Program Coordinator for the Center for Spirituality and Faith

Santa Clara University•Santa Clara, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Program Coordinator (PC) for the Center for Spirituality and Faith provides programmatic support across all efforts of the Center to enhance the spiritual life of all students at Santa Clara University. The PC implements programs, supports various student groups, helps to develop and implement pilot programming, and helps enhance workflow and operations across the Center. In addition, the PC supports the ongoing assessment and student engagement data management to measure the success of the Center’s programs. This position reports to the Director of the Center for Spirituality and works collaboratively with the entire Center for Spirituality team, supporting the broader programs and priorities of the Division of Mission and Ministry. This is a full-time fixed-term position that ends on June 30, 2027.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum of one year of professional experience in a relevant field.
Close familiarity with the tradition of Jesuit education preferred
Knowledge of diverse spiritual and religious practices and traditions preferred
Understanding of spiritual/religious development stages for contemporary young adults
Familiarity with interfaith dialogue and diverse religious traditions
Experience in education and faith formation preferred, preferably involving teaching experience or retreat experience
Strong verbal /written communication and influencing skills
Superior ability to communicate with religiously and intellectually diverse audiences
Inter- and intra-culturally competent and skilled in working with and supporting students, faculty and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds and orientations
Open, objective, innovative, and oriented toward understanding and responding to issues from divergent perspectives
Outstanding organizational and project management skills
Demonstrated competence in Google Suite products required
Demonstrated high-level performance in organizational entrepreneurship and creativity
Demonstrated high-level performance in successfully driving projects from inception to completion
Excellent overall judgment combined with attention to detail
Ability to consistently demonstrate a commitment to equity and respect in the workplace, a genuine desire to promote a supportive climate for all members of the SCU community, intercultural awareness, communication and understanding, and the ability to manage difficult and contentious situations
Demonstrated a high-level record of building and managing effective connections with a range of constituencies to achieve success
Availability to work variable hours when required to accomplish project goals

Nice To Haves

Valid U.S. Driver's License preferred

Responsibilities

Executes programming to foster the spiritual formation of all students
Plans and organizes student formation events, retreats, and programs that foster practices of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities across a broad spectrum of Catholic tradition, other religious traditions, and spiritual non-religious traditions and practices
Supports Mission and Ministry’s Retreat Team as they develop, promote, and deliver retreats that offer opportunities for all students – including religiously unaffiliated students – to explore spirituality, meaning, and purpose.
In partnership with faith-based or other student clubs, leads, plans, and supports students in the practice of discernment, reflection, and the integration of values into personal and professional identities
Provides formation and training for student leaders and participants
Support outreach of programs to SCU students
Communicate with faculty to coordinate classroom visits for program outreach
Communicate with departments to coordinate presentations or table about programming
Support and organize student recruitment information sessions
Pilot new recruitment and invitation opportunities.
Develops and executes pilot programming that engages students in active outreach and service
Coordinates student engagement data and program evaluation
Supports the collection of student engagement data for all CSF programming
Implements best practices established by Mission and Ministry to document events, programs, evaluations, and follow-up
Develops students' holistic formation through intensive mentorship and pastoral care
Pastorally supports students, regardless of religious affiliation, during crises, spiritual accompaniment, and general mentorship
Fosters particular in-depth leadership development for student leaders, employees, and volunteers to foster their learning and formation in ministry
Accompanies students in the challenges they face in collaboration with CAPS and other university support units
Manages all operational and financial aspects related to the portfolio
With the support of operations staff, leads the effective operation of program activities
Manages annual allocated program budget development, reporting, and forecasting
Hires, trains, and supervises student employees and interns
Supports fundraising efforts and donor cultivation
Contributes to the broader work of the Division
Consults with constituent programs to further align them with the Jesuit, Catholic mission
Supports the creative infusion of faith and spirituality throughout Mission and Ministry and broader campus programming
Regularly attends and participates in Ignatian programming and Catholic liturgy events offered by other Division programs, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours
Regularly attends and participates in SCU campus-wide, staff-wide, and academic programming events to represent Ignatian Spirituality and Catholic life perspectives, to form relationships to support engagement with Ignatian Spirituality, and to inform Ignatian Spirituality programming, including some events that may be held outside of regular business hours
Executes other tasks as assigned