The Mission

The mission of International Justice Mission is to protect people from violent forces of injustice by securing rescue and restoration for victims and ensuring public justice systems work for the poor.

The Need

IJM is seeking a Mid-Atlantic Regional Director of Church Mobilization to cultivate relationships with church leaders, to increase awareness about the work of IJM, to consult with churches on concrete opportunities for partnership, to secure financial support from churches, and to mobilize lay leaders to champion the work of IJM at their churches and within their communities.

The qualified candidate will be an effective bridge builder, administrator and teacher.

Responsibilities

Church Education

• Initiate and implement strategies for raising the positive profile of IJM’s ministry among leaders in the Christian Community;
• Articulate effectively, intelligently, credibly, and passionately the story of IJM, the nature of international human rights work, and the biblical call to seek justice to a wide variety of constituencies;
• Pursue church leaders to acquire speaking engagements for IJM’s President & CEO, IJM’s Senior Vice President of Education, and other IJM speakers. Evaluate each opportunity to determine the best speaker for the engagement;
• Accept church and other related speaking engagements and create materials to engage targeted audiences; and
• Develop and implement a strategy for collecting contact information at church engagements.

Church Partnership

• Convert IJM exposure with area churches into deeper relationships and concrete opportunities for partnership;
• Develop a comprehensive partnership plan with each church that has been exposed to IJM, with the goal of garnering financial, volunteer and prayer support;
• Work collaboratively with IJM regional directors to determine effective local and international volunteer opportunities for church engagement;
• Develop model churches in every denomination, demographic, region and size who can share the ways they are seeking justice and how IJM assisted them in these efforts;
• Design creative campaigns to engage church members in the prayer partner ministry, the Global Prayer Gathering, and the IJM Institute;
• Collaborate with other Church Mobilization team members on the development of best practices and portable tools to help churches engage in justice ministry locally and internationally, and coach churches in the use of those tools; and
• Work with members of the Education team to develop and implement a plan to regionalize the Global Prayer Gathering into the region.

Leadership

• Provide the Constituent Relations Department with projections on church giving, assist in the execution of church giving strategy;
• Partner with/assist the Student Ministry Department in outreach, training and follow up to student groups in the region, including:
  — Speaking at youth group and college engagements;
  — Developing relationships with youth pastors, Campus Chapter student leaders, campus ministry leaders, etc., to provide resources, gather feedback and encourage further engagement with IJM;
  — Secure funding from youth groups, campus chapters and schools;
  — Identify those churches that can be developed into broad exposure churches after participating in The Justice Mission curriculum; and
  — Provide support for HQ staff traveling to the region for key speaking engagements.

Other

• Recruit table hosts and attendees for regional benefit dinners; and
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the National Director of Church Mobilization.

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to effectively initiate, develop, nurture and maintain one-on-one relationships with church leaders, and various other constituents;
• Minimum of 7 years experience designing and implementing curriculum for church and college audiences, especially within the evangelical community;
• Proven ability to design multi-faceted programs, manage their execution, monitor their results and make program adjustments as necessary;
• Experience delivering 30-minute (or longer) presentations to audiences in excess of 100 persons;
• Minimum of three years experience providing hands-on training in spiritual formation, inductive and deductive methods for teaching scripture, and leadership development within a Christian context; and
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced theological degree and ordination preferred. Note: Ordained ministers in the Education Division have additional sacerdotal functions in ministering to IJM constituents and staff, including administering the communion sacrament and performing commissioning of employees and volunteers.

Critical Qualities

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
• Ability to develop a genuine passion for IJM;
• Knowledge of, experience with, and passion for church life and culture;
• Adept at individualized, personalized customer service for a variety of constituencies;
• Personable; Creative; Bridge builder; Strategist;
• Professional in demeanor and written and oral communications;
• Savvy about people, organizations, and settings;
• Self starter with strong initiative;
• Tenacious; Disciplined pursuit of the organization’s strategic goals;
• Excellent listening skills;
• Commitment to excellence; and
• Effective as a team player.

Travel Requirements

• Position is based at IJM headquarters in Arlington, VA and requires frequent night and weekend travel within the Mid-Atlantic region.

Organization Information

• Competitive salary, with medical, dental and retirement benefits;
• Position reports directly to the National Director of Church Mobilization;
• Applications accepted until the position is filled; and
• Target date for hire is immediate.

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