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Department of Political Science – Assistant Professor
The Department of Political Science at Christendom College seeks to hire an Assistant Professor for a full-time position starting 15 August 2024. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. in political science. We will also consider applications from highly qualified ABD candidates whose progress to degree completion is far advanced. This is an entry-level position.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastically committed to undergraduate education and will teach a 4/4 load of courses, including the department’s two core courses, Introduction to Political Theory and Catholic Social Doctrine, as well as upper-level electives in his/her field of specialization. The subfield within political science is open, but we encourage applications from candidates who specialize in the history of political thought, American political thought, or contemporary Catholic political thought. The ability to teach some undergraduate courses in international relations would be an advantage. The successful candidate will integrate teaching excellence with professional scholarly engagement and service to the institution. The ability to mentor students, including those applying to graduate school, is an advantage.
Located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Christendom College is a four-year Catholic liberal arts college whose faculty members take an annual, voluntary oath of fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church. Our faculty members affirm the harmony of faith and reason in the pursuit of academic excellence and especially follow the educational vision set out by St. John Paul II in Ex Corde Ecclesiae. For more information on the Christendom Mission and Vision statements, curriculum, and student life, see www.christendom.edu.
Review of applications will begin November 30, 2023.
Interested applicants should provide the following: 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) a letter of application that includes discussion of teaching experience and philosophy, research interests and goals, and commitment to the Catholic liberal arts tradition; 3) three letters of recommendation; 4) graduate transcripts; 5) a sample of scholarly writing of 20 pages or fewer; and 6) evaluations of undergraduate teaching (if available). Please send all application materials to Dr. Bracy Bersnak , Chairman of the Political Science Department, at politicssearch@christendom.edu. Any other inquiries about the position may be sent to Dr. Bersnak at bbersnak@christendom.edu.
Graduate transcripts should also be sent to:
Dr. Greg Townsend
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Christendom College
134 Christendom Drive
Front Royal, VA 22630
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Department of Philosophy — Assistant Professor
Christendom College announces the opening of a full-time faculty position in the Department of Philosophy at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin August 15, 2024. The candidate should possess a doctoral degree in philosophy. We will also consider well-qualified ABD candidates with a date set for their dissertation defense.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastically committed to undergraduate education and will teach a 4/4 load of courses, including the courses of Christendom’s core curriculum and required major courses in Philosophy. Our Faculty Handbook states, “In accordance with the mind and discipline of the Church for the formation of the young, Christendom College is committed to a Thomistic educational policy: programs of instruction in Philosophy and Sacred Theology shall be taught according to the spirit, method, and principles of the Common Doctor.” Area of specialization within the Thomistic tradition is open. The department especially welcomes candidates with a background in metaphysics. The Philosophy core, required of all students, consists in an ordered sequence of semester courses in Greek philosophy (including traditional logic); philosophy of human nature; ethics; metaphysics; medieval philosophy; and modern philosophy.
Located an hour and a half west of Washington, D.C., in the Shenandoah Valley, Christendom College is a small coeducational liberal arts institution dedicated to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. As a positive expression of the specifically Catholic character of Christendom College and in accord with the desire of the Holy See as expressed in the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, members of the faculty annually make a public Profession of Faith and take the Oath of Fidelity.
Christendom College emphasizes teaching excellence in faculty hiring and advancement. Interested applicants should send 1) a cover letter, 2) a one–to–two–page statement of teaching philosophy and research interests in light of the college’s mission and vision (which can be found here: https://www.christendom.edu/about/mission-and-vision-of-christendom-college/), 3) a curriculum vitae, 4) three letters of recommendation, 5) a sample of scholarly writing of 30 pages or fewer, and 6) evaluations of undergraduate teaching (if available) to Dr. Daniel McInerny, Chair of Philosophy, at philosophy.search@christendom.edu. Any other inquiries about the position may be sent to Dr. McInerny at daniel.mcinerny@christendom.edu.
In addition, official graduate transcripts must be sent to:
Greg Townsend, PhD, Vice President of Academic Affairs Christendom College
134 Christendom Drive
Front Royal, VA 22630
To be assured of consideration, applications must be received by November 20, 2023 (COB). Please allow 3 business days for acknowledgment of emails. Requests for interviews will be sent no later than early-mid January and in-person interviews will be conducted no later than early-mid February 2024.
Staff
Publications & Project Manager
DEPARTMENT: Marketing
Classification (FLSA): Nonexempt, Hourly
REPORTS TO: Director of Marketing & Communications
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Publications & Project Manager is responsible for bringing the various talents of digital arts together in an effective and compelling story. The Publications & Project Manager keeps the department in sync through communicating deadlines and priorities. The Publications & Project Manager’s creativity looks for how various assets can be used across different communications channels and department.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage student volunteers and employees to achieve excellence in both official college and student publications
CHIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary coordinator for all marketing projects and publications ensuring high quality and deadline driven results for all projects including but not limited to Instaurare Magazine, Principles, Metanoia Magazine, and The Blue Mantle (yearbook)
- Collaborate with the Director of Marketing and Digital Media Manager in the design, editing, and/or printing of publications, advertisements, flyers, posters, magazines, and brochures, including serving as a design assistant to the college’s official magazine, Instaurare.
- Attend major college events and assist in the production or capturing of assets in collaboration with other members of the marketing office for internal and external publication.
- Serve as Editor-in-Chief of annual College yearbook, The Blue Mantle, managing volunteer staff to ensure the publication meets high standards of excellence and stays on time.
- Serve as Staff Advisor to student magazine Metanoia, managing student staff, ensuring the publication meets high standards of excellence and stays on time.
- Other tasks as assigned by senior members of the Marketing Office.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time for the needs of the College, but a discussion between the employee and supervisor will take place prior to the change.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- B.A. required (from Christendom College, preferred)
- Excellent communication skills written and oral
- Have an eye for design and high attention to detail
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Ability to learn WordPress
- Ability to take high-quality photographs and digital recordings
- Be a motivated self-starter with the ability to produce quality content on a frequent basis
- Enjoys bringing people together to complete a common goal
- Have the desire to work for a Catholic Apostolate
- Acute sense of urgency
- Goal-oriented, with excellent organizational skills
- Cooperative ability and attitude
- Ability to be innovative and to think outside the box
- Determination to overcome all hurdles to achieve planned results
- Friendly, cheerful, flexible, high-energy, and professional disposition
- Experience in design/creative services or similar is preferred
PHYSICAL / MENTAL / EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds.
- Must be able to walk for up to four hours at a time.
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TITLE: Advancement Services and Analytics Manager
DEPARTMENT: Advancement
Classification (FLSA): Exempt, Salaried
REPORTS TO: Vice President for Advancement (VPA)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Advancement Services and Analytics Manager builds systems and procedures to ensure the availability of clear, precise, and actionable data to support all Advancement functions and provides key data insights and analysis to drive decision-making and accelerate progress.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Option to manage the Advancement Services Team and serve as a contributing member of the Advancement Strategy Team if sufficient experience and capability.
CHIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Data Reporting and Analytics
- Oversee the creation of reports and dashboards that provide a clear picture of progress toward goals for the Advancement Office.
- Conceptualize new reports to assist the Vice President of Advancement in meeting and tracking progress to objectives.
- Translate raw data into reports for the Board of Directors.
- Support innovation and progress on key projects through the creation of data analysis and forecasts.
- Work with office management to create and maintain regularly updated reports on office key performance indicators to allow for the tracking of progress and real-time assessment of problem areas.
- Assist in data extra and export functions, including mailing and other lists, as needed.
- Data Governance and Effective Integration and Utilization of Data
- Leverage the abilities of current data resources while researching and pursuing new platforms with the goal of furthering the missions of the Advancement Office and the College as a whole.
- Integrating of Raiser’s Edge and other Advancement-related systems.
- Establishing and maintaining standards for data formatting, entry and maintenance to ensure that all primary data systems used by Advancement contain information that is current, accurate, accessible, and actionable.
- Set up and overseeing systems for monthly auditing of and reconciling of data with other offices.
- Maintain efficient procedures and protocols and parameters for the office’s use of data to ensure that all data is accurate, easily retrievable, and of value to office operations and goals.
- Oversee the use and security of all systems used for advancement activities, including the alumni portal, e-mail marketing tools, online donation tools, and other office systems.
- Working with external vendors to manage mailing lists, data transfers, and to ensure the data integrity of joint initiatives.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of formal documentation of Advancement operating/gift acceptance policies and procedures.
- Leadership (Optional depending on experience and ability)
- Coach, mentor, and support the members of the Advancement Services to maximize their abilities, promote their well-being and job satisfaction, and ensure that they are making the highest possible contribution to the team in their designated role.
- Oversee the process to assist each team member in creating and achieving clear, measurable, and actionable goals that fulfill their key results areas and best contribute to the team’s success.
- Using independent judgment and discretion, plan; budget resources; formulates policy; develop procedures and provide direction in the daily operations.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time for the needs of the College, but a discussion between the employee and supervisor will take place prior to the change.
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Director of Digital Direct Response
DEPARTMENT: Advancement
Classification (FLSA): Exempt, Salaried*
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Donor Engagement
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages a team of digital marketing consultants and a student worker. Manages Principles and digital acquisition budget.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Director of Digital Direct Response manages and executes the Christendom College Advancement Office’s ongoing efforts to acquire, steward, and renew donors through digital channels in order to build up a community of benefactors supporting Christendom’s Catholic educational apostolate. The director assists in managing the college’s Principles projects to share Christendom’s faithful Catholic education with the wider world and acquire subscribers who can grow into benefactors to further the college’s mission. The position reports to the Exec. Dir. of Donor Engagement.
CHIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Marketing:
- Directing all Advancement Office digital marketing efforts and managing consultants in service of growing and cultivating a thriving community of benefactors and subscribers who support Christendom’s Catholic educational apostolate, through:
- Creating media plans optimized around strategic implementation of financial resources to reach the right audiences with the right content.
- Assisting in the continuing development of a comprehensive marketing strategy to acquire, steward, and renew donors and subscribers through digital channels.
- Purchasing advertisements in the best channels to execute a successful implementation of the media plan.
- Deploying advertising through third party vendors or directly as needed.
- Monitoring advertisements based on real-time tracking of performance data in order to optimize allocation of the budget. Discerning performance patterns, opportunities, and choke points to direct the budget to the highest efficiency channels and tactics (emphasizing the best-performing and the lowest cost).
- Providing regular reporting on advertising performance along with analysis and recommendations for improvements.
- Evaluating the online environment to identify and react to potential challenges and opportunities.
- Overseeing online outreach efforts and stewardship of monthly giving society.
- Email marketing, including:
- Planning and deploying email campaigns in conjunction with the college’s annual fundraising and donor acquisition campaigns.
- Overseeing the maintenance and development of the college’s email platform Autopilot/Ortto to synchronize data, messaging, and analytics. Ensuring data integrity through regular cross-updating with the primary Raiser’s Edge donor database or developing/implementing a solution to automate the update process.
- Seeking to develop and improve skills to enhance the utility of the email platform in order to achieve goals.
- Developing sophisticated action tracks in Autopilot to deliver the right email campaigns to the right audiences.
- Developing and managing audience segments to deliver the right message for the right point in the customer (subscriber/donor) journey.
- Deploying emails with assistance from other staff members.
- Creative:
- Managing and ordering the development of creative assets based on analysis.
- Collaborating closely with Donor Engagement staff and at times the Marketing and Communications Department, faculty members, and/or other experts to ensure the best creative content and messaging possible.
- Identifying and utilizing the best resource materials to make ads, emails, and all other creatives successful. Collecting and curating resource content such as stories, images, copy, and video to facilitate creation of emails, landing pages, other webpages, ads, and other media.
- Principles:
- Assisting the Executive Director of Donor Engagement in managing the ongoing development and creation of Principles content and media, including online classes, Principles publication, live lectures, Principles for Your Week videos, and other content. Run new content by the Executive Director of Donor Engagement for approval.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time for the needs of the College, but a discussion between the employee and supervisor will take place prior to the change.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- At least five years of experience in digital marketing, including deploying and managing media plans and budget, is preferred.
- Experience using a customer data, messaging, and analytics platform such as Ortto/Autopilot, or a similar platform, is highly desirable. Experience with email tracking tools is also preferred.
- Experience in the use of Raiser’s Edge NXT or similar non-profit databases is preferred.
- A deep desire to support the Catholic educational apostolate and mission of Christendom College.
- Ability to be an excellent member of a team and to build strong working relationships.
- Excellent discernment and follow through.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.
- The ability to handle information with complete confidentiality.
- The ability to plan, prioritize. organize, and carry out multiple projects concurrently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- A college degree in a related digital marketing discipline is preferred. At least 5 years’ experience in digital marketing and digital direct response with a different college degree is acceptable.
PHYSICAL / MENTAL / EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to make quick decisions.
- Must be calm in stressful situations.
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Advancement Services and Analytics Manager
DEPARTMENT: Advancement
Classification (FLSA): Exempt, Salaried
REPORTS TO: Vice President for Advancement (VPA)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Advancement Services and Analytics Manager builds systems and procedures to ensure the availability of clear, precise, and actionable data to support all Advancement functions and provides key data insights and analysis to drive decision-making and accelerate progress.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Option to manage the Advancement Services Team and serve as a contributing member of the Advancement Strategy Team if sufficient experience and capability.
CHIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Data Reporting and Analytics
- Oversee the creation of reports and dashboards that provide a clear picture of progress towards goals for the Advancement Office.
- Conceptualize new reports to assist the Vice President of Advancement in meeting and tracking progress to objectives.
- Translate raw data into reports for the Board of Directors.
- Support innovation and progress on key projects through the creation of data analysis and forecasts.
- Work with office management to create and maintain regularly updated reports on office key performance indicators to allow for the tracking of progress and real-time assessment of problem areas.
- Assist in data extra and export functions, including mailing and other lists, as needed.
- Data Governance and Effective Integration and Utilization of Data
- Leverage the abilities of current data resources while researching and pursuing new platforms with the goal of furthering the missions of the Advancement Office and the College as a whole.
- Integrating of Raiser’s Edge and other Advancement-related systems.
- Establishing and maintaining standards for data formatting, entry and maintenance to ensure that all primary data systems used by Advancement contain information that is current, accurate, accessible, and actionable.
- Set up and overseeing systems for monthly auditing of and reconciling of data with other offices.
- Maintain efficient procedures and protocols and parameters for the office’s use of data to ensure that all data is accurate, easily retrievable, and of value to office operations and goals.
- Oversee the use and security of all systems used for advancement activities, including the alumni portal, e-mail marketing tools, online donation tools, and other office systems.
- Working with external vendors to manage mailing lists, data transfers, and to ensure the data integrity of joint initiatives.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of formal documentation of Advancement operating/gift acceptance policies and procedures.
- Leadership (Optional depending on experience and ability)
- Coach, mentor, and support the members of the Advancement Services to maximize their abilities, promote their well-being and job satisfaction, and ensure that they are making the highest possible contribution to the team in their designated role.
- Oversee the process to assist each team member in creating and achieving clear, measurable, and actionable goals that fulfill their key results areas and best contribute to the team’s success.
- Using independent judgment and discretion, plan; budget resources; formulates policy; develop procedures and provide direction in the daily operations.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time for the needs of the College, but a discussion between the employee and supervisor will take place prior to the change.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Experience in the use of Raiser’s Edge NXT or similar non-profit databases is preferred.
- Experience writing reports and data analysis.
- Strong knowledge of Excel, SQL, and Python is preferred.
- A deep desire to support the mission of Christendom College
- Ability to be an excellent member of a team and to build strong working relationships
- A college degree.
- At least three years of experience in general office management or database management is preferred
- Excellent follow through
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills
- The ability to handle information with complete confidentiality
- The ability to plan, prioritize. organize, and carry out multiple projects concurrently
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word
PHYSICAL / MENTAL / EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to make quick decisions.
- Must be calm in stressful situations.
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TITLE: Director of Gift Planning
DEPARTMENT: Advancement
Classification (FLSA): Exempt, Salary*
REPORTS TO: VP of Advancement
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Director of Gift Planning promotes and cultivates planned gifts from the highest qualified Christendom College (CC) benefactors while managing the Office of Gift Planning.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversees the work of the Gift Planning Coordinator.
CHIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gift Planning Qualification
- Collaborate with research team to rank qualified PG prospects on continual basis to maintain prioritized ‘supply’ of highest value candidates.
- Discover and cultivate highest value PG segments by personally responding to self-identified prospects and by proactively seeking appointments with highly rated prospects.
- Enter timely and thorough contact reports following discovery interviews that include decisions on prospect status and proposal information, to ensure effective identification and follow-up cultivation of new prospects.
- Gift Planning Relationship Development
- Move highly rated individual PG prospects to plan and to document specific gifts in favor of Christendom through bequests, life insurance policies, annuities, trusts, and other planned gifts.
- Steward existing donors who indicate or otherwise document planned gifts (including but not limited to gifts in a will/trust, life income plans, IRA/Life Insurance/Brokerage and Savings Account beneficiary designations) to keep them in the CC fold, to refer prospects and to increase giving levels.
- Enter timely and thorough contact reports following meetings or actions that include prospect and proposal updates.
- Learn and perfect the use of a relationship development method, such as The Four Decisions.
- Gift Planning Program Management & Planning
- Manage structure, policies & guidelines for the Office of Gift Planning (OGP).
- Oversee the Gift Planning Coordinator’s management of the estate settlement process from notice to distribution.
- Educate and train appropriate Christendom staff, faculty, and volunteers to be capable of identifying PG leads and achieving OGP goals while also keeping them up-to-date on all legal developments affecting planned giving.
- Manage a marketing program to promote Gift Planning through both existing communication channels used at Christendom and new communications channels to enable lead and referrals to self-identify themselves as qualified PG prospects.
- Participate in Weekly Advancement Meetings to help stay fully engaged and integrated with the on-campus team and allow the celebration of successes, discussion of challenges and to encourage one another in our core values and financial goals.
- Prepare key reports as a briefing to make the VP of Advancement aware of what is occurring in the field, to provide an opportunity for interaction and peer to peer advice and for strategizing on donor cultivation and stewardship.
- Prepare for and participate in regular lead gift and major gift strategy meeting days.
- Implement cost effective ways of completing required travel in order to maximize time spent with donors.
- Measures
- Meetings – 100 to 130 per fiscal year.
- Number of “new PG legacy society” members.
- Dollars of documented PG disclosures/commitments.
- Dollars of matured PG expectations and cash revenues.
- Other Commitments – dollars raised YTD versus actual annual goal targets; includes the Annual Fund Cash & Pledges, Principles Cash & Pledges, Endowment Cash & Pledges, and timely & strategic campaigns as defined by CC leadership.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time for the needs of the College, but a discussion between the employee and supervisor will take place prior to the change.