Job Description

The Role
As a senior partner in St. Alban’s growing ministry leadership team, the Associate Rector & Campus Chaplain has two unique roles. This devoted ordained leader is a team player, a natural teacher and a strong preacher. They are excited to form disciples of Jesus Christ, build stronger relationships with our existing ministry partners and neighbors, and serve among them. Among the many aspects of ordained ministry, they will be entrepreneurial and have a passion for mission: building connections, faith-sharing, serving the campus and broader community and inviting and enabling people to come to know Christ. They are a loving and caring pastor to all members of our community.

This ministry has two inter-related parts:
1. Campus Ministry: Canterbury UCLA (50%)
a. Develop key relationships with students and leaders at UCLA, reestablishing Canterbury as a campus organization and increasing awareness of our ministries and presence.
b. Develop and lead Canterbury ministries and worship with contextually appropriate programs for Episcopalians and people exploring the Christian faith.
c. Offer pastoral support to students, faculty and campus leaders.
d. Plan and execute events that bring together students and resident parishioners.
e. Identify, empower, and equip lay leadership among students, raising up peer ministers.
f. Recreate and/or rebuild structures supporting Canterbury ministries in Westwood.
g. Work alongside the Canterbury board to identify and raise financial resources to ensure the long-term sustainability of campus ministries.

2. Parish Ministry: St. Alban’s (50%)
a. Share in the pastoral ministry with the Rector, including:
i. Connect/visit with parishioners and newcomers
ii. Minister to the sick and housebound
iii. Lead the organization of a regular newcomer event

b. Share in the teaching ministry of the parish, including:
i. Share in the leadership of Sunday morning adult education
ii. Support of children’s ministries
iii. Develop formation activities for youth and young adults
iv. Along with the Rector and lay leadership, develop other educational/formational initiatives

c. Liturgical leadership:
i. Preside and preach on rotation as determined by the Rector (Sunday and weekdays)
ii. Assist the Rector with a particular view to newcomers: identify and train lay volunteers for liturgical leadership roles, maintain a rota for lectors, acolytes, intercessors, et al.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:
• Humility and joy in the exercise of ordained leadership in a diverse, complex pastoral setting.
• The ability to serve comfortably within a broad theological context of ‘generous orthodoxy.’
• A lively prayer life.
• Pastoral gifts with a commitment to the pastoral care of the whole Body of Christ and an ability to equip people for ministry.

What we need from a candidate:
• Must be ordained in the Episcopal Church and in good standing with the bishop and diocese in which the candidate is living.
• Must be (or be eligible to become) licensed or canonically resident in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
• Completion of a minimum of one CPE unit in a facility accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Care or an equivalent in training and practical experience will be considered.
• A renewable initial two-year commitment.

What a candidate can expect from us:
• A growing parish community that will welcome you with open arms
• An opportunity to thrive in a supportive environment that values creativity
• A hard-working professional team
• Competitive salary and benefits, including:
o Standard clergy pension contribution (Church Pension Group)
o A generous medical/dental/vision insurance package for individual and/or family
o Short and long-term disability

To express interest in this position, please send an introductory email with a cover letter and resumé to the Rev. Adam Dawkins, Rector.

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