Director of Spiritual Diversity

About the role

The Director for Spiritual Diversity (DSD) is charged with envisioning and creating enduring structures, programs and relationships that support the development and nurturing of the spiritual life of the SCU community, especially those from diverse religious/spiritual traditions and students who identify as religiously unaffiliated.

Responsibilities

• Develops a strategy to foster the spiritual and religious formation of students across the spectrum of faith traditions or those who are religiously unaffiliated
• Develops a comprehensive strategy for religious and spiritual formation that can be tailored to the diverse student body
• Establishes foundational programming and engagement opportunities to connect with the full spectrum of student experiences
• Develops an outreach plan to establish and maintain connections to students whose spiritual formation is not being met through traditional needs
• Develops an assessment framework grounded in best practices and informed by national trends that can inform the establishment of strategic goals and tracking effectiveness and impact
• Develops and executes programming to foster the religious formation of students
• Creates opportunities for students to practice their religious traditions by offering opportunities for prayer, scripture study, meditation, worship, and service, in collaboration with Center for Spirituality interns and with the leaders of student religious organizations
• Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship to all faith-based registered student organizations
• Collaborates with the Center for Student Involvement to coordinate the celebration of religious holidays
• Develops and executes programming to foster the interfaith formation of students
• Promotes interfaith and intercultural understanding, relationships, and community life
• Guides student leaders through a strategic visioning and planning process
• Collaborates with student organizations to design events for the campus community, including dinners, cultural programs, and service projects
• Collaborates with faculty and staff to design curricular and co-curricular opportunities for students
• Identifies community partners to participate in educational experiences with students
• Develops and executes programming to foster the spiritual formation of religiously unaffiliated students
• Creates dialogue and engagement opportunities for students who are religiously unaffiliated but still desire spiritual growth
• Develops students’ holistic formation through intensive mentorship and pastoral care
• Pastorally supports students, regardless of religious affiliation, during crises, spiritual accompaniment, and general mentorship
• Fosters particular in-depth leadership development for student leaders, employees, and volunteers to foster their learning and formation in ministry
• Establishes and maintains a critical portfolio of partnerships, both on and off campus
• Directs the CSF’s inclusion and support of faith-based student organizations
• Develops relationships with faculty and staff who can serve as resources and representatives of various religious traditions, with specific outreach to the Department of Religious Studies, the Jesuit School of Theology, and the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries
• Develops relationships with local religious communities to make referrals for worship, as needed
• Develops relationships with religious bodies and interfaith organizations that resource students and advance interreligious education
• Represents the CSF on university committees, meetings and /or at events related to religious diversity, pluralism, inclusion, and in appropriate liturgical functions
• Discerns the appropriateness of outside religious organizations that wish to operate on campus or resource students
• Manages all operational and financial aspects related to the portfolio
• Leads the effective operation of program activities
• Manages annual allocated program budget development, reporting, and forecasting
• Hires, trains, and supervises student employees and interns
• Supports fundraising efforts and donor cultivation
• Contributes to the broader work of the Division
• Consults with constituent programs to further align them with SCU’s Jesuit, Catholic mission
• Supports the creative infusion of faith and spirituality throughout Mission and Ministry and broader campus programming
• Executes other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required/or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Clinical Pastoral Education credits highly desirable
• Minimum four years’ professional experience in relevant field required
• Experience in pastoral care or chaplaincy strongly desired