Program Coordinator for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Position Title:

Program Coordinator for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

$33.94 - $40.72, per hour;
Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role and internal equity.

Hourly

The Program Coordinator (PC) for the Center for Spirituality and Faith provides programmatic support across all efforts of the Center to enhance the spiritual life of all students at Santa Clara University. The PC implements programs, supports various student groups, helps to develop and implement pilot programming, and helps enhance workflow and operations across the Center. In addition, the PC supports the ongoing assessment and student engagement data management to measure the success of the Center's programs.

This position reports to the Director of the Center for Spirituality and works collaboratively with the entire Center for Spirituality team, supporting the broader programs and priorities of the Division of Mission and Ministry.

Note:

this is a full-time fixed-term position that ends on June 30, 2027. While there may be opportunities in a variation of this role beyond that date, that will not be known until likely May 2027. Interested candidates need to understand they are committing to this role with the likely outcome that it ends and is not renewed.

• Executes programming to foster the spiritual formation of all students
• Plans and organizes student formation events, retreats, and programs that foster practices of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities across a broad spectrum of Catholic tradition, other religious traditions, and spiritual non-religious traditions and practices
• Supports Mission and Ministry's Retreat Team as they develop, promote, and deliver retreats that offer opportunities for all students - including religiously unaffiliated students - to explore spirituality, meaning, and purpose.
• In partnership with faith-based or other student clubs, leads, plans, and supports students in the practice of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities
• Provides formation and training for student leaders and participants
• Support outreach of programs to SCU students
• Communicate with faculty to coordinate classroom visits for program outreach
• Communicate with departments to coordinate presentations or table about programming
• Support and organize student recruitment information sessions
• Pilot new recruitment and invitation opportunities.
• Develops and executes pilot programming that engages students in active outreach and service
• Coordinates student engagement data and program evaluation
• Supports the collection of student engagement data for all CSF programming
• Implements best practices established by Mission and Ministry to document events, programs, evaluations, and follow-up
• Develops students' holistic formation through intensive mentorship and pastoral care
• Pastorally supports students, regardless of religious affiliation, during crises, spiritual accompaniment, and general mentorship
• Fosters particular in-depth leadership development for student leaders, employees, and volunteers to foster their learning and formation in ministry
• Accompanies students in the challenges they face in collaboration with CAPS and other university support units
• Manages all operational and financial aspects related to the portfolio
• With the support of operations staff, leads the effective operation of program activities
• Manages annual allocated program budget development, reporting, and forecasting
• Hires, trains, and supervises student employees and interns
• Supports fundraising efforts and donor cultivation
• Contributes to the broader work of the Division
• Consults with constituent programs to further align them with the Jesuit, Catholic mission
• Supports the creative infusion of faith and spirituality throughout Mission and Ministry and broader campus programming
• Regularly attends and participates in Ignatian programming and Catholic liturgy events offered by other Division programs, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours
• Regularly attends and participants in SCU campus-wide, staff-wide, and academic programming events to represent Ignatian Spirituality and Catholic life perspectives, to form relationships to support engagement with Ignatian Spirituality, and to inform Ignatian Spirituality programming, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours
• Executes other tasks as assigned

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The items below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience required or preferred.

• Close familiarity with the tradition of Jesuit education preferred
• Knowledge of diverse spiritual and religious practices and…