Campus Staff Minster I - Louisiana Area

About the role

InterVarsity seeks Campus Staff Ministers to plant and build witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus on college and university campuses, transforming individuals and campuses to the glory of God, developing change agents, and participating in God's work on campus.

Responsibilities

• Spiritual Growth – pursue maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ by engaging Scripture, prayer, and worship individually and in community; develop self‑leadership (self‑awareness, self‑management, relational integrity, resiliency); embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes.
• Campus Leadership – increase the number, size, health, spiritual maturity, and campus‑wide influence of witnessing communities by:
  • communicating and modeling InterVarsity’s vision;
  • creating a culture of humble dependence on God and bold expectation;
  • modeling InterVarsity’s vision and Core Values, including a biblically‑defined commitment to engage every ethnic and social group;
  • leading students and faculty through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences so they align ministry activities with the vision;
  • setting annual goals through prayer, research, and reflection with teams for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions and leadership development;
  • acting as a Structural Architect: creating, developing, aligning, and leveraging ministry plans, programs, teams, and structures to close the gap between current reality and aspirational goals;
  • building leadership teams that trust and partner well, demonstrate spiritual vitality, relational health, and mission alignment;
  • developing and executing plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying as needed;
  • aligning programs, structures, conferences, and teams around goals;
  • mobilizing students and faculty to engage relational networks with the gospel and start new missional communities;
  • under the direction of the Area Director, may supervise Ministry Interns and Campus Ministry Interns as delegated.
• Missional Developer – intentionally gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of students and faculty so they encounter and follow Jesus as Savior and Lord and advance the mission on campus as participants and leaders by:
  • creating ways for faculty and students to encounter and follow Jesus through Scripture, worship, prayer, mission experiences, conferences, etc.;
  • equipping students and faculty to think strategically about campus engagement and to proclaim the good news of Jesus in word, deed, and power, regularly inviting others to follow him;
  • discipling students and faculty to hear the Word, respond actively, debrief and interpret experiences so they grow in Christlikeness, reflect Core Values, and develop ministry skills;
  • inviting, coaching, and equipping students and faculty to become effective participants and leaders, including starting new witnessing communities.