Senior Spiritual Formator for Employees  

The Senior Spiritual Formator for Employees designs, implements, facilitates, and evaluates spiritual formation programs and activities for employees of assigned units.

The position supports the University’s aim to hone and enrich the community’s talents, identity, values and character through structures and age-appropriate opportunities guided by the Ignatian tradition and pedagogy.

I. Program Design

• Plans and designs spiritual formation programs and activities that address employee needs in alignment with the Ignatian Spirituality Formation (ISF) Framework, ensuring consistency with the Office’s mission and goals

  • Conducts needs assessments and gathers feedback to identify relevant themes and approaches for formation programs

  • Designs program flow of formation programs and activities, and identifies logistical requirements to ensure successful implementation

• Develops session content, prayer guides, and program flow for talks,
  spiritual conversations, recollections, and retreats

• Prepares semestral and annual reports, budgets, presentations, and other
  documents for respective programs in consultation with concerned persons and/or teams

  • Monitors retreat budgets, ensures optimal use of resources, and oversees timely processing of payments and honoraria

• Recruits and trains a pool of facilitators and staff to support retreats and other formation activities

  • Assigns facilitators and staff once they are adequately prepared

  • Provides accompaniment to facilitators and staff by giving
    constructive feedback and learning opportunities

• Collaborates with partner coordinators, offices, and departments for integrated formation programs, ensuring alignment where needed

II. Program Implementation

• Monitors the execution of formation programs before, during, and after events, ensuring alignment with objectives and quality standards

  • Manages program schedules, ensuring timely coordination with speakers and adherence to timelines

  • Coordinates with priests, chaplains, facilitators, and participants to
    ensure smooth program delivery

• Provides individual/group spiritual direction/accompaniment and guidance

• Facilitates talks, prayer sessions, spiritual conversations, recollections, retreats, and retreat supervision

• Monitors employees’ spiritual formation journey by maintaining participation records, reviewing attendance and feedback, and ensuring their completion of the prescribed program cycle

• Serves as liturgical minister when needed, assisting in the preparation and facilitation of liturgical celebrations and ensuring that these are conducted in a prayerful and meaningful manner

• Represents the Office in engagements with external individuals and organizations regarding formation programs and services

III. Program Evaluation

• Develops or uses current evaluation tools such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups to gather feedback on program runs, and analyzes the data collected to derive actionable insights and recommendations for enhancing program formation strategies

• Attends regular meetings for team planning and evaluation of the Office’s programs and activities and takes minutes as needed

IV. Performs other work-related tasks as may be required by the immediate supervisor and authorized representative

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ignatian Spirituality and Formation: Strong knowledge of Ignatian spirituality concepts, values, and practices. Ability to design and facilitate reflective retreats, and recollections, and conduct spiritual conversations and spiritual direction that are appropriate and responsive to the needs of the participants
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to effectively relate, collaborate, and negotiate with different job levels in different circumstances, taking into consideration their needs, feelings, and context. Equally comfortable dealing with staff, faculty, and administrators/management
• Networking and Relationship Management: Ability to establish, develop, and maintain productive relationships with partners and other stakeholders over time, and facilitate collaboration among people. Ability to innovate and partner changes; able to collaborate and deal with different levels of stakeholders
• Communication Skills: Ability to actively listen, ask proper questions, and communicate tactfully and sensitively with all types of personalities and predispositions
• Customer Service Skills: Ability to understand client perspectives and respond to their needs with urgency and serious attention; This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Organization Skills: Ability to plan and implement relevant programs and activities effectively from start to end
• Technological Savvy: Ability to utilize information technology and computer and internet systems to accomplish tasks; proficient in MS Office Applications
• Time Management Skills: Ability to use one’s time and resources efficiently and effectively
• Budget and Resource Management: Ability to project, maintain, and monitor the allocated program and activity budget

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree graduate
• Graduate Degree or Certifications in Spirituality, Pastoral Ministry, Religious Education, Theology or Psychology is an advantage
• Background training related to Ignatian Spirituality or Campus Ministry
• With at least 3 years work experience as a formator
• With at least 5 or 8 day Ignatian retreat experience