Regional Developer - Pennsylvania

Regional Developer (Pennsylvania), Strategic Partnerships, Remote OUR MISSION Our mission is transforming college students to transform the world. We call college students to serve Jesus Christ with their entire lives by:

• Sharing the Gospel with students and developing passionate disciples of Jesus Christ.
• Serving together with the church and inviting students into the lives of local congregations.
• Giving students a vision for serving Jesus Christ in their studies, jobs, communities, and families.

OUR VISION Our vision is to see a generation of college students transformed by the power of Jesus Christ and His Gospel, in partnership with the local church, reaching the world for the glory of God. OUR VALUES

• All things belong to God.
• Jesus changes people’s lives.
• We love college students.
• We embrace God’s multiethnic kingdom.
• Faithfulness is pursued together.
• We celebrate life.

PURPOSE OF POSITION The Regional Developer serves with the Department of Strategic Partnerships to expand the mission of the CCO by growing a diverse network of potential church, university, and community partnerships. This position reports to the National Director for Strategic Partnerships. The Regional Developer will guide potential partners from interest, through discernment to committed partnership. Regional Development also involves securing partnership-based funding and building pipelines of potential staff and volunteers. The Regional Developer will ensure the onboarding, support and successful launch of new ministry contexts that lead directly to a growing number of CCO ministries in the region. RESPONSIBILITIES Expand CCO’s Ministry Regionally

• Develop new CCO ministry contexts by increasing the number of college campuses in the region where CCO has active ministry through creating additional CCO partnerships and full-time, part-time, bi-vocational, and Catalyst Volunteer positions.
• Prioritize the development of church, university, and community partnerships to support campus ministry, while also advancing new ministry contexts in situations where a partnership is not immediately available.
• Cultivate new leads and networks for CCO establishing and documenting a growing number of potential church, university and community partner contacts through point of entry events, denominational gatherings, conducting Next Gen Workshops, or other events conducive to this purpose.
• Collaborates with the Regional Director to set annual goals for new CCO ministry development in line with CCO’s Strategic Plan.
• Priority is given to developing brand awareness and credibility for CCO with new and diverse networks of churches and universities. This diversity includes cultural diversity, denominational diversity, and institutional diversity (trade school, community college, HBCU, etc.)

Manage Regional Development Progress

• Maintain accurate and updated contact & progress data on potential partner contacts in the CCO database tracking progress from interest, through discernment, to confirmation of a new CCO ministry context.
• Follow up promptly and directly with potential partner contacts walking them through the partnership discernment steps as outlined in the CCO’s Partner Playbook. Ensure progress with church, community or university leaders through prayer, discernment and decision making processes toward partnership commitment that includes securing sustainable partnership funding.
• Collaborates with CCO Talent Acquisition & Mobilization department to propose new CCO positions and ensure successful collaboration with the Hiring Manager/CCO Supervisor following CCO hiring process and policy.
• Prepare partnership for sustainable partnership by Onboarding them to relationship with the CCO Supervisor and Engage Spaces for Staffing Partners.

Build Pipelines for Potential CCO Staff and Volunteers

• Collaborate with CCO area leaders and campus staff in the region to identify student leaders who may be called to future CCO staff or volunteer ministry roles.
• Collaborate with other CCO area leaders and supervisors to establish pipelines for recruiting potential CCO staff and volunteers to fill new open ministry positions in the region.
• Builds relationships with regional institutions to establish leadership pipelines for campus ministry staff and volunteer positions.
• Connects regional recruitment work with CCO Talent Acquisition and Mobilization processes to move recruits from interest to application and commitment.

Other Duties

• Participate as a member of the reg