Resident Minister - Jewish Social Justice/LGBTQIA Support

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Resident Minister - Jewish Social Justice/LGBTQIA Support

Job Summary:

Resident Ministers (RMs) are members of the University Ministry team who live in the residence halls and support the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of students. RMs support and encourage USF students of all religions, beliefs, and identities to connect their faith, spirituality, and values with curricular and co-curricular opportunities including University Ministry programs and other on-campus programs and resources. RMs must be available for up to 18 hours (residence hall work hours, work hours in a specific program area, and work in general UM training and signature programs) each week and are expected to attend University Ministry programs, liturgies and events, facilitate hall programs, and be attentive to any student needs that may arise. 

Full Job Description:

POSITION DESCRIPTION: 

Resident Ministers (RMs) are members of the University Ministry team who live in the residence halls and support the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of students. RMs support and encourage USF students of all religions, beliefs, and identities to connect their faith, spirituality, and values with curricular and co-curricular opportunities including University Ministry programs and other on-campus programs and resources. RMs must be available for up to 18 hours (residence hall work hours, work hours in a specific program area, and work in general UM training and signature programs) each week and are expected to attend University Ministry programs, liturgies and events, facilitate hall programs, and be attentive to any student needs that may arise.  

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Residence Hall Work: 

• Be available to students for conversation, support, and reflection informally and during scheduled hours. Up to 8-10 hours of availability a week. This may include a combination of in-person and online availability. 

• Be available as part of the residence hall emergency response team when necessary. 

• Meet regularly with Residence Hall staff at regularly scheduled staff meetings, facilitate reflection, and support staff in community development and programming.   

• Develop programs that use principles of Ignatian spirituality to challenge students to engage, reflect, discern, develop relationships of justice, and live with hope, passion, integrity and purpose.  

• Provide support and reflection opportunities for students connected to living learning, themed and academic program communities. 

• Some Resident Ministers may be assigned to one of several Living Learning Communities: St. Ignatius Institute, Esther Madriz Scholars, Muskat Scholars Program, or the BASE community. 

2. Jewish Social Justice/LGBTQIA Support: 

The Resident Minister in this area:

• Will work closely with UM’s Rabbi-in-Residence to support the needs of Jewish students and the spiritually-seeking LGBTQIA group – Queering Religion. Opportunities may include working on the annual Spectrum Retreat, the Open Doors Sukkot program, and the annual JSSJ Social Justice Passover Seder.

• Assist in leading the annual Spectrum retreat for LGBTQIA identified students. 

• Up to 8-10 hours of weekly availability during UM office working hours for program-related work. 

• Other duties as assigned. 

 3. University Ministry Signature Programs and Ongoing RM Formation:  

• Support and attend University Ministry programs as part of the University Ministry team including: the weekly 7:00 pm Sunday student liturgy, opportunities of service, major university liturgies, seasonal liturgies, University Ministry signature events.

• Rotate as part of the post-liturgy social team. 

• Attend RM orientation in August, retreats, regularly scheduled meetings, in-services, theological reflection sessions and training opportunities.

• Other duties as assigned. 

 

UNIVERSITY MINISTRY MISSION STATEMENT

University Ministry supports the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of the University of San Francisco community. 

At University Ministry, we support and encourage USF students, faculty, staff and alumni of all religions, beliefs and identities, to connect their faith, spirituality and values with social justice and solidarity with the poor, and with care for the earth, our common home, in order to realize the fullness of our humanity, and lead lives of meaning and purpose. This is at the core of the Jesuit Catholic mission at USF and Ignatian spirituality, a spirituality for everyday life. We invite you to consider how God is present in our world and active in our lives. At UM, we provide pathways to deeper prayer, good decisions guided by keen