Opportunity Profile Director of Campus by the Sea

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PROFILE Founded in 1941, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA has 985 student and faculty chapters on 649 college campuses, operates a large missions program, and published more than 300 new and revised titles via InterVarsity Press in 2015. InterVarsity’s current annual budget exceeds $100 million. Every three years InterVarsity hosts the Urbana Student Missions Conference, its flagship event aimed at mobilizing every student generation to participate in God’s global mission. Since 1946 Urbana has shaped more than 300,000 people, motivating thousands to take up Christian service in missions, business, health-care professions, and the church around the world. Today in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as a whole, 1,700 staff and volunteers serve more than 41,000 core students and faculty. “Core” is defined as those who have at least 50 percent participation in chapter meetings and events. The actual number of students and faculty impacted by InterVarsity’s ministry is much higher. InterVarsity/USA is theologically evangelical and fiscally sound, and has a deep commitment to multiethnicity and collaborative partnership. Currently 38 percent of its core students and faculty are people of color. Our Purpose In response to God’s love, grace, and truth: the purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is to establish and advance at colleges and universities witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world. Our Vision Our vision is to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed.

CAMPUS BY THE SEA PROFILE Campus by the Sea is one of three camps owned and operated by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA®. Campus by the Sea is located on Catalina Island, California, 26 miles offshore of Long Beach, and operates from February through November of each year. The facility includes 40 buildings and is situated on 70 acres of land leased from the Catalina Conservancy with private pier and waterfront at Gallagher’s Cove, two miles north of the city of Avalon. It provides year round housing for 210, plus 60 in seasonal tents, and has dining and meeting space for 250. Campus by the Sea has served InterVarsity students, staff and alumni as a training and retreat center since 1951. When the facility is not being used to serve InterVarsity staff, students and faculty, it hosts InterVarsity alumni, family camps, individual and group retreats and meetings for churches and non-profit organizations and their leaders from Southern California and beyond, including for example, Long Beach Marine Institute, senior and junior high school combo summer camps. Recreational activities include paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming, snorkeling, fishing, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, horse shoes, hiking, as well as indoor games.

Attendance: (camper days) 2013 2014 2015

InterVarsity Student Groups 9,548 9,977 8,654 Other InterVarsity Groups 3,004 2,668 2,961 Family Camp/HS/Alumni 10,251 11,371 8,577 Non-IVGroups/Guests 9,183 7,938 10,397 Total Paid Camper Days 31,986 31,959 32,405 Total Crew/Intern Camper Days 5,226 4,736 4,178 Grand Total Camper Days 37,212 36,695 36,583

Finances: (calendar year) 2013 2014 2015 Income: Fees $1,417,355 $1,387,003 $1,457,042 Gifts 140,363 147,928 244,182 Net Sales 113,471 111,569 114,146 Other 260 86 (-523) Total $1,671,449 $1,646,586 $1,814,847 Expenses: Salaries & Benefits 643,240 $ 665,332 $ 633,104 Facilities & Office 384,975 405,720 364,191 Food 187,251 170,377 183,730 Other 366,697 333,879 406,956 Total $1,582,163 $1,575,308 $1,587,981 Surplus/(Deficit) $89,286 $71,287 $226,866

Budget for 2016 $1,710,369 Estimated FMV Assets $2 million

Housing: There is a limited range of housing, including cottages, bunk cabins with common bathhouse, staff cabins with private baths, and platform tents. Meeting Space: There are two large meeting rooms, one seats 210 and a second with seating for 120. In addition, there are 8-12 seminar/track meeting locations which can accommodate 12-25 persons each. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAMPUS BY THE SEA AND INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Our Retreat and Training Centers, including Campus by the Sea, are an extension ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Under our current structure, the Director of

Campus by the Sea reports to the Vice President and Director of Operations who reports to the president of InterVarsity and serves on the Cabinet, the Fellowship’s senior leadership team. Human resources, legal, and financial policies are determined, managed, and provided nationally. Campus by the Sea has great freedom to determine its strategic direction and to set its annual business plan. Campus by the Sea is expected to be financially self-sustaining. It benefits from sharing human resource, legal and financial services with the larger organization. InterVarsity believes in the unique contribution of its Retreat and Training Centers to the university, church and world and is committed to their long-term flourishing. THE OPPORTUNITY The director of Campus by the Sea is the senior leader for this strategic Retreat and Training Center and extension of the Fellowship’s purpose and vision. The director serves as a valuable and strategic member of the Fellowship’s Retreat and Training Center Leadership Team and is responsible for developing and fulfilling strategic and annual operating plans and budgets and insuring alignment of the camp’s goals, vision, and values with the Fellowship’s overall mission.

The director leads, facilitates, and supervises a unified and collaborative leadership team that oversees the day-to-day operations of the camp. The director is also responsible for ensuring the highest level of hospitatlity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the camp and for establishing and maintaining positive and strategic relationships with other partners who contribute to the camp’s success including InterVarsity leadership in the Southern California Region, program directors, vendors and suppliers, speakers, government representatives, and volunteers. InterVarsity’s leadership firmly believes that our Retreat and Training Centers offer campers and guests “a place to come away, meet God, and be renewed” in a setting and environment that supports the mission and purpose of InterVarsity and reflects the “created Word” that is evident in God’s creation. In that light, as director of Campus by the Sea, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to directly influence and impact the lives of college and university students and facultry for years to come. Qualifications The successful candidate for this position is expected to substantially meet all of the following qualifications:

• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement • College degree or equivalent experience • Supervisory/team building experience • 10 years experience with camp management or InterVarsity preferred • Prior business/hospitality industry experience preferred • Basic accounting and management knowledge • Strong team player, proven ability to work collaboratively with others • Conflict resolution skills and cross-cultural abilities • Customer orientation with gifts and calling to hospitality ministry • Strong problem solving skills • Strong oral and written communication skills • Ability to provide spiritual leadership and community building

PROCESS OF CANDIDACY If after reading this Opportunity Profile you sense that the gifts and experiences God has given you are a good match for Campus by the Sea, we invite you to begin the inquiry process. All candidate information and conversations are treated confidentially. You may contact Steve Lokker at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at any stage of the process to receive more information and ask questions. Steve’s contact information follows.

Please submit the following in a single document in Word or PDF format: 1. Résumé 2. References: Provide the names and contact information (telephone numbers and email addresses) for four references who know you and your career well enough to comment on your suitability for this position. References will be contacted only after receiving your permission to do so. 3. Responses to Essay Questions: In order to help us gain a more complete picture of you and your interest in InterVarsity, please provide responses to the following (1-2 pages each):

• Share a brief spiritual biography that outlines your journey with Jesus and how that journey impacts your life and leadership. • Describe how you have led a team/organization to respond successfully to a constantly changing environment. • Describe three experiences where your exercise of leadership brought you significant satisfaction or struggle. • Describe a situation where you helped a team you led resolve a conflict arising from a difference in vision or values. • Describe an experience of developing a leader of a different ethnicity or gender. • Describe your personal spiritual disciplines and how you provide spiritual leadership to those you oversee.

Submit this information to: Steve Lokker at steve.lokker@intervarsity.org, phone: (608) 443-4549 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Director of Campus by the Sea position is employment at-will. The position is expected to begin on or as soon as possible after January 1, 2017. InterVarsity is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, or status of a veteran or citizenship. Women and ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply. This policy pertains to compensation, training, promotions, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Anyone who possesses the requisite qualifications and senses a call from the Lord should apply. Also, feel free to nominate others and/or encourage them to apply. Information supplied by interested parties will be handled with confidentiality.