Area Ministry Director - Upper Michigan; Undergraduate Ministries

Work Location:

Michigan

Job Type: Full time

• The Area Ministry Director models spiritual maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ so that your life and work 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
• Exercise self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency)
• Embrace and practice Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes, including those described in the Code of Conduct

• Visionary Guide:
  Create a culture of dependence on God to gain vision for establishing and advancing witnessing communities that reach every corner of every campus in your area
• Model Inter Varsity’s vision and Core Values for supervises
• Lead staff, students, and faculty through Scripture, prayer, teaching and discipleship experiences in a way that motivates and shapes their ministry around vision
• Set appropriate annual goals through prayer, research and reflection with your teams
• Structural Architect:
  Lead your team to develop and implement plans to achieve ministry goals
• Adapt the plan as needed through rhythms of action, reflection and evaluation
• Develop, align and leverage programs and structures to move the mission forward
• Missional Developer:
  Recruit a diversity of qualified minister candidates
• Develop ministers to spiritually grow in Christ in intimacy, like Christ in character, and with Christ in his mission to current and new campuses
• Develop ministers professionally so that they are consistently increasing their gifts and skills as ministry leaders
• Supervise ministers, using appropriate leadership style for the individual and situation, to help them accomplish assigned tasks. This will require coaching, assessing, correcting and affirming job-related behaviors
• Proactively establish and develop healthy relationships across racial, ethnic, national background, and gender barriers with staff, students, faculty, and ministry partners to build effective and diverse communities
• Build an effective minister team that collaborates well and accomplishes goals

• Participate in regional leadership as determined by the Regional Director, to set ministry vision and strategies, contribute to accomplishing plans, and provide regional leadership in specific areas
• Positively and constructively respond to the direction and coaching of line supervisors
• Build productive ministry partnerships with regional and national collaborative leaders
• Establish systems, processes and protocols to fulfill regular operational and administrative tasks in a timely manner (reporting, finances, human resources, etc.)
• Maintain sound financial status of the area through management of budgeting, expense control and ministry partnership development
• Become familiar with and comply with all Inter Varsity policies and procedures

• Develop a team of partners who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or with volunteer service that advances the mission.
• Develop and maintain a ministry among partners who will fund Inter Varsity
• Ensure ministry budget is fully funded
• Supervise each minister’s MPD (collaborating with coaches when applicable) and equip staff to build ministry partners
• Build resource networks with alumni, volunteers, churches, advocacy councils, and major donors, in particular to fund low-network ministers
• Communicate regularly with ministry partners