Church Partnership and Volunteer Coordinator

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Church Partnership and Volunteer Coordinator Work Location: California Southern Job Type: Part time To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this position will provide leadership to cultivate thriving partnerships with local churches and coordinate volunteer engagement that strengthens campus ministry. The Church Partnership & Volunteer Coordinator will cultivate a partnership for churches to see campus ministry as a shared mission and where volunteers are meaningfully integrated into disciple-making efforts. This role will strengthen relational bridges between InterVarsity staff, churches, alumni, and volunteers-mobilizing a broader community to reach students with the gospel. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Personal: Pursue maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ to ensure a life and work that increasingly reflects a growing 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 Continue learning and growth in spiritual understanding, biblical knowledge, ministry experience and skills Exercise self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency) Embrace 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: Partner with others to increase the size, health, spiritual maturity, and influence in an assigned region and area of ministry Provide spiritual leadership to the region for your ministry area of focus/expertise Work with your supervisor to develop spiritual vision and strategy for your area of ministry for spiritual growth and transformation Participate and be fully engaged in the region to contribute to the accomplishment of plans, objectives and goals in your ministry area or expertise Facilitate and nurture collaborative relationship with other InterVarsity ministry staff Serve as a resource to the region in assigned area of focus/expertise including ministry strategies, programming and reports Make recommendations to enhance current ministry efforts Attend ministry staff meetings, conferences, and ministry events, as requested Coordinate and provide effective roll out of plans and programs to advance ministry efforts which may include training, communication, organization, and vision casting Update, report on, and clarify the development of ministry efforts Pastoral Supervision: Assist and lead other ministry staff as assigned in: Community growth and prayerful dependence on God Setting spiritual vision and direction Developing student and/or faculty training programs and opportunities Strategically recruiting, hiring and placing focused campus ministry staff in partnership with other regional ministry leaders Providing pastoral care and personal development Providing ministry training and professional development Oversees the campus work of focused ministry staff Provide regular feedback and evaluation of ministry staff including contributing to the annual performance reviews Mentor ministry staff who have a growing interest in focused ministry Engage regularly in ministry to students and/or faculty by teaching from Scripture, leading in prayer, and discipling for spiritual growth Engage positively with the supervision you receive from your ministry director. Administration: Provide administrative services and financial management to ministry staff as requested Ensure adherence to regional and national policies, procedures, reporting requirements and financial guidelines Report regularly to supervisor on assigned work Ministry Partnership Development (MPD) and Public Relations: Develop a ministry team of partners who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or with volunteer service that advances the mission Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual partners and churches through prayer, discussion of ministry efforts, mission, and accomplishments Develop and maintain a ministry among partners that will fund InterVarsity Ensure ministry budget is fully funded Supervise each minister's MPD (collaborating with coaches when applicable) and equip ministry staff to build ministry partnerships Build resource networks with alumni, volunteers, churches, advocacy councils, and major donors, in particular to fund low-network ministry staff Communicate regularly and minister to ministry partners Maintain sound financial status of the area through management of budgeting, expense control and MPD. Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate. KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES A working knowledge of current Microsoft software applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Effective oral and written communication skills Strong interpersonal skills (including ability to minister to diverse ethnic communities and facult

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