Vocation Group Catalyst
Part-time B (under 30 hours/week) • West Side/W83
By joining Redeemer Churches and Ministries, you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.
Position: Vocation Group Catalyst
Department: CFW
FLSA Status: Exempt
Band: 6
Work Hours: Part-time, 20 hours/ week, incl weekends
Reports to: Director, Redeemer CFW
Rate: $30-$33/hour
Date: January 2025
Your purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer West Side you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.
About the Center for Faith & Work (CFW):
The Center for Faith & Work (CFW) is a ministry of Redeemer and exists to form Christians into agents of renewal who integrate their faith and work for the peace and prosperity of the city. Through theological and spiritual formation and community development, CFW helps people participate in God's renewing work in their own hearts, their workplaces, and the world. For more than two decades, CFW has served as the cultural renewal arm of the Redeemer network, fostering, shepherding, and empowering the church as it is scattered across the city.
Position Overview:
The Vocation Group Catalyst will play a pivotal role in establishing and growing CFW's Vocation Groups. These groups are designed to equip, connect, and mobilize Christians within specific industries or professions, creating counter-cultural communities of Jesus-followers who actively seek to renew the city through their daily work. As Vocation Groups are a new initiative, this role requires a dynamic individual who can galvanize and enlist vocation group leaders, coach them in their team building process, build out the right model for launching vocation groups, communicate CFW’s vision, and build bridges across various stakeholders within the Redeemer churches.
Job Description:
1. Leadership Development and Support:
Department: CFW
FLSA Status: Exempt
Band: 6
Work Hours: Part-time, 20 hours/ week, incl weekends
Reports to: Director, Redeemer CFW
Rate: $30-$33/hour
Date: January 2025
Your purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer West Side you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.
About the Center for Faith & Work (CFW):
The Center for Faith & Work (CFW) is a ministry of Redeemer and exists to form Christians into agents of renewal who integrate their faith and work for the peace and prosperity of the city. Through theological and spiritual formation and community development, CFW helps people participate in God's renewing work in their own hearts, their workplaces, and the world. For more than two decades, CFW has served as the cultural renewal arm of the Redeemer network, fostering, shepherding, and empowering the church as it is scattered across the city.
Position Overview:
The Vocation Group Catalyst will play a pivotal role in establishing and growing CFW's Vocation Groups. These groups are designed to equip, connect, and mobilize Christians within specific industries or professions, creating counter-cultural communities of Jesus-followers who actively seek to renew the city through their daily work. As Vocation Groups are a new initiative, this role requires a dynamic individual who can galvanize and enlist vocation group leaders, coach them in their team building process, build out the right model for launching vocation groups, communicate CFW’s vision, and build bridges across various stakeholders within the Redeemer churches.
Job Description:
1. Leadership Development and Support:
- Identify and Recruit Leaders: Proactively seek out, engage, and train volunteer leaders for each Vocation Group, ensuring a diverse and skilled leadership team.
- Ongoing Coaching and Mentorship: Provide continuous support, guidance, and mentorship to Vocation Group leaders, empowering them to lead effectively and grow in their roles. Establish monthly 1:1 coaching meetings with VG leaders.
- Training and Orientation Sessions: Organize and facilitate comprehensive training and orientation sessions for new leaders, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge to thrive.
- Facilitate VG Leadership Meetings: Coordinate regular coaching/mentoring sessions for Vocation Group leaders to foster community, share best practices, and discuss strategies, along with occasional planning sessions to refine goals and initiatives.
2. Program Development and Execution:
- Design an Effective Model: Develop a clear, actionable framework for healthy and sustainable Vocation Groups that aligns with the mission of CFW, alongside the Director of CFW.
- Collaborate on Content Creation: Work closely with leaders to brainstorm and curate relevant content and formats, drawing insights from member feedback and emerging industry trends.
- Resource Development: Assist in the creation and curation of a diverse range of curriculum and resources for Vocation Groups, including books, articles, and multimedia materials.
- Oversee Gatherings: Visit Vocation Group meetings and work with VG leaders to thoughtfully integrate fellowship, prayer, teaching, and meaningful discussions to foster community and spiritual growth.
- Manage Logistics: Identify and secure appropriate venues for meetings, ensuring all event logistics are handled efficiently to create a welcoming and impactful experience for participants.
3. Community Building:
- Cultivate a Welcoming Environment: Foster a vibrant sense of community among Vocation Group members through regular communication, outreach to newcomers, and the organization of engaging events.
- Liaison Role: Serve as the primary liaison between Vocation Group leaders, CFW staff, and Redeemer church leaders, ensuring seamless collaboration and support.
- Mission-Aligned Activities: Ensure that all activities are edifying, challenging, and closely aligned with the group’s mission, fostering spiritual growth and connection.
4. Evaluation and Continuous Improvement:
- Feedback and Progress Monitoring: Implement robust feedback mechanisms, such as participant surveys and attendance tracking, to assess the effectiveness of Vocation Group activities. Analyze feedback to identify areas for improvement and report on progress and outcomes to CFW leadership, providing insights to inform strategic decisions and enhance the program’s impact and sustainability.
Core Competencies:
- Demonstrate proven leadership experience with at least three years of project leadership, effectively mobilizing and galvanizing volunteers. Ability to provide leadership, training, coaching, and support across the organization.
- Exhibit excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and interpersonal skills, efficiently managing multiple simultaneous projects with attention to detail. Consistently delivers on deadlines, and ability to take on multiple projects.
- Provide strong mentoring and coaching skills to develop and empower Vocation Group leaders and volunteers.
- Ability to unite different constituencies around a common cause, galvanizing support and fostering collaboration within the Redeemer Network. Strong collaborator; ability to work with multiple teams.
- Possess excellent public speaking and writing abilities to clearly communicate the vision and practical theology of faith and work.
- Flexible and adaptable; open to feedback with positive and humble attitude.
- Resourceful and strategic problem-solving ability; takes initiative with solutions.
- Ability to work effectively individually and as part of a team.
- Drive to create systems and continuously improve process.
Qualifications
- Need to embrace Redeemer’s vision and have a gospel-oriented love for New York City.
- Ideally a Redeemer member and Gotham alumni, but not required.
- Trained in and articulate a robust Reformed understanding of the theology of vocation and culture.
- Excellent interpersonal and relational skills.
- Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred.
- Experienced skills in Google Workplace, database
Whether you are seeking to pursue your purpose, spend more time with your family, invest time in your education, or enjoy your hobbies, a part-time job with Redeemer allows you time to explore all of that, and more, while earning a competitive wage and being part of an organization that is building a great city!
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill set; experience and training; licensure, certifications, and ordination; and other organizational needs.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill set; experience and training; licensure, certifications, and ordination; and other organizational needs.
Compensation: $30.00 - $33.00 per hour
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Redeemer West Side is living out a sacred call by Jesus to love our neighbors and heal our city.
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