Executive Director of the Campus Christian Center & Spiritual Life

Location : Berea
Job Type: Full-Time
Division: President
Department: Campus Christian Center
Opening Date: 04/02/2026
FLSA: Exempt
Salary Grade: 11
Labor Supervisor?: No


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Description:


The Executive Director of the Campus Christian Center & Spiritual Life provides leadership in interpreting and applying the college's 3rd Great Commitment through participation in formal occasions of the College, speaking to various groups on and off campus, supervision of the Campus Christian Center, and involvement in the governance of the College. The Executive Director of the Campus Christian Center & Spiritual Life reports directly to the President with a dotted line reporting to the Dean of Community & Commitments.

Your Key Responsibilities:


To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Campus Leadership Responsibilities:

• Leadership emphasizing ethical values and religious faith to create and sustain community;
• Provides leadership in the implementation of the third Great Commitment within and beyond the CCC;
• Provides spiritual campus life leadership, creating space for campus community members to explore religious, spiritual, and ethical dimensions of life through connections to the College's curriculum, programs, and activities;
• Collaborative connections with others, administrative offices, programs, and Centers of the College;
• Ministry to students, staff, and faculty through programs, worship experiences, personal interaction, crisis-intervention, and individual and/or group counseling;
• Planning for ecumenical worship, convocations, and other special services and leadership in ritual events in the life of the College;
• In collaboration with executive campus leadership, the Executive Director of the Campus Christian Center & Spiritual Life will be responsible for reshaping and evolving the Campus Christian Center to meet the needs of today's college student.

Specific Responsibilities:
With assistance from the CCC staff, the Executive Director of the Campus Christian Center & Spiritual Life fulfills the following specific duties:

• Provides visionary leadership in conjunction with colleagues, the President, and advisory groups for the future direction of the CCC;
• Oversees the daily administration of the Center and its programs, and provides supervision, support and guidance to CCC staff members in their specific roles and areas of focus;
• Organizes the two convocations which the CCC sponsors each year in coordination with the Berea College Office of Convocations;
• Provides leadership in the planning of ecumenical worship, convocations, and other special services;
• Prepares the annual budget for the CCC in close consultation with the CCC Office Manager, providing responsible stewardship of the funds and resources of the CCC;
• Builds relationships with religious professionals assigned to the campus (Intervarsity, FCA, Newman Club, etc.), and together with the President, serves as liaison with regional community centers of worship and spirituality;
• Regularly offers messages at events on and off campus, such as sermons, homilies, and benedictions;
• Teach 1-2 courses a year in area of academic expertise and/or General Studies;
• All other duties as assigned by the President and/or Dean of Community & Commitments

What You'll Bring:

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• Traditional ministerial/chaplaincy credentials (ordination, etc.)
• Master of Divinity Degree (required)
• Ph.D., D. Theol., D. Min., or equivalent is required for teaching

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• 5 years of Chaplaincy in Higher Education
• 5 years of Supervisory/Administrative experience in Higher Education
• Current and active member of national higher education chaplaincy association

Special skills, knowledge and abilities:

• A strong spiritual grounding and a commitment to ecumenism and interfaith cooperation;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Strong supervision skills;
• Experience working with, and the ability to relate to, students, faculty and staff from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds;
• Significant training and experience in preaching and pastoral counseling with sensitive pastoral support skills and crisis intervention expertise;
• Working knowledge of various Christian traditions as well as significant major world religions and spiritual disciplines including an objective understanding of specific rituals, rites, customs and communal demographic trends;
• Expertise in mediation, large and small group engagement, community building, and experiential learning;
• Experience integrating faculty and staff needs into overall programming and pastoral care of a college or university setting;
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) strongly preferred
• Experience facilitating engagement across diverse religious, spiritual, and secular worldviews;
• Knowledge of current research demonstrating spiritual development as a component of holistic education.

License, certification, or registration necessary:

• Valid Driver's License

Physical requirements:

• Normal office environment, some nights and weekend work

Environmental conditions:

• College campus

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

• Automobile
• Standard office equipment, including technology

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise. Berea's students excel in the College's supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea College appears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 Liberal Arts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at


Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Our Benefits:
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.


Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page at


Our Unique Culture:
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of


Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College's inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea

Labor Supervision:
In support of Berea College's great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link