Program Coordinator for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Position Title:

Program Coordinator for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Position Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Hiring Range:

$33.94 - $40.72, per hour; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role and internal equity.

Pay Frequency:

Hourly

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Program Coordinator (PC) for the Center for Spirituality and Faith provides programmatic support across all efforts of the Center to enhance the spiritual life of all students at Santa Clara University. The PC implements programs, supports various student groups, helps to develop and implement pilot programming, and helps enhance workflow and operations across the Center. In addition, the PC supports the ongoing assessment and student engagement data management to measure the success of the Center’s programs. 

This position reports to the Director of the Center for Spirituality and works collaboratively with the entire Center for Spirituality team, supporting the broader programs and priorities of the Division of Mission and Ministry.

 

Note: this is a full-time fixed-term position that ends on June 30, 2027. While there may be opportunities in a variation of this role beyond that date, that will not be known until likely May 2027. Interested candidates need to understand they are committing to this role with the likely outcome that it ends and is not renewed. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Executes programming to foster the spiritual formation of all students

Plans and organizes student formation events, retreats, and programs that foster practices of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities across a broad spectrum of Catholic tradition, other religious traditions, and spiritual non-religious traditions and practices 

Supports Mission and Ministry’s Retreat Team as they develop, promote, and deliver retreats that offer opportunities for all students – including religiously unaffiliated students – to explore spirituality, meaning, and purpose. 

In partnership with faith-based or other student clubs, leads, plans, and supports students in the practice of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities

Provides formation and training for student leaders and participants

Support outreach of programs to SCU students

Communicate with faculty to coordinate classroom visits for program outreach

Communicate with departments to coordinate presentations or table about programming 

Support and organize student recruitment information sessions 

Pilot new recruitment and invitation opportunities.

Develops and executes pilot programming that engages students in active outreach and service
 

Coordinates student engagement data and program evaluation

Supports the collection of student engagement data for all CSF programming

Implements best practices established by Mission and Ministry to document events, programs, evaluations, and follow-up
 

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 

Accompanies students in the challenges they face in collaboration with CAPS and other university support units 

Manages all operational and financial aspects related to the portfolio

With the support of operations staff, 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 the Jesuit, Catholic mission

Supports the creative infusion of faith and spirituality throughout Mission and Ministry and broader campus programming 

Regularly attends and participates in Ignatian programming and Catholic liturgy events offered by other Division programs, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours 

Regularly attends and participates in SCU campus-wide, staff-wide, and academic programming events to represent Ignatian Spirituality and Catholic life perspectives, to form relationships to support engagement with Ignatian Spirituality, and to inform Ignatian Spirituality programming, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours