Director of Mission and Ministry

Mission Connect•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The Director of Mission and Ministry ensures the integration, vibrancy, and sustainability of the school’s Catholic identity, Hallmarks, and mission. The director leads initiatives and programs that provide ongoing mission formation for students, families, faculty, staff, board members, and community members. In partnership with the Head of School, the director serves as the school’s spiritual leader and helps sustain relationships with diocesan and interfaith networks. As a member of the Administrative Team, the director works collaboratively in a shared leadership model, centers the school’s mission and priorities in leadership work, communicates area updates and needs, supervises and develops direct reports, collaborates across departments, and represents the team in community communications. The role also provides spiritual leadership and pastoral care, including retreats, sacramental life, spiritual wellness, and responses to grief and crises. The director provides vision and oversight for mission and REDI formation. This includes advising on religious studies curriculum; overseeing campus ministry programs in spirituality, service, and justice; supporting mission-aligned student experiences; contributing to mission-aligned hiring and employee development; and providing ongoing formation in the school’s mission, charism, and Catholic identity. The director cultivates relationships with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Notre Dame Network communities, the Diocese of San Jose, local Catholic and interfaith communities, social justice organizations, families, board members, and alumni. The position is full-time and permanent, based in San Jose, California, with a stated salary range of $140,000–$160,000.

Requirements

Master’s or doctorate degree in Educational Leadership, Divinity, Pastoral Ministry, Religious Studies, or Theology.
10–15+ years of experience in school ministry, parish ministry, or youth and young adult evangelization.
Demonstrated experience in pastoral care, mission formation and integration, interfaith coalition-building, community service programming, and cultural competency through a Catholic lens.
Practicing Catholic in good standing.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively as a member of the Administrative Team in a shared leadership model, centering the mission, Hallmarks, graduation outcomes, women’s leadership, and REDI in leadership work.
Communicate area highlights, changes, and future needs at weekly team meetings to support accountability and transparency.
Manage, supervise, and develop direct reports, particularly Campus Ministry staff, and ensure staff participate in the annual performance cycle.
Collaborate with other directors on cross-area initiatives, communication, solution-finding, and short- and long-term planning.
Represent the Administrative Team in community communications, including responses to significant community, local, national, or global events, ensuring messaging reflects the school’s mission and Catholic Social Teachings.
Serve as pastoral leader of the faith community and provide spiritual wellness and pastoral care offerings.
Oversee the retreat sequence, sacramental life, and grief and crisis response.
Advise the Head of School and Administrative Team on matters of faith, justice, spiritual development, moral and pastoral concerns, and responses to issues.
Coordinate communication, spiritual companionship, coaching, and support resources for employees and other constituents, and partner with networks to provide additional faith and justice resources.
Develop proactive plans for community crises involving campus events or local, national, and international events affecting the school community.
Provide vision, leadership, and oversight for comprehensive mission and REDI formation for students, families, and employees.
Advise on the vision and alignment of the academic religious studies curriculum with Catholic standards for religious, intellectual, spiritual, and moral formation.
Oversee campus ministry programs in spirituality, service, and justice for a Catholic and multifaith community, including service learning, liturgy and prayer, interfaith dialogue, mentoring, spiritual development, social justice advocacy, and student leadership.
Partner with school leaders to ensure student culture, experiences, curriculum, and programs align with the mission.
Participate in hiring for mission-critical positions and help develop hiring practices aligned with the school’s mission and Catholic identity.
Partner with the Administrative Team to provide mission-aligned employee professional development and formation.
Oversee employee orientation and ongoing formation in the school’s mission, charism, and Catholic identity through individual, cohort, and community settings, including retreats, formation days, prayer and reflection, and service and justice activities.
Support and coach faculty and staff to make the Hallmarks and Catholic worldview visible in the learning community.
Collaborate with the East-West Province Sponsorship office to plan and offer employee formation opportunities.
Cultivate and maintain relationships with mission and ministry network constituents, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, sponsorship staff, Notre Dame Network communities, and Notre Dame Network committees.
Serve as liaison to the Bishop, the Diocese of San Jose, the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, and the broader Catholic community.
Build partnerships with spiritual leaders, the multifaith community, social justice leaders, and related organizations for Catholic, interfaith, multicultural, civic, educational, and community service engagement.
Support formation and engagement efforts with parents and guardians, families, board members, and alumni and graduates of Notre Dame San Jose.