National MPD Coach (Development)

National MPD Coach (Development)

Work Location:

Remote - USA

Schedule:

Full time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this position will train, coach, and provide spiritual and emotional encouragement for new and veteran staff to reach or exceed 100% of their assigned ministry budget.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal:

• Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world
• Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ by pursuing a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and in community
• Take initiative in personal growth, especially in the areas of emotional and spiritual health, self-awareness, and cross-cultural understanding.
• Be committed to and live consistently with InterVarsity’s Frame of Reference (see below) in behavior and attitude.
• Grow in understanding of, appreciation for, and personal practice of ministry partnership development yourself as a way of fundraising, understanding it can also be a venue for spiritual formation.

Train staff in MPD:

• Incorporate and practice spiritual formation principles and practices throughout the ministry partnership development process.
• Train the MPD core practices which include the MPD cycle (Identify, Engage, Ask, Follow up, Thank, Report) and MPD organization (using DonorElf) as part of InterVarsity’s MPD training curriculum
• During coaching sessions, continually identify skill gaps of individual coachees and offer individualized training to close those gaps.              
• Offer contextualized MPD training for the diversity of InterVarsity’s movement, including but not limited to gender, race & ethnicity, communication styles and geography.

Coach and lead new staff or veteran staff to full funding:

• Lead staff through the spiritual and emotional practices of MPD with pastoral care.
• Coach staff through the MPD cycle, using our MPD dept’s best practices and expectations.
• Provide contextualized MPD coaching for the ethnic, gender and geographic diversity of the movement
• With each staff, set clear expectations, using coaching agreements.
• Schedule and execute weekly coaching calls with staff to:
  • Set clear MPD goals based on national benchmarks
  • Coach using the GROW model with situational leadership overlay
  • Review DonorElf data and use to identify next steps
  • Analyze prospect lists and expand networks together
  • Discuss emotional blocks to MPD and identify possible solutions
  • Provide accountability and encouragement
  • Offer contextualized strategies for engaging with staff’s unique network

Contribute to the effectiveness of the national MPD coaches team:

• Partner with other national MPD coaches to execute MPD training and …