Assistant Campus Minister

POSITION: Assistant Campus Minister
REPORTS TO: Director of Campus Ministry
CLASSIFICATION: Salary – Full‐Time, 12-month exempt

About Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Cristo Rey Jesuit (CRJ) Milwaukee is part of the growing national Cristo Rey Network (CRN) of 40 high schools that feature a unique integration of college-prep academics, professional experience, and spiritual formation with a focus on students of limited financial means.  At CRJ’s $33 million campus, just across the Menomonee Valley from Marquette University in the heart of Clarke Square, Cristo Rey serves a diverse student body of approximately 450 young men and women and 350 alumni.  Students attend class four days per week and work in a professional setting one day per week through our innovative Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP).  It is the collective mission of our staff to provide our students with a Jesuit education that ensures they gain admission to – and ultimately graduate from – college.  In pursuit of that goal, Cristo Rey staff collaborate, reflect, and practice to maximize their impact each day.

Job Description

In this full-time position, you will assist the Director of Campus Ministry in supporting the spiritual development, growth, and well-being of the CRJ community in accordance with the Catholic, Jesuit mission and identity of the school. The Assistant Campus Minister is a key member of the Department of Campus Ministry, modeling faith and pastoral ministry and developing the religious and spiritual life of the student body and staff. Your holistic approach will enhance CRJ’s identity as a Catholic, Jesuit, college-prep high school for students of diverse backgrounds. Your empathy and cultural dexterity will allow students, families, and staff to trust you. By giving generously of yourself, you will help grow a school that serves its students’ diverse needs and cultivates their gifts, talents, and spiritual lives.

The Assistant Campus Minister reports to the Director of Campus Ministry and follows an eleven-month calendar: the full school year plus 20 days of summer programming.

Responsibilities

Community Service Program & Faith and Justice Programs

• Supervise the CRJ community service program, including service-site relationships, student engagement in community service, service-hours records tracking and communication, resource development for service-site partners, etc.
• Organize and chaperone after-school and weekend community service trips & recruit adult chaperones
• Supervise and enhance CRJ’s summer service programs and domestic and international service immersion trips, including the Ignatian Family Teach In for Justice, Jerusalem Farm, Arrupe Leaders Summit, and Dominican Republic
• Support the Director in moderating the diversity & inclusion student group and the social justice club
• Develop opportunities for local social justice education and action programs

Retreats, Sacramental Life & Spiritual Formation

• Assist in the development, organization, and implementation of grade-level retreats, focused on Ignatian identity
• Assist the Director with planning, selecting participants for, implementing, and chaperoning Kairos retreats
• Assist and help chaperone special-interest student retreats as needed
• Support the sacramental life of the community by helping to plan Masses, prayer services, and Reconciliation services
• Recruit and train students to serve, read, provide music, serve as Eucharist ministers; produce worship aids for Mass
• If an ordained Catholic priest, exercise your priestly office through the celebration of the sacraments
• Help develop, plan, and implement the CRJ student formation program in the Grad at Grad values
• Help develop and implement prayer services with attention to the rich cultural backgrounds of the CRJ community
• Support the campus ministry department in providing peer ministry, faith-sharing and vocation explorations
• Lead prayer at school gatherings, on the Jesuit Prayer app, in the daily Examen, at assemblies, meetings, and the like
• Assist with CRJ adult Mission & Identity formation as needed

Administrative Support & Professional Presence

• Provide administrative support to the department: parent phone calls, mailings, file-keeping, and other needs
• Fulfill CRJ staff obligations, including active presence at Open House, report card conferences, professional development days, student life events, and committee meetings
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Campus Ministry or Principal to support the work and life of the school
• Model and teach values consistent with Catholic, Jesuit identity and the CRJ Graduate at Graduation values
• Approach ministry as a learner: seek and apply feedback, use professional development resources to grow
• Collaborate and share your practice with colleagues to enable the team to accomplish its goals
• Embrace the school’s goals and results as the collective responsibility of the staff
• Problem-solve challenges with humility, creativity, and resilience; celebrate peers’ accomplishments
• Actively monitor common times and hallway transitions to ensure a calm and orderly environment

Qualifications

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School encourages applicants of all backgrounds and provides equal employment opportunities to candidates of any race, ethnicity, religion, sex, or national origin.  Candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged.

Successful applicants will embody the mission-alignment, openness to growth, commitment to equity, optimism and zest that are central to the character of the CRJ staff, and they will meet or exceed the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with a major, minor, or comparable credential in ministry, theology, divinity or similar
• Experience working in ministry, theology, catechism, and/or a related field preferred
• Experience working with English Language Learners and/or proficiency in Spanish a plus.

Apply

To apply, attach the following to an email, in pdf format, to [email protected]. Indicate the position in the subject line of your email (for example, “Faculty: Math”).  Direct questions to [email protected].

• Resume
• Cover letter underscoring your interest in and readiness for the position
• Two professional letters of reference or contact information for two professional references