Campus Ministry Associate - Carolinas Region (Undergraduate Ministry)

Campus Ministry Intern - Carolinas Region (Undergraduate Ministry)

Work Location:

North Carolina

Job Type:

Full time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this position is focused on learning and preparing for the full responsibilities of a Campus Minister. The associate will be assigned campus work based on strengths and growth areas determined by the application process. This is a 16 month position in which the individual receives intensive training and exercises ministerial functions consistent with a campus minister. The associate is paid a monthly salary. A supervisory decision, with input from the Campus Ministry Associate, is made at the end of the term of service as to whether the individual is suitable for continuing employment with InterVarsity. The Campus Ministry Associate may end employment at any time with notice given.

INTEREST FORM

If you are new to InterVarsity in the Carolinas and have not spoken with one of our Area Directors about the possibility of applying to work with us, please complete this interest form and wait for us to contact you before proceeding with the application.

PLACEMENT

Upon completion of the general application to work for InterVarsity's Carolinas Region, you will be contacted about interviewing for positions in our region. Following your interview if an internship offer is made, we will offer you a training site at one of the predetermined training sites in the Carolinas. We will consider your preferred location, your ministry strength, the training sites we have available, and our places of greatest need. Our Internship is typically 16 months long beginning in September and ending 16 months later in December.

 

HIRING TIMELINE

If you are an InterVarsity student, the most typical timeline for hiring takes place in the semester that you are graduating. That provides the opportunity for you to receive training in funding the ministry (3 hours per week) while you are finishing your degree. 

 

Spring Semester Hiring Window:

• Application and references are due the second week of January.

• An interview will be scheduled for mid-February, at a location in the Carolinas (typically Raleigh or Charlotte) 

• Our Offer or Declination to follow within one week of the interview

• Your acceptance or declination of offer within one week of the offer.

• Ministry Partnership Development Training begins with a weekend of training in mid to late March

**Specific dates will be provided to you upon request or as soon as you enter the application process

Other Hiring Windows: 

If you are a current student graduating at a different time of year or a candidate considering a move from another field or ministry context, and in need of a different timeline, we will work with you to set up a different hiring timeline.

 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal:

• 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 worshiping 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 Training:

• Exhibit a learning posture in the context of new ministry assignments and experiences

• Complete all reading and campus assignments given by Area Director and Campus Trainer

Ministry Leadership: (based on developing skills)

• Develop a Witnessing Community 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 

  • Train students to share their faith on campus