Campus Minister

Job Description

The Campus Minister must have a strong desire and natural ability to welcome outsiders and create experiences of encounter on a secular university campus. They must have the ability to relate to different types of people and experience being on mission. Experience working with sound, video, and social media is a plus. The Campus Minister at St. Lawrence must work well on a team and be comfortable having courageous conversations that contribute to staff unity and team development. They are a strong witness of the Catholic faith and are committed to discipleship in their own life.

Responsibilities

Pastoral
-Receive students looking for one-on-one pastoral meetings and/or structured mentorship
-Be a visible witness on KU and St. Lawrence campus
-Coordinate with Fr. Luke and staff to organize Advent and Holy Week mini-retreats

Good Company
-Responsible for 1-2 GoodCo Nights per semester that create an irresistible environment of belonging and demonstrate our core value of living the art of relationship
-Manage GoodCo team through weekly formation meetings.
-Manages GoodCo team members as hospitality team for weekly Family night Events
-Manage outreach, marketing, and event interns
-Create and lead monthly formation and weekly tactical meetings for GoodCo student leaders.

Administrative
-Coordinate communication of Good Company activities to include website, social media, e-mail, flyers, as well as integration within the larger St. Lawrence Center platforms
-Assist the Director of Ministry and Mission in preparing and maintaining a budget
-Maintain accurate records of scholarship students
-Attend weekly staff meetings, monthly days of recollection, and strategy meetings when necessary
-Respond promptly to e-mails, calls, and visitors

Student Recruitment
-Collaborate with KU Admissions strategy and SILC and be our liaison to KURA
-Constant outreach to new and prospective students to visit the Center, using mission formation students or an Ambassador team to host and give tours to new visitors

Belonging Events
Slow Drip
-Assemble team and promote and manage weekly place of encounter with emphasis on being ready to welcome new students

Meat & Greet Opening BBQ with goal of 500 students attending
-Plan the master schedule for the event
-Assign and delegate roles
-Communicate expectations with staff and student leaders
-Plan and implement a strategic marketing plan to promote the event with the aim of 500 students attending
Resource for other belonging events and groups imagined and implemented by students

Nuts and Bolts
Reports to: Director of Ministry and Mission
Supervises: Student Leaders and Interns
Classification: Full-time Exempt
Department: Campus Ministry
Office: 1st Floor SLC. Remote work no more than 25% of hours.
Physical Demands: Standard Office
Compensation: Reasonable Work and Travel Expenses Reimbursed. Annual raise considered June 30th of each year. Full Archdiocesan Benefit Package Offered.

About the Employer

We exist to guide great stories.

The St. Lawrence Center, the Catholic Church at the University of Kansas, guides and forms those she encounters through the intellectual, moral, liturgical and spiritual traditions of the faith. Her deepest desire is to send out free and full disciples of Jesus Christ capable of the greatest vocations.

Our Values
LIVING THE ART OF RELATIONSHIP
DARE TO STAND OUT
BUILD A CULTURE OF HOME
FORM FULLNESS IN EACH PERSON