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JOB REQUIREMENTS: Position Overview Be The Difference Begins with Great People. Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We\'re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community. We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind. We believe in our mission: The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community. Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% company match, 5 weeks of time off to start, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! For more information, please view the 2024 Total Rewards Guide. This role is responsible for providing support to the director in relation to faculty and staff. This entails implementing an engaging, compelling, and contemporary vision of Ignatian Spirituality\'s role in a Catholic-Jesuit university. With a spirit of joy and building community in the process, the associate director provides opportunities for spiritual and intellectual formation so that faculty and staff can cultivate their spiritual life individually and collectively, learn about Ignatian Spirituality and its connections to Jesuit Education, and promote a faith that does justice. This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees\' career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Provide spiritual formation opportunities through on-going spiritual direction and retreat ministry to individuals and groups, including the Spiritual Exercises. Direct and create new retreats that further this spiritual formation around the themes of social justice, race, Eco spirituality, and vocation, among others. Facilitate faith sharing groups, lunch reflection experiences, guided meditations, and opportunities to develop and deepen prayer practices. 2. Provide intellectual formation opportunities on Ignatian Spirituality, its connection to Jesuit Education and specific academic disciplines (business, healthcare, athletics etc.), discernment, and Catholic Social Teaching. Facilitate scripture studies and book discussions that lead to a greater appreciation of spiritual life and intentional living, and its connection to working at Marquette. 3. Supports the director in overseeing the operations of the Center. This includes event management, marketing, budgetary/financial support, logistics, and outreach to new constituency. Creating written, audiovisual, and electronic resources on spirituality for use by faculty and staff, Newsletters, and websites. 4. Actively participate in the life of the university through serving on committees, presence at major university events, and attend external events with benefactors and donors as directed It is the policy of Marquette University to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classifi ation. ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Master\'s degree in Divinity, Theology, Spirituality, Pastoral Ministry, or equivalent degree along with demonstrated skills as a spiritual and retreat director A minimum of 4 years of related experience. Ability to direct the Spiritual Exercises A deep understanding and appreciation of Ignatian Spirituality, as well as understanding the dynamics of spiritual growth and formation Experience with discernment and vocation Experience and understanding of Catholic, Jesuit Higher Education Competence in addressing the spiritual needs of diverse communities, consistent with Marquette\'s Statement on Human Dignity and Diversity. Strong skills in group facilitation, public speaking, and written communication Ability to participate as a collaborative member of a ministerial team and implement both individual and team goals effectively Possess personal initiative, compassion and creativity Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Terminal degree in Divinity, Theology, Spirituality, Pastoral Ministry, or equivalent degree Experience working with religiously diverse populations as well as those with no affiliated religious tradition Understanding of diverse Catholic/Christian spiritualties and a breadth of religious traditions Experience in training and supervising spiritual and retreat directors. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://employment.marquette.edu/postings/21550 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.