Associate Chaplain to Graduate Students - Richmond, Canada - Trinity Western University

Trinity Western University

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Richmond, Canada

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Description

Position Purpose and Summary

The vision of Trinity Western University is to equip every graduate to think truthfully, act justly, and live faithfully for the good of the World and the glory of God.

TWU, as a global Christian university, is engaging students within an increasingly diverse context. Students are learning in-person and online and across multiple campuses and modalities. Graduate students are an increasingly key constituency within the student body, with unique and diverse spiritual backgrounds and needs.

The Student Ministries department through the Associate Chaplain to Graduate Students (ACGS) will seek to accomplish the vision of the university through providing Christ-centred formation initiatives focused on communicating the truth and invitation of the gospel to this diverse constituency.

Further, they will provide opportunities for discipleship and Christian formation.

The Associate Chaplain will lead in the development and execution of innovative and adaptive strategies and programming to meet the unique needs of graduate students across the TWU campuses.

As a part of the Student Life division they will foster and embody a collaborative mindset in addressing all of the needs of graduate students.

Key Outcomes (Areas of Accountability)

Prayer (Acts 1:14)

TWU graduate leadership is known to be a people of prayer; regular, scheduled prayer (open to all, targeted toward graduate students and the faculty and staff that serve them) occurs across TWU campuses.

Organize and coordinate prayer initiatives to the entire graduate community, including graduate students and the faculty and staff that serve them.

Evangelism (Acts 2:1-41)

Evangelistic/outreach strategy designed and implemented; graduate Students increasingly reached with the gospel of grace and equipped to take the gospel into the world.

Design and implement a unified and coordinated strategy for evangelism and outreach to graduate students.
Foster training to equip graduate students to take the gospel to their respective communities, both in Canada and abroad.

Biblical Knowledge (Acts 2:42)

Graduate students increasingly engaged in Bible studies; a sophisticated, calibrated discipleship curriculum is in place.

Provide opportunities for graduate students to engage in Bible studies.
Ensure an effective and thorough discipleship curriculum is in place.

Fellowship (Acts 2:42-46)

Fellowship events foster relationship among students, staff, and faculty and are known to serve as winsome doorways into evangelistic and discipleship endeavors.

Organize short, powerful engagements that foster fellowship among the graduate students with each other, staff, and faculty.
Develop relationships (and partnerships) with trusted local churches.
Connect students to the worshiping life of trusted local churches.

Worship (Acts 2:47)

Graduate students will increasingly have opportunity to witness, participate, and serve in Christian worship on both TWU campuses, specifically through thoughtfully designed chapel services.

Foster greater engagement of graduate student participation at alreadyexisting Chapel offerings at TWU, Langley.
Create and organize new opportunities for worship at TWU Richmond and TWU Langley.

Service (Acts 3:10)

Every graduate student will have the opportunity to serve the local community.

Dialogue and partner with the Associate Director of Outreach and the Centre for College and Career Development to find creative ways to provide opportunities and motivate service to local communities (e.g., by articulation of how such service projects can function as potent resumé builders).

Scalability (Acts 4:12-16)

Ministry to and with graduate students will be designed and undertaken with an eye toward scalability, with the anticipation and systemic preparedness for growth.

Create and maintain a dashboard of quantitative and qualitative statistics designed to track, evaluate, and adapt ministry initiatives for maximal impact; seek continuous improvement in all ministry areas.
Work creatively and responsibly within an allotted budget.

Recruitment of Student Leaders (Acts 1:15-26;6:1-7)

As funds are made available or generated, student leaders will be hired to assist in undertaking and building out ministry to graduate students.

Interview, hire, and train students to fill strategic positions.

The Person

Skills and Abilities

Track record of success in evangelism
Deep knowledge of Scripture and theology
Demonstrated leadership experience
Warm, outgoing, personable
Excellent networker and communitybuilder
Team player
Organized
Capable of prioritizing
Visionary
Selfstarter
Innovative and adaptable
Punctual and efficient
Musical (ideally plays an instrument)

Personal
Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinit