Liberty University

Executive Director of LU Pastoral Counseling and Care - OSD

Lynchburg, VA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 24 days ago

LeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office

About the role

The Executive Director reports directly to the Vice President of Spiritual Development.
Working in accord with university leadership and the Office of Spiritual Development (OSD) management team, the Executive Director oversees OSD programming for Liberty University students.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position is responsible for professional staff of 5-10 individuals.

He/she is personally responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the LPCC office, which includes pastoral counseling, residential and online pastoral care (chaplaincy, crisis management, grief support and benevolence guidance, encouragement and prayer), and the MK student care program.
Manage the Director of MK and Intercultural Student Care and ensure that the MK's are properly oriented into the LU community.
Collaborate with university leadership (e.g., President, Vice President, Student Advocate, International Student Office) to address and resolve student-related issues.

Attend departmental and official Liberty University meetings as required.
3-5 years of mid-level management experience and/or student development related experience in a management capacity is required.
A master's degree with a concentration in higher education, student development, counseling, pastoral studies, biblical studies or a related field
Strong working knowledge of institutional assessment and educational trends as they relate to higher education, required.
Well-developed communications skills.
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
Strong organizational skills.
Computer skills, especially Microsoft office; ability to learn new skills quickly.
Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
Occasionally required to travel to local and campus locations.

All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and pri

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law.

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