Director Of Spiritual Diversity
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. The DSD, under the direction of the Director of the Center for Spirituality and Faith (CSF), will create, direct, and implement plans and programs that foster multi-faith awareness and community-building on campus and support interfaith worship and community. The DSD will develop creative, engaging, and exciting growth-development programming and opportunities to engage the growing population of religiously unaffiliated students in the positive possibilities of a robust spiritual life, especially drawing on the tools of Ignatian Spirituality. The position will collaborate extensively with other Mission and Ministry partners, especially the Ignatian Formation team. In addition, the DSD will develop and sustain key institutional partnerships with a series of external partners connected to various faith traditions. The DSD will oversee a team of graduate assistants and student interns to execute the portfolio. This is a full-time, 12 month/year position.
A. Position Purpose
B. Essential Duties And 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 and executes programming to foster the religious formation of students
- Develops and executes programming to foster the interfaith formation of students
- Develops and executes programming to foster the spiritual formation of religiously unaffiliated students
- Develops students' holistic formation through intensive mentorship and pastoral care
- Establishes and maintains a critical portfolio of partnerships, both on and off campus
- Manages all operational and financial aspects related to the portfolio
- Contributes to the broader work of the Division
C. General Guidelines
- Recommends initiatives and implements changes to improve quality and services
- Identifies and determines cause of problems; develops and presents recommendations for improvement of established processes and practices
- Maintains contact with customers and solicits feedback for improved services
- Maximizes productivity through use of appropriate tools; planned training and performance initiatives
- Researches and develops resources that create timely and efficient workflow
- Prepares progress reports; informs supervisor of project status; and deviation from goals
- Ensures completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all operational functions
- Prepares and submits reports as requested and required
- Develops and implements guidelines to support the functions of the unit
D. Qualifications
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Abilities
- Education
- Years of Experience
5. Physical Demands
6. Work Environment
We encourage all candidates to review this overview document for the newly named Center for Spirituality and Faith.
Any questions about the process or the positions can be directed to Michael Nuttall at mnuttall@scu.edu
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