Project Manager, Full-Time, Higher Ed: Boston, MA
Gordon-Conwell is a multidenominational, protestant graduate school, unique with its broad array of over 2,100 students and 200 faculty and staff from 98 denominations and 64 countries. We offer a residential model of education at South Hamilton, MA (our main campus); an urban context offering classes in five languages in Boston, MA; adult educational models in both our Charlotte, NC campus and our offerings in Jacksonville, FL; in addition to online and cohort models involving students from around the world.
Our mission is to prepare men and women for ministry at home and abroad. Rooted in the gospel and God’s Word, the seminary seeks to develop Christian leaders who are thoughtful, globally aware, spiritually mature, and ready for a broad array of ministries. While being historically orthodox and evangelical, we seek to address the issues of our times with both relevance to the culture and faithfulness to Christ and God’s truthful Word.
Position Summary
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary—Boston, known as the Campus for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME), is the grateful recipient of a $1,000,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Thriving Congregations Initiative. Led by Dr. Virginia Ward, Dean of the Boston Campus and Executive Director for the Northeast Region, Thriving Congregations in New England—CUME will provide support to a mixture of multi-ethnic urban, suburban, and rural New England churches that are under-resourced or underdeveloped. In partnership with the Black Ministerial Alliance/TenPoint Boston, the Fellowship of Hispanic Pastors of New England (COPAHNI), and Vision New England, the program will help churches realign their ministries with their mission, adapt to a changing context, and review historic Christian practices. Findings will also be used to create a fresh paradigm for how the seminary serves the church in the decade to come.
Under the direction of the Project Director, the CUME Project Manager is responsible for connecting with and empowering churches in the Greater Boston area during the Lilly Grant period. The CUME Project Manager will be a direct liaison between Lilly Grant partners and church triads along with churches tangential to the Lilly Grant. They will also provide updates on congregational growth and progress throughout the grant to the Project Director. This individual should have relevant experience working with faith-based and ethnic communities.
This position will also act as the Project Manager for the Strengthening Congregational Ministries with Youth Initiative grant. This project will support congregations as they design, test, and implement new models for nurturing the religious lives of middle and high school students for engagement in their congregation’s mission and ministry. The Project Manager will be responsible for a cohort of congregations, other congregations and other ministry organizations seeking to share insights and discoveries about effective new practices and strategies for engaging youth.
This is a full-time, hourly, grant funded position with some travel.
Key Responsibilities
• Assist congregations in understanding their changing social, cultural, and economic contexts by empowering them to change and act.
• Assist congregations as they develop, test and evaluate new, experimental approaches to ministry with youth and their families.
• Maintain regular communication (through phone, email, and/or text) with grant partners, coaches, youth leaders, pastors, youth, and grant team.
• Work closely with project consultants and trainers during assessment and training periods.
• Help strengthen relationships between CUME and the churches CUME serves.
• Build positive working relationships with Thriving Congregations-CUME Congregation Triads and youth initiative cohorts.
• Act as event manager for all trainings including but not limited to organizing logistics and details.
• Create presentations and reports based on grant activities.
• Facilitate regular grant partner meetings, youth leader meetings and take minutes or record by Zoom when necessary.
• Facilitate weekly grant team meetings and keep team up to date on the grant’s progress and objectives.
• Assist the Project Director and perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Key Competencies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact effectively with staff, consultants, academic faculty, church partners, and other stakeholders in faith-based settings.
• Special interest in building power among people of color to fight for social, economic, and racial justice.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Positive, proactive, and personable team player.
• Ability to work with people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Strong relationship building and organizational skills.
• Spanish speaking fluency not required, but a plus.
Education and Experience
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience working with pastors and leaders in church-based settings.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in urban youth and family ministry.
• Previous experience in project management preferred.
Beginning Date: Winter 2022
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Annual Salary: $48,000.00-$50,000.00
Application Process
Please apply through Gordon-Conwell’s Career Center available here: https://www.gordonconwell.edu/employment/
Please include these documents in either Microsoft Word or PDF formats:
• A cover letter addressed to Dr. Virginia Ward, Dean of the Boston campus, explaining your interest in the position.
• A formal CV that includes the names of at least three references.
No hard copy materials, please. Opportunities to interview will be made available at the search committee’s initiative. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled