Director of Mission and Ministry

A Learning Community

Notre Dame High School , San Jose is the center for womens leadership in Silicon Valley and has provided an exceptional Catholic college preparatory education for young women since 1851. The school's mission is guided by the teachings of Saint Julie Billiart, the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, with a strong focus on social justice to create lifelong learners, spiritual seekers, justice advocates and community leaders. Our mission, summarized by the words of Saint Julie Billiart, is to teach them what they need to know for life.

Summary :

The Director of Mission and Ministry ensures the integration, vibrancy, and sustainability of Notre Dame Catholic identity, Hallmarks, and mission. The director leads initiatives and programs that provide for the ongoing formation to mission for students, families, faculty, staff, board and community members. As the schools spiritual leader in partnership with the Head of school on mission priorities ensure Notre Dame sustains relationships with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Catholic, diocesan and interfaith networks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Essential responsibilities are primarily job duties that all incumbents must be able to perform without assistance or with some reasonable accommodation made by the employer.

Administrative Team

Administrative team member responsibilities:

- Work collaboratively in a shared leadership model.

- Center the mission, hallmarks, graduation outcomes, womens leadership, race equity diversity and inclusion (REDI) in all leadership work.

- Communicate at weekly team meetings area highlights, changes and future needs to ensure accountability and transparency to the team.

- Provide strong personnel management, supervision and development opportunities for direct reports, notably the Campus Ministry team staff. Ensure annual performance cycle for staff to motivate growth.

- Manage horizontally with team members (Director of Teaching and Learning, Director of Co-curriculars, and Director of Student Life) and collaborate on cross area initiatives.

- Shape big picture perspective with the team for communication, solution-finding, and short- and long-term planning purposes.

- Model professionalism for and with colleagues.Represent the Administration Team in community communications, particularly in response to significant community, local, national, or global events, ensuring that messaging reflects Notre Dames mission, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community.

Pastoral Care

Ensures the spiritual leadership of the faith community and pastoral care of community members.

- Serves as the pastoral leader of the faith community. Such as but not limited to, spiritual wellness and pastoral care offering

- Responsible for retreat sequence, sacramental life,and grief/crisis response.

- Advises the Head of School and Administrative Team on matters of faith, justice, spiritual development, moral and pastoral concerns, as well as strategies for responses to issues.

- Ensures the implementation of spiritual wellness and pastoral care offerings.

- Coordinates with the Administrative Team to provide necessary communication, spiritual companionship, coaching, and support resources for employees and various constituents.

- Partners with network relationships to provide additional faith and justice resources and support services.

- Creates proactive plans to respond to community crises which include events pertaining to those on our campus, local/national news, and international events that impact our campus community.

Formation to Mission and REDI (Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)

Provides vision, leadership and oversight for the comprehensive mission and REDI formation for Notre Dame students, families and employees

Student Formation & Family Engagement

- Advises on the vision and alignment of an academic religious studies curriculum to Notre Dame and Catholic standards for religious, intellectual, spiritual, and moral formation.

- Oversees the vision and effective implementation of campus ministry programs for spirituality, service, and justice that serve a Catholic and multifaith community. Programs include community service learning, liturgy and prayer, interfaith dialogue, mentoring, ongoing spiritual development, social justice advocacy, and student leadership.

- Partners with the Assistant Head of School, Director of Teaching and Learning, the Director of Student Life, and the Director of Co-curricular Programs to ensure mission-aligned student culture, experiences, curriculum, and programs.

Employee Formation

- The Director of Mission and Ministry plays a role in the hiring process for mission-critical positions and contributes to the development of hiring practices that ensure alignment with the schools mission, Catholic identity, and Notre Dame Hallmarks.

- Partners with the Administrative Team to provide mission-aligned professional development and formation for employees.

Oversees the orientation and ongoing formation to the mission, charism, and Catholic identity for all employees in individual, cohort, and community settings. These include annual retreats, mission formation days, prayer and reflection, service and justice activities.

- Provides support and coaching to faculty & staff as necessary to ensure the visibility of the Hallmarks and the Notre Dame Catholic worldview in the learning community.

- Collaborates with the East-West Province Sponsorship office to plan and offer formation opportunities for employees.

Mission-aligned Connection

Cultivates and maintains key stakeholder relationships with mission and ministry network constituents.

- Collaborates regularly with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, sponsorship staff, and related Notre Dame Network learning communities and ministries for the promotion of global, national, and regional priorities and programs.

- Serves as a liaison to Notre Dame Network committees

- Serves as a liaison to the Bishop, the Diocese of San Jose,the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, and the greater Catholic community.

- Fosters mutual partnerships with spiritual leaders and the multi faith community for Catholic, interfaith and multicultural engagement.

- Fosters mutual partnerships with social justice leaders and related organizations for social justice, civic, educational, and community service engagement.

- Supports formation and engagement efforts with parents/guardians, families, board members, and alumni/graduates of Notre Dame San Jose.

Normative Areas of Responsibilities:

Faith Community Affairs

- Supports the mission of the school and the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community as outlined in the Employment Guide for both themselves and the personnel they oversee.

- Upholds and models a moral code that is consistent with the mission of the school.

- Ensures that student life culture, policies and practices reflect the Catholic mission of the school.

- Supports the Director of Teaching, Learning and Director of Student Life, Director of co-curriculars in mission alignment of their programs

Business Affairs:

- Works with the Head of School and business CFO in submitting annual departmental budget recommendations for all areas of oversight.

- Becomes familiar with and adheres to all policies stated in the Employment Guide and Faculty Guide.

- Works cooperatively with Business Operations staff to account for, audit and report on financial results.

Development Affairs:

- Supports the efforts of the school's advancement and communications departments

Student Life

- Attend school events and remain aware of school accomplishments, challenges and engagement .

Board Relations:

- Support the efforts of the Board of Directors in their work for the advancement of the school.

- Attends board and board committee meetings at request of the head of school or the Board Chair

- Works collaboratively with the Mission Integration Committee Chair and serves the Mission Integration Committee

Liaisons and Other Responsibilities:

- Represents the interests of the school to diocesan, local, regional, state and national associations in consultation with the head of school.

- Reports to and submits to an annual performance evaluation by the Assistant Head of School.

- Performs other duties as assigned

Supervises: Mission and Ministry Operations Manager, Campus Minister - Service and Justice, Campus Minister - Spirituality; partners with religious studies faculty

Member of: Administrative Team, Campus Ministry Team, Mission Integration Committee (Board), Notre Dame Network Committees (ie. Hallmarks Committee