Resident Life Coordinators
Job Description
Resident Life Ministries is a faith-based, non-profit started by a real estate development company in Manhattan, owned by two brothers who love the Lord and who want people to hear about Jesus. Resident Life Coordinators (RLCs) serve as ‘urban missionaries’ in apartment complexes – welcoming residents, running events, and building relationships with the goal of sharing the Gospel!
There are two openings for RLC’s in Manhattan, KS and one in Stillwater, OK.
Resident Life Coordinators
- Live on-site in apartment communities.
- Host irresistible events to regularly engage residents.
- Open their homes for regular Bible study, shared meals, game nights, etc.
- Care for their communities through acts of service.
- Initiate one-on-one relationships and seek intentional growth of friendships.
- Live available and authentic lives among their neighbors.
- Function in context of a virtual team serving in multiple states.
- Engage in challenging coursework around four “pillars” of being missional neighbors — designed to develop them as disciple-makers.
Four Pillars
- Authentic
- Resident Life aims to equip our teams to enter into the pains and intricacies of people’s stories. We meet regularly to discuss what it looks like to develop a curiosity about others that foster’s genuine relationships. Through the context of authentic relationships, the seeds of the Gospel can be sown.
- Biblical
- Various courses help develop our teams in their knowledge and application of the Word of God. We spend time together each week learning together, with the aim of also growing in our love for our neighbor and our desire for them to know the Gospel.
- Global
- We believe the God’s heart is for the whole world. A vast and beautiful God is revealed more beautifully in ‘every tribe, tongue, and nation’. We aim to see our neighbors here and across the world won for the Lord. And that we would grow in our knowledge of the people he has created.
- Missional
- The heartbeat of Resident Life is to live a life on mission, partnering with the Lord to love the neighbors he has given us. In our context, that looks like investing deeply in our apartment communities and intentionally connecting. We meet weekly to discuss, encourage and pray together in this process.
RLC Candidates Must
- Have a heart for people to hear the gospel and a desire to love others well.
- Understand the power of relationships and the importance of serving in a cheerful, loving manner.
- Have a spirit of encouragement.
- Be humble with a service-oriented attitude towards others.
- Be outgoing and energetic – love meeting new people and not afraid of strangers.
- Be a good listener.
- Love hosting people and gathering people organically.
- Be organized and creative.
- Love planning and attending social events.
- Have an ability to mobilize friends and volunteers.
- Establish relationships with local churches and nonprofits for the good of their residents.
- Be a wise steward of money.
- Have a teachable spirit.
- Be able to take direction and critiques from a supervisor.
- Have a robust prayer life and reliance on prayer in ministry.
- Have a college degree or comparable life experience.
- Be eligible to work in the U.S.
- Adhere to Resident Life’s values and beliefs.
- Have a valid driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.
- Be able to perform the duties of the job.
- Pass a criminal and sex offender background check.
Compensation
- Salary $25,000.
- Free housing.
- Monthly Ministry & Event Budgets.
- Waived Course Fees.
- Team Retreat/Conference with Travel.
Physical Address
Resident Life Ministries
Prime Place Manhattan
1532 College Ave. F19
Manhattan, KS 66502
Contact
For more information or to begin the application process, please email Lori Walsh lori@residentlife.org or text/call Lori at 928-978-4953. Please note in the subject line if you are interested in the Manhattan, KS location or the Stillwater, OK location.
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