Director of Student Mobilization, College

The Need

The mission of the Director of Student Mobilization, College is to harness the untapped energy of the next generation to build an unstoppable global movement for justice. With irrepressible passion for justice and entrepreneurial drive, this role will take the current justice generation to a tipping point of unprecedented passion, biblical conviction and global action on behalf of victims of violent oppression.

This position is based at IJM headquarters in the Washington, DC area and reports to the Senior Vice President of Education and Mobilization.

Responsibilities

Reach students on a massive scale

• Articulate the vision for biblical justice and the story of IJM’s response with irrepressible passion, intelligence and charisma to a diverse student population;
• Develop an army of student volunteers who avidly own IJM’s mission as their own;
• Drive campaigns that engage students by the hundreds of thousands;
• Envision and carry out a strategy that establishes and maintains IJM as a thought and action leader at key, high-profile student conferences;
• Cultivate a comprehensive list of meaningful action steps and programming for student engagement; and
• Collaborate with the Global Communications department to creatively and continuously market all student involvement opportunities.

Establish and nurture strategic alliances with existing student movements

• Seek and maintain strategic partnerships with national campus movements including CCO, Cru, InterVarsity, Navigators and other secular student movements;
• Inspire, train and mobilize staff of campus movements to fuel their students’ passion for justice;
• Collaborate with the Government Relations department to maximize advocacy participation and constituent generation among college students; and
• Collaborate with the Donor Relations department to maximize fund development from student sources.

Build a network of campus movements for justice

• Partner with the Church Mobilization department to design, implement and track regional college student engagement by Church Mobilization Directors;
• Plan and host an annual “pre-session” for students at IJM’s Global Prayer Gathering; and
• Provide leadership for the Student Ministries Program Manager, interns and volunteers.

Travel Requirements

• Average of six nights away per month plus one international trip in the first year.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven ability to attract and mobilize students on a large scale;
• Proven ability to develop and execute a winning strategic plan, measure by outcomes and track results;
• Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication;
• Skilled networker with connections ranging across the breadth of the Christian spectrum;
• Skill in connecting with non-Christian students on secular campuses;
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools; and
• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in youth ministry, theology, or other related field preferred.

Critical Qualities

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
• Genuine passion for IJM and biblical justice;
• Irrepressible passion for students;
• Winsome personality;
• Self-starter with strong initiative and tenacity; and
• Creative problem-solver.

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The Mission

International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems.