Managing Director, Augsburg Interfaith Institute

Company Description

Augsburg University has maintained a strong academic reputation defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies since 1869. A safe and welcoming campus in the heart of Minneapolis, Augsburg offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to nearly 3,200 diverse students.

Augsburg’s mission is to educate students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. The Augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.

Augsburg invites individuals who share our mission and commitment to intentional diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to join our community.  In particular, Augsburg invites BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, individuals with disabilities, women, veterans and those from underrepresented or marginalized backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 

Job Description

Situated in a neighborhood home to numerous immigrant communities and with an increasingly diverse student body, Augsburg University is uniquely positioned to facilitate building bridges in a polarized world through inter-religious communication, understanding, and relationships. Because we are shaped by the faith and values of the Lutheran Church, Augsburg is committed to religious diversity being a constructive force serving the common good.  The Interfaith Institute's programming includes opportunities for interfaith dialogue and classes, which feed the knowledge base of interreligious leadership. It offers service projects in the religiously diverse Cedar-Riverside community, which builds skills of intercultural and interreligious competence. And in curricular and co-curricular settings, it explores questions of meaning and purpose, developing a sensibility for interreligious leadership.

The Managing Director has the main responsibility for the administration and management of the programs and activities of the Interfaith Institute at Augsburg.  Working closely with the Executive Director, the Managing Director stewards existing partnerships and programs while exploring opportunities for new partnerships and learning between the Augsburg community and a network of local and national interfaith partners. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

Strategy to Support the Vision

• Support and manage the mission, vision, and outreach in collaboration with Executive Director.
• Review existing commitments and steward transition issues in the work of Interfaith at Augsburg.
• Work with Executive Director to support strategic planning process in partnership with appropriate Augsburg partners.

Building Partnerships & Networks

• Support Executive Director in strengthening the Institute's network on campus and beyond.
• Invest time in efforts to listen and learn from existing and potential partners.
• Collaborate with other departments on campus and with local interfaith partners around faculty, staff, and student program opportunities.
• Support Executive Director in coordinating with Institutional Advancement to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward donor engagement.

Convening Learning

• Coordinate and oversee event planning related to the Interfaith Institute's learning events and gatherings.
• Innovate together with Executive Director ways to design learning opportunities for Augsburg students.
• Develop partnerships with faculty and staff on campus to utilize campus resources to facilitate learning with Interfaith partners on and off campus.
• Organize/lead forums, trainings, and other public speaking engagements as requested in order to share key learnings from the work of the Interfaith Institute.
• Oversee communications and database management including website, social media, and printed material.

Leading Effective & Engaged Teams

• Manage all staffing recruitment and hiring processes.
• Design and coordinate staff training and ongoing development.
• Create systems for team communication and productivity.

Planning & Budgeting

• Oversee and manage grant compliance as well as budgets.
• Maintain timelines, set project deadlines, and communicate expectations to the team.
• Support, manage and help design all administrative tasks (grant compliance, contract developments, invoicing, email communications, document organization, etc.).

Work environment and physical demands: 

• Typical work environment is an office.
• Regular computer use.
• Sedentary work for long