The Associate Regional Director - Lake & Plains will advance the mission and purpose of InterVarsity by leading regional teams, developing pastoral care and training modules, and engaging in ministry to students. The role requires a bachelor's degree, minimum six years of prior work experience with InterVarsity, and evidence of a lifelong learning spirit. The position is funded through personal fundraising, with an anticipated salary range of $59,736.00 - $79,644.00 per year.
Requirements
- Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ
- Practice daily spiritual disciplines
- Pursue spiritual relationships and involvement in a worshipping community
- Continue learning and growth in spiritual understanding, biblical knowledge, ministry experience and skills
- Experience and live out an ongoing call to ministry service with InterVarsity and its mission
- Lead growth as a staff worshiping community, depending on God in prayer
- Partner in setting the spiritual vision and direction for the region
- Helping to strategically recruit, hire, and place area ministry directors and other regional ministry staff
- Developing pastoral care and training modules for area ministry directors and their staff
- Engage regularly in ministry to students
- Engage positively with the supervision you receive from your staff director
- Assist in providing for the specific pastoral care and personal development of those in regional ministry leadership and their ministry teams
- Assist in providing for the training and professional development of those in regional ministry leadership
- Partner in the supervision, leadership and fund development work of those in regional ministry leadership
- Supervise specific regional ministry staff, as delegated
- Mentor regional ministry staff with identifiable leadership potential
- Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of staff including annual performance reviews
- Assist in providing administrative services and financial management that enables ministry staff to do their jobs
- Maintain strong partnerships with National Service Center personnel
- Assist in ensuring adherence to national policies, procedures, and reporting requirements
- Provide oversight and implementation, as delegated, for regional ministry training programs, meetings, and projects
- Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual ministry partners and churches
- Assist in maintaining sound financial status of the region through management of budgeting, fund development, and expense control
- Secure personal financial, prayer support and maintain a ministry among partners who will fund InterVarsity
- Raise strategic funds for the region as needed
- Represent InterVarsity within their region
- Develop key relationships within the community as directed
- Willingness to supervise (and travel to) any area within the Lakes and Plains region
- Ability to see and serve the region as a whole – not just the areas/ministries of supervision
- Ability to develop AMDs as growth/planting coaches
- Assist/partner with AMDs in the following: Helping staff thrive as followers of Christ and ministers/missionaries, MPD for Area and Chapter Accounts, Planting chapters within and outside of their areas, Expanding corners within current campuses, Developing, monitoring and advancing skill development goals for each CSM, Difficult conversations with staff, providing leadership in conflicts, Possibly lead an initiative(s) for the region with a team of AMDs and RMCs, leveraging RLT meeting space and other regional resources, Assisting with Regional Events as needed (New Staff Formation, Student Conferencing, etc.)
Benefits
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- 403(b) matching contributions
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discounts
- Flexible work schedule
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
