Assistant Program Director

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full‑time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full‑time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non‑faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

The Assistant Program Director of So I Send You will facilitate and contribute to the design, execution, and evaluation of this transformative initiative to implement the fruits of the synod locally, empowering church leaders to embody communion, participation, and mission at all levels of pastoral life. This five‑year project of the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) will offer formative experiences to 160 pastoral leaders (both ordained and lay) from 16 parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB), organized into four cohorts over four years.

The project includes eight multilingual educational sessions: four workshops, one retreat, one annual ministry renewal day, one evaluation summit, and one online course. The grant also provides opportunities for theological and pastoral engagement at the parish‑level for CSTM faculty and students, as well as possibilities for candidates from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) to pursue degree programs at the CSTM.

All activities will encourage efforts toward the implementation of the kind of pastoral leadership described by the recent Synod on Synodality (16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 2021‑2024).

The Assistant Program Director is pivotal in shaping and implementing the program from its inception. Reporting to the Clough School Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives and working closely with the Dean and Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, s/he will collaborate with Clough School faculty and administrators and key partners within the RCAB to implement the various components of this initiative.

Reports to the Clough School Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives with a dotted line to the Associate Dean for Finance and Administration.

The Assistant Program Director holds primary responsibility for contributing to the development, execution, and evaluation for the overall success of the So I Send You program. The Assistant Program Director’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: fostering relationships with institutional partners within Boston College and the RCAB; developing multilingual programmatic content for the parish‑based modules and retreats; collaborating with Clough School faculty and administrators for Continuing Education lectures and courses as well as for the recruitment of So I Send You Fellows and Student Accompanists;

supervising a graduate assistant for So I Send You; and overseeing the development of a curriculum to be used in parishes across the RCAB. The Assistant Program Director will collaborate with the Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives to ensure seamless execution of all program components.

Contribute to the design and oversee the implementation of a cohesive, impactful one‑year program for participants from select parishes of the RCAB, which will repeat for a total of four cohorts by December 2030. Other administrative duties include management of the program budget, including fiscal and narrative reporting requirements, with the Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives and the Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, hiring graduate students or staff as needed, evaluating program components year over year, and organizing meetings, events, and retreats.

• Contribute to the design and oversee the implementation of the multilingual programmatic content for the parish‑based modules and retreats.
• Engage Faculty Leads and Facilitators for in‑person sessions.
• Develop written materials.
• Coordinate…