Director of Discipleship Formation

Explore a Career within the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls•Sioux Falls, SD

14h

About The Position

The Director of Discipleship Formation works as a member of the Discipleship and Evangelization team to build a culture of lifelong Catholic missionary discipleship through God's love. The role provides hands-on training for parish leadership across a range of formation needs, from foundational growth as missionary disciples to specialized training for those who mentor, accompany, and hand on the faith. The Director develops comprehensive formation through a variety of delivery options, forms leaders throughout the Diocese, and collaborates with parishes, other dioceses, and apostolates to form disciples. The position requires the ability and willingness to make Catholic Church teachings known through ministry activities and to serve as a personal witness to the Catholic faith in professional and personal life. The role calls for creativity in advancing discipleship formation, an interest in helping others cultivate their gifts, and strong relational, teaching, and communication skills. The employee works in an office and at various event venues, with occasional evening and weekend work and overnight travel as necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Theology, Catechesis, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, or a similar field.
Baptized, confirmed, and an active member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Willingness and ability to effectively make known the Catholic Church's teachings through the ministry activities expected of the position.
Willingness and ability to live in accordance with the doctrines and moral teachings of the Roman Catholic Church as a personal witness to the faith.
Creativity and innovation in identifying and initiating opportunities to advance discipleship formation in diocesan pastorates.
Interest in helping others identify and cultivate their natural and spiritual gifts.
Excellent relational, teaching, and communication skills.
Experience developing and delivering formation programming.
Familiarity with desktop applications in Microsoft Office and various web applications.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment, think strategically, multitask, and adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.
Proven communication skills and ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals while maintaining strict confidentiality.
Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends, with overnight travel as necessary.
Ability to push, pull, lift, and carry items up to 30 pounds; sit, stand, bend, stoop, climb stairs, talk, hear, grasp, reach, and perform repetitive finger, hand, and wrist motions.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Three or more years of experience in adult faith formation, catechesis, spiritual direction or accompaniment, or related pastoral ministry preferred.
Familiarity with strength assessment tools such as CliftonStrengths Assessment and Working Genius to maximize team performance.
Familiarity with healthy team and leadership principles, with proven experience implementing them while leading and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

Work with the Director of the Office of Discipleship and Evangelization to develop formation and renewal opportunities that build a vision of lifelong missionary discipleship through God's love.
Provide hands-on training for effective small-group and missionary-discipleship formation.
Coordinate the School of Missionary Discipleship.
Provide ongoing formation for those involved in handing on the faith at the pastorate leadership level.
Identify and engage pastorates' gifts to build lifelong missionary disciples.
Offer in-person formation at frequencies suited to the needs of the faithful, including week-long intensives, monthly sessions, or quarterly sessions.
Work closely with the Director of Youth and Young Adult Discipleship.
Provide consultation and support for OCIA, with training as needed.
Coordinate efforts to build apostolates and connect parishes to those apostolates.
Understand, maintain, and implement safe environment protocols as determined by the Diocesan Safe Environment Policy.