Student Formation Program Coordinator

The Veritas Forum is a fast-growing, strategic ministry that partners with Christian thought leaders, professors, campus ministries, and students to engage universities and the broader public with the ideas that shape our lives. Veritas puts the Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invites participants from all backgrounds to start conversations that matter.

Veritas operates several student formation programs. Our Forum events on college and university campuses host scholars from differing perspectives for conversations that explore life’s biggest questions with rigor and respect, inviting participants from all backgrounds to seek truth together. Through the Augustine Collective network, we convene and support student teams to produce campus journals of Christian thought, which illuminate the breadth of student and human experience with the Christian story.

For student leaders seeking to develop a public voice that is deeply formed by a Christian vision of truth, we offer Veritas Institute, a week-long summer intensive, and the Veritas Institute Fellowship, a year-round continuation of Institute for personal formation, cohort reflection, and public articulation.

The Student Formation Program Coordinator will help lead implementation of Veritas’s strategic student formation programs, especially Institute and the Fellowship. He or she will report to the Senior Manager of University Partnerships and will work particularly closely with the Director of Community Formation and the Director of the Augustine Collective, as well as other Veritas staff, student teams, and advisors. The role requires regular travel to campuses, for which all costs will be covered.

This is a permanent, full-time position, but the role can be structured as a minimum two-year commitment for the right candidate.

The Student Formation Program Coordinator will mainly divide her or his time between the following areas:

The Student Formation Program Coordinator will be an essential member of the team implementing Veritas Institute and the Veritas Institute Fellowship, along with the Director of Community Formation, the Director of the Augustine Collective, and the Senior Manager for University Partnerships. Beyond general collaborative program planning responsibilities, specific duties will include:

• Recruitment for Veritas Institute and the Fellowship
  • Identify strong candidates for these programs from Veritas’s existing student network, including through personal recruiting visits to ecosystem partner campuses
  • Lead communication with campus partner organizations around nomination and recruitment
  • Identify untapped sources for participant recruitment to strengthen applicant pool
  • Assist with communications throughout application process; participate in application review and applicant interviews
• Operational implementation for Veritas Institute
  • Contribute to maintenance and improvement of underlying databases and systems
  • Steward relationship with hosting venue, including managing communications regarding space needs, participant numbers, housing, and meals
  • Arrange logistics for offsite program events (transportation, meals, etc.) as needed
  • Lead post-event feedback collection
• Operational implementation for Institute Fellowship
  • Assist with communications throughout the year around Fellowship events, timelines, and deliverables
  • Coach 6-8 Fellows on their projects throughout the program
  • Arrange logistics for additional virtual and in-person gatherings as needed
  • Lead feedback collection throughout and after Fellowship conclusion
• Other implementation and planning responsibilities for Veritas…