunteers and donors on InterVarsity’s behalf
- Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate
