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DIRECTOR FOR RACIAL JUSTICE MINISTRIES
MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
SALARY GRADE: 17
CLOSE DATE 03/31/2010
This position is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the ELCA’s Racial Justice Ministries program. The incumbent in this position will provide the necessary expertise and guidance to support this church’s constitutional commitment to address racial injustice in church and society and become a racially just, anti-racist church by providing programs and resources to assist this church in achieving its goals. Work involves building and maintaining effective working relationships and networks throughout every expression of the ELCA (congregations, synods, and churchwide organization) as well as other ELCA constituents and ecumenical and inter-faith partners; directing the ELCA’s internalized racial oppression (IRO) education and training program and the anti-racism/white privilege education and training programs of the churchwide organization; and developing methods of monitoring, evaluation and reporting as tools to assess movement in ELCA policy, practices and procedures for fostering an anti-racist organizational climate and culture. – Chicago-based

DIRECTOR FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE MINISTRIES
MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
SALARY GRADE: 17
CLOSE DATE: 03/15/2010
This person is one of four ethnic ministry directors on staff in the Multicultural Ministries program unit. The incumbent in this position provides advice, counsel and services to the ELCA in assessing and responding to the needs and opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native ministry; reviews and monitors ELCA program directions; and works with other churchwide units in developing American Indian and Alaska policies, programs, projects, and resources. This position is also responsible for developing partnerships with other churchwide units, synods, congregations, and ELCA institutions in order to respond effectively to the needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native community in this church and developing and maintaining relationships with ELCA American Indian and Alaska Native rostered persons, lay leaders, and community. Chicago-based.

For further information contact:
Letty Villalon, Director for Staffing, Human Resources
8765 W Higgins Rd. Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: (773)380-2986 | Fax: (773)380-2985 | E-Mail: careers@elca.org

Notice: Ordained leaders and rostered lay leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who apply for a position in the churchwide organization must request that the synod of roster forward the individual's mobility papers to the Office of the Presiding Bishop. Mobility papers can be found at Synodical Relations.