CAMPUS MINISTRIES - Prayer Ministries Student Chaplain
Job Classification
Student-Regular
Position summary
The Prayer Ministries Student Chaplain (PMSC) will report to the University Chaplain.
Qualifications summary
- Heart for God with a living relationship with Him
- A passion for prayer and intercession
- Previous Prayer ministries leadership preferred
Duties and responsibilities
The Prayer Ministries Student Chaplain’s core responsibilities include:
- Oversite and implementation of prayer ministry programs (prayer walks, First Tuesday cooperate prayer time, WOP prayer events, Popcorn, Praise and Prayer etc.)
- Recruit and mentor a prayer warrior’s team.
- Recruit and mentor prayer partners.
- Attend Campus Miniseries training and retreat
- Attend all Campus Ministries team meetings
Additional secondary responsibilities will be assigned by the University Chaplain. S/he will look to the most current Campus Ministries (CM) organizational chart to find specific responsibilities for oversight/mentoring/supervision.
Supervisory responsibilities
None
Qualifications
Expectations in Ministry
- The SC is expected to attend all committee meetings called by the University Chaplain or listed on the CM organizational chart.
All finances listed on the CM budget designated to Prayer Ministries will be overseen and managed by the PMSC.
- Programming quality will be evaluated bi-weekly.
- Are the goals of the ministry well defined in writing and understood by all student volunteers?
- Are the student ministry volunteers meeting with the PMSC on a weekly or bi-weekly basis?
- Quality of programming is being evaluated by student leadership and or participants.
- Numbers in attendance.
- Programs are expected to be advertised well in advance on the CM website, posters, Student Movement, Campus Center lobby screens, etc. For special event programs the use of area church bulletins, the Lake Union Herald, and Focus magazine is expected.
- The PMSC is expected to seek excellence in every program and is responsible to execute and/or supervise programs under his/her direct line. A folder should be kept on every ministry in his/her down line on the 4020 drive. Contents should include, but are not limited to the following.
- Written, measurable goals of the ministry.
- Participant numbers from week to week or event to event.
- Student leadership names, e-mail, school and home address.
- Measurable outcome goals and expectations.
- Feedback from attendees should be gathered
- Survey should be created by the AC or his/her student chaplain to measure effectiveness
- Survey should be conducted by student leaders.
- Outcomes for all programs in the PMSC’s direct line should be measured and shared with the University Chaplain.
- All programming under the leadership of the PMSC should be Christ-centered, well organized. Programs should be led by properly trained staff, well- advertised, have measurable written outcomes, and financially managed within the written policy standards of AU and the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- The PMSC is expected to establish a positive working relationship with the larger CM team.
The PMSC will be formally reviewed twice a year by the University Chaplain. Additionally, a review by other student leaders in the Campus Ministries office will be given via a survey.
Technical competencies
See qualifications*
Interpersonal interactions
Must be comfortable leading and interacting with students.
Physical demands
A successful individual must meet the following physical demands to perform essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required:
- To sit and talk/listen
- To regularly stand and walk.
Work environment
Office and school environment.