This position is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays) if located in the Washington, DC area or remote for non-local candidates. It reports to the Chief Resources Officer and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US. 

Responsibilities: 

Enterprise Planning 

• Develop enterprise strategies to deepen and expand prayer support for the mission as part of the annual planning process 

• Build realistic plans and budgets to achieve prayer mobilization strategies in collaboration with leaders who are content contributors and leaders who are the primary users of the content  

Global Prayer Gathering 

• Partner with program leaders to develop and refine messaging for the Global Prayer Gathering 

• Review speaker presentations, facilitate rehearsals, and ensure alignment with messaging framework 

• Engage leaders across the organization on participant recruitment and ensure teams have relevant messaging 

• Provide coaching and hands-on support throughout the Global Prayer Gathering for the speakers 

Spiritual Formation Resources 

• Conduct assessment across teams to identify needs and opportunities for spiritual formation content for external audiences 

• Develop spiritual formation content for Christian audiences leveraging strength of internal resources 

• Assist in the development of funding proposals that highlight IJM’s commitment to spiritual formation  

Prayer Content Pipeline  

• Conduct assessment across teams on prayer content and develop plan to strengthen the pipeline 

• Manage the Global Prayer Channel content pipeline on Viva Engage, streamlining prayer content collection from field teams.  

• Curate and distribute timely, externally shareable prayer content across constituent communications, donor engagement, prayer gatherings, and major events.  

• Ensure prayer content is spiritually substantive, operationally accurate, and aligned with program priorities.  

Prayer Integration into Acquisition, Journeys, Product Development  

• Collaborate with Marketing, Digital, and Development teams to integrate prayer invitations into donor acquisition, constituent journeys, and Christian-facing products 

• Ensure prayer offers are clear, consistent, and aligned with IJM’s theological and missional framework, supporting unified brand engagement.  

Leveraging Prayer Networks  

• Cultivate and steward strategic external prayer network partnership to expand and deepen external prayer support for IJM programs 

• Support co-hosted prayer events and collaborative initiatives, including Pray for Justice Tour in partnership with 24-7 Prayer network 

• Curate content to strengthen engagement with prayer networks providing a win/win for the network and IJM 

• Participation in IJM’s community of spiritual formation.   

Qualifications:  

•  Bachelor’s degree; 

• Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant work experience; 

• Excellent writing capabilities and proven track record of developing messaging frameworks; 

• Preferred experience in coaching speakers and co-creating presentations; 

• A passion for prayer and spiritual formation demonstrated in either professional or volunteer work; 

• Proven ability to work with a diverse team of professionals; 

• Excellent track record for developing and refining systems for scale; 

• Expertise in project management or operational leadership; 

• Strong networking capabilities with internal and external audiences 

Critical Qualities: 

• Eager commitment to IJM's Core Values: Christian, Professional and Bridge-Building; 

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed; 

• Self-starter with strong initiative;  

• Disciplined with priorities; 

• Strong interpersonal skills and self-awareness; 

• Exceptional verbal and written communication; 

• Flexible, collaborative and eager to support others; 

• Effective team player who fosters collaborative environment; and 

• Adept at creative problem solving. 

Application Process:  

Upload Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document. 

*What is a statement of faith? 
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship. 

What does IJM have to offer? 

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits 

• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area 

• Retirement benefit options  

• Paid leave starting at 23 days 

• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior) 

• Daily, quarterly, and annual community spiritual formation 

• Robust staff care resources 

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy, and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidate’s value congruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes. 

At IJM, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work, we truly believe that the work we are doing is God’s work, not our own, and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. That’s why we legally require under SEC. 2000e-1 [Section702] of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles’ Creed. 

IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.