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International Friendships, Inc. is a growing faith-based organization, whose mission is to extend life-changing hospitality and friendship to international college students. We do this by offering services, such as airport pickups, holiday hosting, temporary housing, conversation partnerships, and social events and trips.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the national strategic direction for Local ISM within IFI, ensuring growth, alignment, and long-term health across 50+ ministry locations
Build and continually refine scalable ministry systems, including volunteer pathways, discipleship models, partnership frameworks, and annual planning rhythms
Develop the operating architecture that undergirds IFI's local ministry, integrating national standards with contextualized flexibility
Establish national ministry metrics, evaluation tools, and reporting processes to assess local effectiveness
Identify national trends, emerging opportunities, and risks affecting international student ministry
propose strategic responses
Partner with the Chief Program Officer to shape multi-year ministry strategy, resource allocation, and organizational priorities
Oversee processes for launching new local ISM sites, including readiness frameworks, partnership models, and support systems
Lead and develop a national team of Regional/Area Coaches who directly support, mentor, and monitor local ISM staff and leaders
Create coaching frameworks, accountability structures, and resource toolkits that strengthen consistency across regions
Provide macro-level analysis and guidance to Coaches to ensure local teams are spiritually healthy, mission-aligned, and operating effectively
Facilitate cohorts to share best practices, address systemic challenges, and align on national priorities
Ensure Coaches have clarity, support, and strategic guidance to execute their roles with excellence
Collaborate with Staff Care and Mobilization to ensure local staff pathways, onboarding systems, and development processes are functioning effectively
Design and oversee national partnership strategies with churches, denominations, volunteer networks, and university stakeholders that strengthen the local ISM ecosystem
Collaborate with the Partnerships Lead to develop scalable partnership models, agreements, and engagement pathways usable by all local teams
Build and maintain high-level relationships with national church networks, ministry organizations, and key volunteers who advance IFI's mission
Equip Regional/Area Coaches with frameworks and tools that help them support local teams in cultivating strong partnerships and volunteer pipelines
Strengthen IFI's national presence through speaking engagements, conference involvement, and partner-facing communication
Develop and maintain financial and prayer partnerships for the budgeted needs of the role by sharing the vision of the ministry, ensuring minimum monetary standards are achieved, partner care, and sending out a ministry newsletter at least every other month to partners
Serve as the primary connector between Local ISM and other national initiatives, ensuring alignment with the Innovation Lab, Administrative, Fundraising and Communications
Represent Local ISM within the Senior Leadership Team, shaping national program priorities and resource strategies
Ensure that new national initiatives, including curriculum, trainings, technology platforms, innovation pilots, etc., are integrated into local ministry systems smoothly and coherently
Provide strategic input and feedback loops to ensure national resources meet the real needs of local sites
Other duties, as assigned
Requirements:
Adherence to IFI's statement of faith, core values, and policies
Is faithful, loyal and dedicated to IFI's mandate from the Lord to extend life-changing hospitality and friendship to international students out of reverence for Jesus
Godly character that follows the examples defined in I Timothy 3 and Titus 1
Strong strategic planning and organizational design capabilities
Ability to develop scalable ministry systems and implement national-level processes
Competence working with CRM/database systems (G-Suite preferred)
Strong communication skills, including facilitation, presentation, and high-level relationship management
Ability to interpret data, create evaluation tools, and develop reporting systems that enable decision-making
What we offer:
Paid vacation, sick, holidays, and more (once eligible)
Health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
403(b) retirement savings plan to help you plan for the future
Flexible hours and work-from-home availability
Work for a growing Christian organization
Staff care to support mental, social, and spiritual health for all staff