Content Creation Manager, Prayer Mobilization

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Planning
• Develop enterprise strategies to deepen and expand prayer support for the mission as part of the annual planning process
• Build realistic plans and budgets to achieve prayer mobilization strategies in collaboration with leaders who are content contributors and leaders who are the primary users of the content
• Global Prayer Gathering
• Partner with program leaders to develop and refine messaging for the Global Prayer Gathering
• Review speaker presentations, facilitate rehearsals, and ensure alignment with messaging framework
• Engage leaders across the organization on participant recruitment and ensure teams have relevant messaging
• Provide coaching and hands-on support throughout the Global Prayer Gathering for the speakers
• Spiritual Formation Resources
• Conduct assessment across teams to identify needs and opportunities for spiritual formation content for external audiences
• Develop spiritual formation content for Christian audiences leveraging strength of internal resources
• Aid in the development of funding proposals that highlight IJM’s commitment to spiritual formation
• Prayer Content Pipeline
• Conduct assessment across teams on prayer content and develop plan to strengthen the pipeline
• Manage the Global Prayer Channel content pipeline on Viva Engage, streamlining prayer content collection from field teams
• Curate and distribute timely, externally shareable prayer content across constituent communications, donor engagement, prayer gatherings, and major events
• Ensure prayer content is spiritually substantive, operationally accurate, and aligned with program priorities
• Prayer Integration into Acquisition, Journeys, Product Development
• Collaborate with Marketing, Digital, and Development teams to integrate prayer invitations into donor acquisition, constituent journeys, and Christian-facing products
• Ensure prayer offers are clear, consistent, and aligned with IJM’s theological and missional framework, supporting unified brand engagement
• Leveraging Prayer Networks
• Cultivate and steward strategic external prayer network partnership to expand and deepen external prayer support for IJM programs
• Support co-hosted prayer events and collaborative initiatives, including Pray for Justice Tour in partnership with 24-7 Prayer network
• Curate content to strengthen engagement with prayer networks providing a win/win for the network and IJM
• Participation in IJM’s community of spiritual formation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant work experience
• Excellent writing capabilities and proven track record of developing messaging frameworks
• PREFERRED: Experience in coaching speakers and co-creating presentations
• A passion for prayer and spiritual formation demonstrated in either professional or volunteer work
• Proven ability to work with a diverse team of professionals
• Expertise in project management or operational leadership
• Strong networking capabilities with internal and external audiences

Critical Qualities

• Eager commitment to IJM's Core Values: Christian, Professional and Bridge-Building
• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed
• Self-starter with strong initiative
• Disciplined with priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills and self-awareness
• Exceptional verbal and written communication
• Flexible, collaborative and eager to support others
• Effective team player who fosters collaborative environment
• Adept at creative problem solving