Associate Regional Director - Lake & Plains (Undergraduate Ministries)

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.
• Practice daily spiritual disciplines
• Pursue spiritual relationships and involvement in a worshipping community
• Continue learning and growth in spiritual understanding, biblical knowledge, ministry experience and skills
• Experience and live out an ongoing call to ministry service with InterVarsity and its mission.

Ministry Leadership

• Participate and be fully engaged in the regional team to set ministry vision and direction, to contribute to the accomplishment of the team’s plans for spiritual growth and transformation, and to provide regional leadership in specific areas
• Share in leading the region by:
  • Leading growth as a staff worshiping community, depending on God in prayer
  • Partnering in setting the spiritual; vision and direction for the region
  • Helping to strategically recruit, hire, and place area ministry directors and other regional ministry staff
  • Developing pastoral care and training modules for area ministry directors and their staff
  • Developing region-wide student training programs and opportunities for spiritual growth and development
• Engage regularly in ministry to students
• Engage positively with the supervision you receive from your staff director

Pastoral Supervision (as delegated)

• Assist in providing for the specific pastoral care and personal development of those in regional ministry leadership and their ministry teams
• Assist in providing for the training and professional development of those in regional ministry leadership
• Partner in the supervision, leadership and fund development work of those in regional ministry leadership
• Supervise specific regional ministry staff, as delegated
• Mentor regional ministry staff with identifiable leadership potential
• Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of staff including annual performance reviews

Administration

• Assist in providing administrative services and financial management that enables ministry staff to do their jobs
• Maintain strong partnerships with National Service Center personnel
• Assist in ensuring adherence to national policies, procedures, and reporting requirements
• Provide oversight and implementation, as delegated, for regional ministry training programs, meetings, and projects

Ministry Partner Development and Public Relations

• Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual ministry partners and churches, through prayer, discussion of ministry efforts, mission, and accomplishments
• Assist in maintaining sound financial status of the region through management of budgeting, fund development, and expense control
• Secure personal financial, prayer support and maintain a ministry among partners who will fund InterVarsity
• Raise strategic funds for the region as needed
• Represent InterVarsity within their region
• Develop key relationships within the community as directed

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
• Evidence the characteristics of a life-long learner
• Ministry skills (including the ability to communicate spiritual vision, teach spiritual and biblical principles, plan ministry programs, and spiritually disciple, coach and mentor)
• Minimum six years prior work experience with InterVarsity or other campus ministry required
• Willing to receive ongoing training
• Able to contribute to an open and supportive relationship with ministry team members
• Ability to develop a ministry team
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a diverse team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Ability to organize events and manage the details involved
• Detail and task oriented
• Ability to take charge of ministry teams and tasks; work independently without close supervision.

Associate Regional Ministry Director 

Lakes and Plains 

Job Description Addendum

Team Expectations 

• Full time position. Typically 40 hours per week is needed
• Serve as a member of the Senior Leadership Team - providing spiritual and strategic leadership, alongside the RMD, to the region
• Meeting weekly with SLT via video (tactical conversations) and via face-to-face meetings (strategic conversations) 1-2 days per year

Leadership Expectations 

• Willingness to supervise (and travel to) any area within the Lakes and Plains region
• Ability to see and serve the region as a whole – not just the areas/ministries of supervision
• Ability to develop AMDs as growth/planting coaches
• Assist/partner with AMDs in the following:
  • Helping staff thrive as followers of Christ and ministers/missionaries 
  • MPD for Area and Chapter Accounts  
  • Planting chapters within and outside of their areas.
  • Expanding corners within current campuses 
  • Developing, monitoring and advancing skill development goals for each CSM.
  • Difficult conversations with staff, providing leadership in conflicts. 
• Possibly lead an initiative(s) for the region with a team of AMDs and RMCs, leveraging RLT meeting space and other regional resources.  
• Assisting with Regional Events as needed (New Staff Formation, Student Conferencing, etc.) 
• Other strategic actions assigned by Regional Ministry Director as needed 

Regional Support 

• Connections with Regional Ministry Director – Weekly or as needed 
• Region to provide for budgeted ministry expenses (with cap) 
• Region to provide negotiated stipend

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment.  Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a)) InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement: Purpose and Doctrinal Basis because InterVarsity believes that each and every staff plays a vital role in advancing InterVarsity’s mission and purposes.