Campus Ministry Associate — Mid-Florida (Undergraduate Ministry)

About the role

To advance the mission and purpose of InterVarsity, this position will focus on learning and preparing for the full responsibilities of a Campus Staff Minister. The Campus Ministry Associate will be assigned work based on skills determined by the application process. This is a one or two-year position in which the individual receives intensive training and exercises ministerial functions consistent with a Campus Staff Minister.

Responsibilities

• Personal Spiritual Duties: Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ; growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world; 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.
• Ministry Leadership: Participate and be fully engaged in the ministry team to cast spiritual vision and direction; contribute to the accomplishment of the team’s plans for spiritual growth and transformation; provide area leadership in specific areas; teach students to love, study and apply Scripture to their lives; learn about and assist in leading ministry to students and faculty on campus; promote and press forward the Mission on campus; seek opportunities to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ; learn to guide chapters (or assigned segments of a chapter) in the development of strategic thinking regarding witness to the university; learn to model and assist students and faculty in growing in their love for God's people of every ethnicity and culture; help to develop student and/or faculty ministry leadership teams, based on developing skills; encourage a prayerful lifestyle in students and faculty, especially focusing on those who do not yet follow Jesus as Lord and Savior; engage positively with the supervision you receive from your staff ministry director.
• Pastoral Care and Support (as assigned and based on skill level): Provide pastoral care and support for student and/or leadership teams and individual students and faculty; provide training, resources and opportunities for students and faculty for their spiritual development; recruit students and/or faculty and providing specific leadership for conferences and projects.
• Administration: Perform the necessary administrative tasks required to fulfill the purpose of InterVarsity and to comply with InterVarsity’s policies and procedures; comply with Risk Management policies; follow the budgeting and expense reporting guidelines; lead students in filing annual chapter affiliation, in coordination with assigned Campus Staff Minister; fulfill area and regional reporting requirements; fulfill national reporting requirements.
• Ministry Partner Development and Public Relations: Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual ministry partners and churches, through prayer, discussion of ministry efforts, mission, and accomplishments; carry out the tasks required for effective fund development and to develop strong public relations for the ministry of InterVarsity; maintain expenses within allocated budgets; secure personal financial, prayer support and maintain