LU Shepherd - Office of Spiritual Development

An LU Shepherd provides accountability, biblical guidance, mentoring, discipleship, life-skills training, and pastoral care to Liberty University students. The LU Shepherd reports to and assists the Associate Director of LU Shepherd and Director(s) of LU Shepherd in fulfilling the university’s mission of spiritual formation and student support. LU Shepherds are responsible for providing direction and support during crisis, emergency medical, and chaplaincy situations and participate in a rotating 24-hour on-call schedule as assigned.

Additionally, LU Shepherds maintain accurate electronic records of student situations and contribute to the development, planning, and implementation of educational programs that promote holistic spiritual development across the student population.

• Provide appropriate spiritual counseling, life-skills direction, and mentoring to male students, referring them for professional counseling as necessary. Maintain authorized access to male residence halls as needed to ensure effective student care.
• Be direct point of contact for approximately 20-30 male Resident Shepherds and pour into these individuals.
• Oversee a group of approximately 200 male student leaders and provide, mentoring, discipleship and spiritual support to them as they provide peer-to-peer support to students that live in their halls.
• Meet with male students one-on-one, providing pastoral counseling and other spiritual support.
• Engage and interact with male students on a daily basis, serving as mentor/discipler through events, meetings, activities, or groups.
• Assist in facilitating and planning Memorial Services for students who have passed away, as requested by Director.
• Review and follow-up on Incident Reports and Liberty Emergency Services Reports for matters requiring immediate attention (hospitalization, suicidal language, sickness, family emergency, death, assault, spiritual warfare, etc.).
• Contact and correspond with parents when warranted (physical, social, psychological, spiritual, academic, or discipline related issues), while following FERPA guidelines.
• Provide information and assistance to prospective students and visitors.
• Assist administration with student-related issues/resolutions (Chancellor, President, Student Advocate, International Student Office, etc.).
• Collect, monitor, and review assessment related data and report documents.
• Act as liaison to faculty, staff and administration in regard to student related problems.
• Attend all convocations/Campus Community — Fill role of counselors for students who respond to altar calls.
• Hospital visitation for student population.
• Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’s mission.
• Assist Executive Director and Director with other various duties and functions as deemed appropriate.
• Serve as pastoral support for weekly university convocations and Bible studies.
• Provide premarital and marital counseling for students and staff.

Four-year college degree, with previous work experience with college-aged students in a church or university setting. A working knowledge of student issues and educational trends, as they relate to higher education, is necessary.

Master’s degree in related field.

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty…