Project Director — Nurturing Childhood Faith Through the Arts (NCFTA)

Nurturing Childhood Faith Through the Arts

Job Title : Project Director - Nurturing Childhood Faith Through the Arts (NCFTA)

Department : Religion & Philosophy, Music & Theatre Supervisor : Cami Brubaker, Stephen Martin Email : ;

Role :

In collaboration with the NCFTA Artistic Director, and co-principal investigators, this position involves leadership and oversight of the Nurturing Childhood Faith Through the Arts (NCFTA) initiative.

Essential Functions

• The Project Director will oversee and manage all operations, budgets, website development, and personnel, pertaining to biblical and theological activities and events.
• The Project Director will oversee logistics for each Seminar & Workshop Experience or event.
• This role will also oversee and manage all aspects related to Cohort of Participating Congregations, including : sub-grants, peer-learning, assessments and evaluations.
• The Project Director will oversee grant reporting, including narrative and budget reports.
• This role will also collaborate with the Artistic Director to oversee and lead Seminar & Workshop Experiences, curriculum development, as well as strategic collaborations and partnerships.
• This position is grant-funded through Lilly Endowment, Inc, and is set to fund from the date-of-hire (sometime in 2025) until the expiration of the grant cycle. The NCFTA Initiative grant project is set to expire on June 30, 2029, upon which time the employee contract will be terminated. In the event of grant renewal, a contract extension may be offered, pending review and approval by Principal Investigators and exemplary performance on the job.
• For qualified candidates, this part-time Project Director position has the potential to become a full-time position involving teaching and faculty responsibilities with Bethel University's Religion & Philosophy Department.

Responsibilities

Performance Expectations

Maintaining an awareness of resources pertaining to NCFTA vision, mission, and purpose

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Other Skills

Physical Requirements

About Bethel University

The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service.

Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban situated in the northern Indiana region hosting 250,000 residents, seven colleges (including Notre Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana, 15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45 minutes away. The university community is composed of about 1,500 traditional and adult / graduate students from 35 states, 90 students born outside the United States, and 225 full-time employees. Bethel also hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to arts productions, 25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of community members in support of 40 national athletic championships.

Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language.

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Bethel University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, disability, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. In keeping with the mission of the institution, Bethel University seeks applicants with a strong commitment to the values and lifestyle of evangelical Christianity and who profess a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As a Christian institution, we require faculty and staff to adhere to the University's Lifestyle Covenant and to enforce a religiously based statement of responsibilities for all University employees. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Bethel University, as an educational institution operating under the auspices of the Missionary Church, reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Sections 702-703, United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended).

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