Director for Center Spirituality and Faith

Position Title

Director for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Regular

$115,200 - $144,900 per year; compensation based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.

Annual

The Director of the Center for Spirituality and Faith (DCSF), under the direction of the Vice President for Mission and Ministry (VP), creates and ensures the successful execution of a strategic vision for the Center for Spirituality in support of the strategic plan of the Division. In their capacity as the leader for the Center for Spirituality and Faith (CSF), the Director will develop creative and innovative directions to meet the rapidly evolving context of religious and spiritual life at SCU as a Jesuit, Catholic university with a diverse and multi-faith student body.

Drawing on an Ignatian spirituality‑informed approach, the Director will lead the Center to foster the religious, spiritual, and liturgical life of the entire campus community, with particular focus on students, both graduate and undergraduate. The Director will animate strategic efforts with colleagues in the CSF and across the Division of Mission and Ministry to design new programming for members of the SCU community who come from diverse faith traditions or are religiously unaffiliated.

The DCSF also serves on the Division leadership team to help shape the work of the Division through partnerships with units across the University to engage staff and students in the faith and spiritual life of the campus.

A primary component of the role is the oversight and collaboration with a team of five full‑time staff of spiritual programs, a cohort of graduate assistants, and more than a dozen paid student interns, to ensure effective pastoral outreach to the whole university community. Programs for which the Director provides leadership and oversight include worship, retreats, pastoral counseling, residential ministry, justice education, prayer services, sacramental preparation, ecumenical and interfaith events, and faith formation.

In addition to strategy and oversight, the Director develops and executes programming in service to the broader goals of the office. These include, but are not limited to: maintaining a public, pastoral leadership presence at many religious and spiritual liturgies, events, and vigils on campus; serving as a liaison to members of the division and University partners, including the Jesuit Community;

and providing support for students in times of crisis.

This is a full‑time, 12‑month, exempt position.