Denver Support Center Job Openings

Director of Philanthropy

Department: National Fundraising
Location: Flexible Locations

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Overview

The Director of Philanthropy (DOP) personally represents FOCUS and ignites benefactors and potential benefactors to passion and action in support of our work. The DOP maintains a portfolio of FOCUS Fund benefactors; he/she conducts discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of FOCUS Fund benefactors and potential benefactors. The DOP will also be prepared to assume responsibility for the FOCUS Local Giving effort as they are developed. This position requires experience in development, excellent written and verbal communication skills and a desire to grow in understanding of the fund development field. Additionally, this position requires the ability to work as an effective team member in a fast-paced, result-driven environment. Other responsibilities include building the relationship between the Mission Development Department and other areas of FOCUS including Collegiate Outreach, Mission Communications, etc.; supporting other efforts within the Mission Development Department; and other duties that further relationships between FOCUS, students, benefactors and other constituents.

Position Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a portfolio of 200 FOCUS Fund potential benefactors (i.e. potential benefactors with the capacity to give between $2,500 - $500,000 annually). Makes personal gift solicitations of these prospects and directs a solicitation to all prospects in the portfolio for the FOCUS Fund. Records all contact with potential benefactors in the FOCUS constituent database
• Shares the mission of FOCUS and the joy of the Catholic faith with benefactors in order to encourage their own relationship with Christ
• Schedules and conducts face-to-face benefactor visits; Expects to travel 12-15 days per month, and 8-10 nights per month
• Develops and implements strategy and tactics regarding the development system. Leads in the discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of gift.
• Works in collaboration with other Development Officers on relationships with potential key benefactors
• Meets regularly with supervisor and attends all appropriate meetings within the Mission Development Department and the Denver Support Center
• Provides strong, creative and energetic leadership within the Mission Development Department and FOCUS as an organization; supports the mission of FOCUS on college campus and works selflessly to help the mission attain identified success factors
• Attends FOCUS and community events as required

Fiscal Year Goals

• Conducts 240 - 360 face-to-face benefactor visits each year (20 - 30/month)
• Achieves benchmark revenue objectives from personal, regional and national goals
  • Introduces planned giving to potential benefactors

Compensation

The DOP position is compensated within the guidelines of FOCUS’s funding model. Total compensation will be highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Systems Architect

Department: Technology Services
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Role

The Systems Architect’s role, is to strategically design and implement in-house information systems and networked software architectures that support core organizational functions, and assure their high availability. This individual will gain organizational commitment from the Steering Committee for all systems and software plans, as well as evaluate and select all technologies required to complete those plans. In addition, the Systems Architect provides technical leadership across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.

Responsibilities

Strategy, Planning & Execution

• Design and implement long-term strategic goals and short-term tactical plans for managing and maintaining corporate systems and software.
• Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with FOCUS goals and objectives.
• Provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to all FOCUS software development teams.
• Develop, document, and communicate plans for investing in systems architecture, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts, and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Architect, develop and execute all solutions for the infrastructure, applications and data sides of the business using insourced and outsourced teams.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Where applicable, design, develop, and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
• Document the existing systems architecture and technology portfolio; make recommendations for improvements and/or alternatives.
• Review new and existing systems design projects and procurement or outsourcing plans for compliance with standards and architectural plans.

Operational Management

• Confer with end-users and senior management to define business requirements for complex systems and infrastructure development.
• Model business and systems processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models.
• Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.
• Develop and manage a systems capacity plan.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce a policy for standardizing systems and software as necessary.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science/engineering or information systems, or applicable work experience.
• Certifications a plus but not mandatory.

Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of architecture experience.
• Ideally 5 years Colocation, Cloud, Hosting Infrastructure experience.
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans.
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Proven experience in systems and network design and development.
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Solid grounding in core enterprise applications.
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems.
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards.
• Understanding of programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with application development tools, including VMware, HyperV.
• Strong knowledge of software evaluation principles and practices.
• Proven project planning and management experience.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Strong data strategy and execution experience.

Personal Attributes

• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and consultative skills.
• Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Executive Administrative Assistant

Department: Administration
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Executive Administrative Assistant will need to handle a wide range of administrative and executive support related tasks, and must be able to work both with a team and independently with little supervision. This person must be exceedingly well organized, dependable, and enjoy the challenges of supporting the Executive Staff.

Position Duties

The Executive Administrative Assistant will:

• Be responsible for calendar management, requiring interaction with both internal and external executives and assistants, as well as donors, to coordinate a variety of executive meetings.
• Answer phone calls and voicemails from field staff, donors and business associates on behalf of Executives while maintaining a professional and friendly attitude to sustain good relationships.
• Communicate with multiple departments to coordinate travel schedules in order to maximize each trip’s value to FOCUS.
• Arrange travel schedule by finding cost effective alternatives when possible, reserving and planning all trips for the Executive team as needed.
• Assist with the tasks related to setting up meetings, materials and travel.
• Check mail and help in preparing outgoing mail on behalf of the Executives.
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner.
• Be available to assist in the training of all new Administrative Assistants by sharing strategies, offices procedures, and resources.
• Assist Executives in implementing Reviews within their individual department. Arrange schedules for goals, follow ups, and reviews and ensure that Reviews are completed within the allotted window for each quarter.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a 2 year degree
• 5-7 years of experience in an administrative position
• Excellent writing skills
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Raisers Edge for creating and researching record information; Training provided
• Expert level typing skills for correspondence and transcription purposes
• The ability to interact with staff in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining responsive and efficient with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Multi-tasking and prioritizing when working on various projects for the Executive Team Managers

Missions Administrative Assistant

Department: Missions
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Administrative Assistant will need to handle a wide range of administrative and support related tasks, and must be able to work both with a team and independently with little supervision. This person must be exceedingly well organized, dependable, and enjoy the challenges of supporting a fast paced office community. Love of missions, world culture and the universality of the Church is a plus!

Position Duties

The Missions Administrative Assistant will:

• Check and process incoming e-mails and answer questions related to mission trips, processes and web-based materials.
• Answer phone calls and voicemails from field staff, donors and business associates on behalf of FOCUS Missions while maintaining a professional and friendly attitude to sustain good relationships.
• Be responsible for calendar management, requiring interaction with both internal and external executives and assistants.
• Communicate with multiple missionaries and students to coordinate mission trips in order to maximize each trip’s value to FOCUS.
• Assist with the tasks related to putting together expense reports, setting up meetings, and materials.
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner.
• Resolve administrative problems by coordinating preparation of reports, analyzing data, and identifying solutions.
• Potentially oversee social media and some marketing tasks.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a 2 year degree
• Strong customer service attitude
• Excellent writing skills
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• SUGAR CRM and Convio for creating and researching record information, tracking gifts; Training provided
• Expert level typing skills for correspondence and transcription purposes
• The ability to interact with staff in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining responsive and efficient with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
• Multi-tasking and prioritizing when working on various projects
• Experience in an administrative position is helpful

FOCUS Collegiate Outreach Leadership

Department: Collegiate Outreach
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The FOCUS Collegiate Outreach organization offers leadership opportunities at the campus and regional level.

• A Team Director leads a campus program which will bring students into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church, inspire and equip them for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelization, discipleship and friendship, in which they lead others to do the same. He/she works provides direction and leadership to a team of Campus Missionaries, and works in close partnership with the Campus Chaplain and his staff.
• Regional Directors of Collegiate Outreach provide leadership and direction to a group of campus programs within a geographic region. This role demands a deep personal investment in the development of Team Directors and missionaries, providing vision and encouragement to successfully live out the movement on campus.

FOCUS typically develops Team Directors and regional leaders internally, because these roles require a deep understanding of our approach to evangelization, along with demonstrated leadership success in a Church environment. However, some well-qualified external candidates who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and evangelization results may be a good fit for these roles.

• External candidates who feel a call to serve FOCUS in an on-campus role, but who do not yet have the experience and qualifications for a Collegiate Outreach Leadership position, may want to explore our Campus Missionary application by clicking this link.
• Current FOCUS staff members who are interested in a Team Director or regional leader role should not complete this application, but rather should discuss their interest with their Manager.

Position Duties

All FOCUS Collegiate Outreach Leadership Roles involve:

• Active Interior Life of Faith and Friendship with Jesus Christ and His Church
  • Develop a deep interior life through regular participation in the sacraments and daily prayer.
  • Practice regular reading of the scriptures and other spiritual works.
  • Meet regularly with an accountability partner, and if possible, a spiritual director.
  • Set aside one day per month for a spiritual retreat of prayer, reflection, study and renewal.
• Demonstrated skills in FOCUS’s five key leadership responsibilities
  • Vision- to cast vision for the team.
  • Encouragement- to provide encouragement to those on the front lines
  • “Bumper Guards”- to help keep your team(s) focused on the key charisms of their apostolate, and not to be distracted by other very real, but lesser goods.
  • “Pace Car”- set the tone and the pace for the team(s).
  • Lead People- Manage things- people can only follow you where you are going.
• Mission Partner Development (MPD- e.g. Personal Fundraising)
  • Maintain a positive attitude toward MPD while developing strong relationships with mission partners.
  • Develop support to MPD Standards and consistently strive for personal budget goals.
  • Hold staff accountable to MPD standards and connect those who struggle with appropriate resources.
• Development of future leaders, especially recruitment and promotion of Team Directors and Missionaries

Team Director Responsibilities include:

• Spiritual Multiplication on campus:
  • Collaborate with the chaplain and campus ministry to realize the pastor’s overall vision for ministry.
  • Grow your campus movement by shepherding the current leaders and training the next generation of students for a lifetime of evangelization, discipleship and friendship, through leading their own Bible studies and discipling new leaders.
  • Provide vision and direction for the campus mission through an engaging planning process.
  • Model evangelization for your team and student leaders.
  • Model effective Bible studies through forming small Christian communities committed to learning the truths of the Catholic faith.
  • Identify and ensure that your team has the necessary resources to fulfill the mission.
• Community development within the team and campus
  • Create an environment for meaningful relationships and healthy community.
  • Coach and shepherd your team by loving them, serving them and caring for them.
  • Pray regularly with your team and invite students to join you.
  • Engage in fellowship with students, inviting them to see the joy of the Christian life.
  • Participate in parish life and local community events.

Regional Leader Responsibilities include:

• Leadership and strategy development in the field/campuses
  • Meet with chaplains and key local and diocesan leaders to facilitate healthy understanding of the local campus ministry/FOCUS and support of the missionary teams
  • Help the Team Directors strategize and direct their efforts on campus
• Management of a large, geographically dispersed organization, balancing remote and face-to-face time; with the following ideals in mind
  • 6-8 campuses to manage at a time.
  • Most campuses will be within driving distance
  • Goal of 2-3 days per week on campus, with time spent modeling FOCUS, while encouraging, supporting, and developing the missionaries

Minimum Position Requirements

• A hunger to know Jesus Christ more intimately on a personal basis and a burning desire to share him with college students on their own turf.
• Faithfulness to the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, evangelization, and MPD/fundraising within FOCUS or through relevant experience outside of the movement.
• An undergraduate degree in any field.

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Digital Campus Missionary

Department: FOCUS Equip
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Digital Campus is a team of missionaries who serve students on non-FOCUS campuses by helping them to establish Bible studies, discipleship, and utilize FOCUS resources. Each missionary uses video chat programs to meet with 10-15 students on a weekly or semiweekly basis. In addition, each missionary will have an additional role based on their personal experience and talents that range from videos, graphic designs, Bible studies, and other written works. The Digital Campus is located at FOCUS' Support Center in Golden, Colorado.

Position Duties

• Working as a team to develop strategies to reach and train college students on non-FOCUS campuses
• Coaching students on non-FOCUS campuses via video conferencing on how to evangelize through small group Bible studies and discipleship
• Training students to use FOCUS resources
• Dedication to personal spiritual growth
• Participation in team life, including regular meetings and social activities
• Fundraising one's own salary and maintaining contact with benefactors

Position Requirements

• Degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• Passion for spreading the Word of God on college campuses, and for advancing the New Evangelization
• Creativity and innovation to propose new projects
• Any additional skill that may be utilized by FOCUS equip, FOCUS social media, or curriculum projects.

Compensation

Each missionary is responsible for fundraising their own salary. FOCUS will train all missionaries in fundraising at New Staff Training from June 1-July 6. Each Wednesday morning of the semester is also dedicated to fundraising efforts.

Web Content Specialist

Department: Web Development
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The FOCUS Content Manager would be responsible for planning, writing, organizing, leveraging and publishing content on all FOCUS websites. This includes, but is not limited to, content on the FOCUS blog, FOCUS Equip, and FOCUS.org homepage. Audiences for the content would include: students, alumni, and benefactors.

Position Duties

• Planning strategic content campaigns based on current events and time of year
• Creating written content that can win, build, or send various audiences
• Basic editing of video and audio clips
• Updating content on various scrollers and websites
• Editing of current FOCUS materials and resources
• Keeping up-to-date with web best practices
• Working within an overall web strategy and philosophy
• Recommend changes and updates that enhance user experience, site effectiveness, and search engine optimization
• Coordinating internal and external bloggers for the FOCUS Blog
• Working with Content Management System to publish and schedule content

Position Requirements

• Experience with web content writing, blogging, and social media
• Experience with the mission and work of FOCUS
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments
  
• Web savvy with experience using social media
  
• The ability to work independently with creativity and initiative
  
• The ability to work with a team and across other departments

Compensation

This is a fundraised position. If new to FOCUS, you will receive thorough training in fundraising when starting the job and continual support and resources throughout employment.

Mission Development Events Coordinator

Department: National Fundraising
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

FOCUS is seeking a qualified person to coordinate events for Mission Development. These events help benefactors realize the impact of their partnership and provide an opportunity for them to discover the New Evangelization and their role within it. Events may include: special benefactor events at SEEK/SLS (National Conference), large receptions style events, REACH New Evangelization Prayer Breakfasts, and Donor Pilgrimages. This person would be responsible for executing all aspects of effective, professional, enjoyable events that reflect the mission of FOCUS and seek to engage community members and benefactors around the country.

Position Duties

The Mission Development Coordinator will:

• Coordinate all aspects of multiple events including:
  • Marketing and promotion, invitations, venue logistics, catering, production, speakers, audio/visual, travel, internal communications, event materials, and follow up.
• Prioritize and manage multiple events simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other departments within FOCUS and outside vendors.
• Travel to events.
• Provide strong, creative and energetic participation within the Mission Development Events Department and FOCUS as an organization.
• Work selflessly to support the mission of FOCUS.

Position Requirements

• Commitment to the FOCUS mission
• Ability to:
  • Plan, prioritize, and multitask
  • Adapt to last minute change
  • Work effectively with others
  • Work under deadlines
• Skills/Attributes:
  • Organized
  • Professional
  • Self-starter
  • Superior written and oral communication skills
  • Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Undergraduate degree

New Staff Training Coordinator

Department: Formation
Location: Golden, CO

Background on the Formation Department:
In cooperation with the grace of God and in the context of the Church and in relationship to her mission, the Formation Department strives to advance all of FOCUS’ formation and training goals. Through human, spiritual, intellectual, and apostolic formation we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to help our missionaries and others to know Christ Jesus, to be conformed to him, to observe all that he has commanded, and to grow in relationship to him within his Church. Through training we instruct our missionaries that they might go and make disciples of all nations by inspiring and equipping college students for lifelong Catholic mission.

Background on New Staff Training:
FOCUS New Staff Training (NST) is a critical time of formation and training for our missionaries before they head to college campuses to share the Gospel with students. NST takes place over the course of 5-6 weeks each summer. All first- and second-year missionaries attend NST, and all third-year missionaries and many other veteran staff have leadership roles at NST. NST is FOCUS’ single largest formation and training endeavor. The primary goal of NST is to help form missionaries in the image of Christ who will go on as faithful Catholics to spiritually multiply wherever life takes them, beginning with the college campus. We strive to form and train the missionaries in these areas of formation: human (character), spiritual, intellectual, and apostolic (both mission-specific and general professional).

Position responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the curriculum for NST
• Inviting teachers and chaplains to attend and participate at NST
  
• Working with other departments within FOCUS to place missionary leaders at NST
  
• Working with the Events team at NST to schedule the event, book rooms, etc.
  
• Coordinating a number of small trainings that take place within NST
  
• Arriving at NST early to prep for the event
  
• Running the 6-week event on the ground
  
• Problem-solving challenges that arise during the course of NST
  
• Deploying weekly surveys to the attendees
  
• Analyzing the surveys after NST
  
• Recapping the event and presenting suggestions for how to improve year upon year
  

Position requirements include:

• Demonstrates excellence in responding to the Holy Spirit's formative work in his or her own life
  
• A person of good character and sound emotional and psychological constitution
  
• Pursues the virtues and models, in particular, chastity, sobriety, and excellence
  
• Gets along well with others and work well both independently and on a team.
  
• Endeavors to draw closer to the Lord in prayer and through a rich sacramental life
  
• Loves the Lord and strives to know him more intimately
  
• Loves the Church and is joyfully faithful to her teachings
  
• Endeavors to think more and more with the mind of Christ and the Church by reading and discussing Scripture, the Catechism, the documents of the Church, and other spiritual works
  
• Has a burning desire to help fulfill the Great Commission
  
• Invites others into a relationship with Jesus Christ and builds them up in the Church
  
• Respects traditional ways of doing things but thinks creatively and is open to new approaches
  
• Is a good listener
  
• Is a clear communicator both in writing and in speech
  
• Works well across departments to advance departmental goals within the framework of NST
  
• Excels at marshaling limited resources toward achieving ambitious goals
  
• Is calm under pressure and even thrives under pressure
  
• Is an excellent problem-solver
  
• Can quickly and creatively adapt to unforeseen challenges and changes
  
• Has experience in successfully pulling off complex projects that require a lot of advanced planning and complex on-ground execution
  
• Holds an undergraduate degree in any field

Compensation

The New Staff Training Coordinator position is compensated within the guidelines of FOCUS. Total compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Learning Management System Project Lead

Department: Formation
Location: Golden, CO

Background on the Formation Department:
In cooperation with the grace of God and in the context of the Church and in relationship to her mission, the Formation Department strives to advance all of FOCUS’ formation and training goals. Through human, spiritual, intellectual, and apostolic formation we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to help our missionaries and others to know Christ Jesus, to be conformed to him, to observe all that he has commanded, and to grow in relationship to him within his Church. Through training we instruct our missionaries that they might go and make disciples of all nations by inspiring and equipping college students for lifelong Catholic mission.

Background on the Learning Management System:
The Learning Management System (LMS) will function as an online software application, giving us a dynamic and interactive way to administer, document, track, and report on ongoing training and formation for staff, alumni, students, donors, and perhaps eventually others in the general public as well. Through it we will be able to deploy dynamic video, audio, and written content on a year-round basis.

Position responsibilities include:

• Working with FOCUS’ IT department to select a Learning Management System that achieves our goals
• Working with FOCUS’ Curriculum department to develop and upload video, audio, and written content to the LMS on a year-round basis
  
• Working with subject matter experts in other departments to develop content to help them achieve their training goals
  
• Developing pre- and post-assessment quizzes for the lessons that test whether the participants have understood the content
  
• Working with relevant parties to make the LMS as engaging and winsome as possible for learners
  
• Helping to sequence the lessons within FOCUS’ overall plan for formation and training
  
• Providing reports on learner progress
  

Position requirements include:

• Demonstrates excellence in responding to the Holy Spirit's formative work in his or her own life
  
• A person of good character and sound emotional and psychological constitution
  
• Pursues the virtues and models, in particular, chastity, sobriety, and excellence
  
• Gets along well with others and work well both independently and on a team.
  
• Endeavors to draw closer to the Lord in prayer and through a rich sacramental life
  
• Loves the Lord and strives to know him more intimately
  
• Loves the Church and is joyfully faithful to her teachings
  
• Endeavors to think more and more with the mind of Christ and the Church by reading and discussing Scripture, the Catechism, the documents of the Church, and other spiritual works
  
• Has a burning desire to help fulfill the Great Commission
  
• Invites others into a relationship with Jesus Christ and builds them up in the Church
  
• Respects traditional ways of doing things but thinks creatively and is open to new approaches
  
• Is a good listener
  
• Is a clear communicator both in writing and in speech
  
• Demonstrates a desire/ability to educate others
  
• Is comfortable around technology and is able to communicate with IT staff
  
• Holds an undergraduate degree in any field

Compensation

The Learning Management System Project Lead position is compensated within the guidelines of FOCUS. Total compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Formation and Training Coordinator

Department: Formation
Location: Golden, CO

Background on the Formation Department:
In cooperation with the grace of God and in the context of the Church and in relationship to her mission, the Formation Department strives to advance all of FOCUS’ formation and training goals. Through human, spiritual, intellectual, and apostolic formation we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to help our missionaries and others to know Christ Jesus, to be conformed to him, to observe all that he has commanded, and to grow in relationship to him within his Church. Through training we instruct our missionaries that they might go and make disciples of all nations by inspiring and equipping college students for lifelong Catholic mission.

Position responsibilities:

• The Formation and Training Specialist will work to help advance all of FOCUS’ formation and training goals.
  
• Developing resources for promoting and a system for tracking the overall formative goals to which FOCUS calls the missionaries
  
• Developing resources for promoting and a system for tracking mentorship and discipleship between missionaries and with students
  
• Helping to coordinate retreats and days of recollection
  
• Liaising with strategic partners outside of FOCUS (e.g., the Augustine Institute) to offer our missionaries opportunities for ongoing education
  
• Working with other departments to develop methods for enabling missionaries to achieve those departments’ training goals
  
• Uploading content to an online learning and training management system
  
• Helping to develop a certification program
  
• Coordinating in-person and web-based formation and training opportunities for headquarter staff and field missionaries
  
• Helping with administrative tasks
  

Position requirements:

• Demonstrates excellence in responding to the Holy Spirit's formative work in his or her own life
  
• A person of good character and sound emotional and psychological constitution
  
• Pursues the virtues and models, in particular, chastity, sobriety, and excellence
  
• Gets along well with others and work well both independently and on a team.
  
• Endeavors to draw closer to the Lord in prayer and through a rich sacramental life
  
• Loves the Lord and strives to know him more intimately
  
• Loves the Church and is joyfully faithful to her teachings
  
• Endeavors to think more and more with the mind of Christ and the Church by reading and discussing Scripture, the Catechism, the documents of the Church, and other spiritual works
  
• Has a burning desire to help fulfill the Great Commission
  
• Invites others into a relationship with Jesus Christ and builds them up in the Church
  
• Respects traditional ways of doing things but thinks creatively and is open to new approaches
  
• Is a good listener
  
• Is a clear communicator both in writing and in speech
  
• Holds an undergraduate degree in any field

Compensation

The Formation and Training Coordinator position is compensated within the guidelines of FOCUS. Total compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Events Specialist

Department: Events
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Role

The event specialist is a coordinator in the vision, development, programming and execution of our national conferences (up to 9000 attendees), Leadership Summits (up to 3000 attendees) and New Staff Training. Additionally, the role would coordinate and execute many smaller events for the organization throughout the year (the department plans 15-20 annually), as well as advise internally about events, vendor contracts and payments. The Events Department within FOCUS is a specialist in transforming ordinary events into formational opportunities to strongly boost FOCUS’ work on campus.

Position Responsibilities

• Passion to create transformative, innovative events
• Committee Chair for planning and implementation for national conferences and conventions (up to 9000 attendees)
• Interdepartmental event development
• Project management for coordination of details and people involved in particular event
• Ability to lead and participate within a team and deliver integrated solutions to drive development, execution and analysis
• Meet regularly with Director of Events to communicate goals and collaborate on work
• Registration development and communication
• Provides strong, creative and energetic leadership
• Production and audio visual coordination; show development
• Networks with vendors and other meeting planners, as well as build strong relationships with vendors
• Contract negotiation and review
• Budget creation, accountability and rectification
• Supports the mission of FOCUS on the college campus and works selflessly to help the mission

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in any field
• Understanding and affinity for the FOCUS vision and the teachings of the Catholic Church
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Personal initiative and motivation
• Proven organizational skills
• Strong customer service attitude
• Microsoft Office Suite, including: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• The ability to interact with team in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining responsive and efficient with a high level of professionalism and joy
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time
• Contract negotiation skills and budget tracking ability, as well as event related costing
• Strong event protocol/process and production knowledge
• Ability to learn quickly and integrate knowledge
• Strong understanding of project management
  

Network Engineer

Department: Technology Services
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Network Engineer’s role is to ensure the stability and integrity of in-house voice, data, video, and wireless network services. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) across the organization. In addition, the Network Engineer will participate with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This individual will also analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion, and provide end user training where required.

Position Duties

Strategy & Planning

• Collaborate with executive management and department leaders to assess near- and long-term network capacity needs.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.
• Develop, implement and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, usage, and disaster recovery.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Design and deploy FOCUS LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including servers, routers, hubs, switches, UPSs, and other hardware.
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.
• Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.

Operational Management

• Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
• Oversee installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, software, and peripheral devices.
• Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.
• Manage servers, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated operating systems and software.
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.
• Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Participate in managing all network security solutions.
• Perform server and security audits, and system backups and recovery.
• Manage and/or provide guidance to members of the Tech Services team.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• University degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or 5-10 years equivalent work experience.
• Certifications preferred CCNA, CCIE

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience and success with LAN, WAN, WLAN, and WWAN design and implementation.
• Proven experience with network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices.
• Strong, hands-on technical knowledge of network and PC operating systems.
• Excellent knowledge of telephony/VOIP systems.
• Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards and best practices.
• Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.
• Extensive application support experience.
• Competence with testing tools and procedures for voice and data circuits.
• Good understanding of FOCUS’s goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Highly self motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  

Mission Development Specialist

Department: National Fundraising
Location: Flexible Locations

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

As a Development Specialist, you are empowered to make business decisions that greatly affect your career as well as the health of FOCUS. You'll have responsibility for developing new partners and maintaining current relationships. You'll be responsible for understanding cost control, reading your projects financial statements and understanding what it takes to run a profitable business. You will also need to deliver superior customer service and effectively communicate, influence and interact with all types of customers, vendors and co-workers. Education in proper sales techniques to problem solving and conflict management will be available. Those skills will provide you with the opportunity to market to local business partners and build solid, long-lasting relationships with key business decision-makers.

Position Duties and Projects

This role would serve the MD Effort in regards but not limited to: Prospect Research / Sponsorships / Foundations and Grants / Planned Giving Administration / Online Giving / Raisers Edge duties.

We are seeking applicants with a good understanding of the FOCUS vision, an excitement to work in a creative atmosphere, excellent written and oral communication skills, personal motivation and initiative, and proven organizational skills with attention to detail. This position would be geared toward taking on larger responsibilities as they advance.

Position Requirements

• Work selflessly to support the mission of FOCUS
• Willingness to be held accountable to goals
• The ability to interact in a fast paced environment while remaining responsive and efficient
• Strong customer service and team oriented
• Multi-tasking and prioritizing when working on various projects
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Initiative and being able to work independently

Regardless of college major or professional experience, you will find this position allows you to learn more about our operations from the ground up and understand how you play a significant role in seeing it succeed.

Once you've completed your initial orientation and training, you'll be assigned to a project and the hands-on training begins. You'll learn valuable business skills from capable mentors.

In this role, you will actively participate in everything from sales and marketing and customer service to operations and finance. As you progress, you will be tested and evaluated to determine your proficiency in these areas. Successful completion of projects and evaluations can result in rewards, pay increases and the opportunity for continued promotions.

As you progress, increasingly more opportunities will become available to you. You can choose to continue your rewarding ascent within our Development efforts or you can explore one of many other exciting options including Collegiate Outreach, Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Marketing and more.

Help Desk Technician

Department: Technology Services
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Help Desk Technician’s role is to ensure proper computer operation so that end users can be effective in the mission of FOCUS. This includes receiving, prioritizing, documenting, and actively resolving help requests from FOCUS staff minimizing lost or idle time of the mission. Problem resolution may involve the use of diagnostic and help request tracking tools, as well as require that the individual give in-person, hands-on help at the desktop level.

Position Duties

Strategy & Planning

• Evaluate documented resolutions and analyze trends for ways to prevent future problems.

Operational Management

• Field incoming help requests from end users via telephone, e-mail and chat in a courteous manner.
• Document all pertinent end user identification information, including name, department, contact information, and nature of problem or issue in a Help Desk ticket.
• Build rapport and elicit problem details from help desk customers.
• Prioritize and schedule problems. Escalate problems (when required) to the appropriately experienced technician/manager.
• Record, track, and document the help desk request problem-solving process, including all successful and unsuccessful decisions made, and actions taken, through to final resolution.
• Apply diagnostic utilities to aid in troubleshooting.
• Access software updates, drivers, knowledge bases, and frequently asked questions resources on the Internet to aid in problem resolution.
• Identify and learn appropriate software and hardware used and supported by the organization.
• Perform hands-on fixes at the desktop level, including installing and upgrading software, installing hardware, implementing file backups, and configuring systems and applications.
• Install anti-virus software.
• Performing preventative maintenance, including checking and cleaning of workstations, printers, and peripherals.
• Test fixes to ensure problem has been adequately resolved.
• Perform post-resolution follow-ups to help requests.
• Develop help sheets/tutorials and frequently asked questions lists for end users.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science and/or equivalent work experience.
• Certifications not required but preferred A++

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of basic computer hardware.
• Experience with desktop and server operating systems.
• Extensive application support experience.
• Knowledge of programming languages.
• Working knowledge of a range of diagnostic utilities.
• Good understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building, listening, and questioning skills.
• Strong documentation skills.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to conduct research into a wide range of computing issues as required.
• Ability to absorb and retain information quickly.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Exceptional customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  

Gift Operations Specialist

Department: Donor Relations and Gift Operations / Stewardship
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Donor Relations Gift Operations Specialist’s primary responsibility will be processing of financial contributions with the utmost respect, accuracy, and efficiency. The candidate will need to handle a wide range of administrative and executive support related tasks, telephone and customer service skills, and must be able to work both with a team and independently with little or no supervision. This person must be exceedingly well organized, dependable, and enjoy the challenges of supporting the Executive Staff.

Position Duties

The successful candidate will possess above average typing skills, prior ten-key experience (10,000kpm), experience in Microsoft Excel, an ability to learn quickly, and a team-player personality. This position will play a vital role in ensuring the high quality of service provided for the financial donors of the Organization. Donor relations and gift processing are relied upon to answer any questions concerning the donation process on behalf of the organization. There exists the possibility of advancement and learning new skills.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a 2 year degree
• 3-5 years of experience in an administrative position
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint,
• Raisers Edge for creating and researching record information; Training provided
• Ability to interact with staff in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining responsive and efficient with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
• Ability to lift 25 lbs.

Compensation

Commensurate with experience

Stewardship Coordinator / Specialist

Department: Donor Relations and Gift Operations / Stewardship
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Stewardship Coordinator’s primary responsibility will be the execution and implementation of FOCUS’ stewardship plan. The candidate will need to handle a wide range of administrative and executive support related tasks, telephone and customer service skills, and must be able to work both with a team and independently with little or no supervision. This person must be exceedingly well organized, dependable, and enjoy the challenges of supporting the Executive Staff.

Position Duties

The successful candidate will possess above average typing skills, and be able to communicate well verbally as well as in the written form. In addition they must have the ability to learn quickly, and be a team-player. This position will play a vital role in ensuring the highest quality of materials for our Donor Acknowledgement Plan. There exists the possibility of advancement and learning new skills.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a 2 year degree
• 3-5 years of experience in an administrative position
• Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
• Raisers Edge for creating and researching record information (Training Provided)
• Ability to interact with staff in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining responsive and efficient with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
• Ability to lift 25 lbs.
• Ability to Fundraise (Training Provided)

Compensation

Curriculum Specialist FOCUS Equip

Department: Web Development
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

FOCUS Equip is the Curriculum department of FOCUS. FOCUS Equip helps further the mission of FOCUS by providing quality resources and tools that missionaries and students can use on campus as well as the adaptation of these materials for use in a parish setting. Materials include bible studies, evangelization tools, discipleship curriculum, audio talks, and video clips. The FOCUS Equip Curriculum Specialist would help to write and provide this content to these various audiences while also helping to organize and promote the materials through FOCUSEquip.org and the FOCUS Equip Mobile Application.

Windows System Engineer

Department: Technology Services
Location: Golden, CO

Role

The Windows System Engineer’s role is to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems that support core FOCUS functions. This is achieved by monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all networked software and associated operating systems. The Windows System Engineer will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues in order to maximize the benefit of FOCUS IT systems investments.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• Collaborate with Tech Services staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services.

Operational Management

• Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmer and development teams.
• Design and perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the FOUCS’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Integrate servers, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated software into enterprise systems.
• Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, groupware, and other applications.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
• Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems.
• Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
• Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• University degree in computer science or software engineering and/or 5-10 years equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years design, implementation and administration of the following: Microsoft Server OS 2008 R2 & 2012, MS Active Directory, Federated Services, SQL Server 2008 R2, IIS, Virtualization, Cloud infrastructure, Powershell, VBScript, SharePoint 2010

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software systems, applications, and related products.
• Proven experience with systems planning, security principles, and general software management best practices.
• Working technical knowledge of current software protocols, Internet standards, and best practices
• Extensive experience with core software applications.
• Excellent software troubleshooting experience.
• Extensive application support experience.
• Working technical knowledge of PHP, MySQL etc. programming languages.
• Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems.
• Competence with testing, flowchart, and data mapping tools and procedures.
• Excellent understanding of FOCUS’s goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Personal Attributes

• Good project management skills.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products as required.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Highly self motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service orientation.
  
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  

Digital Media Intern

Department: FOCUS Equip
Location: Golden, CO

FOCUS Mission Statement: To know Christ Jesus, and fulfill his Great Commission, by first living and then communicating the fullness of life within the family of God, the Church.

Position Summary

The Digital Media Intern will assist the FOCUS Equip and web department with several duties which will range from various video tasks, management of FOCUS Youtube pages, FOCUS Equip social media assistance, and other tasks within the FOCUS equip and web department. The Digital Media Internship will be a summer position in accordance with the Intern’s summer semester. The position will be located at FOCUS' Support Center in Golden, Colorado.

Position Duties

• Working under the direction of FOCUS Equip and web department supervisors
• Post-Production assistance with various FOCUS videos
• Management of FOCUS Youtube pages
• Assisting in the production of content for, and management of, FOCUS Equip Social Media
• Assisting with any web needs as instructed by supervisor
• Brainstorming innovative ways to further the reach of FOCUS Equip Social Media and FOCUS Youtube views

Position Requirements

• Passion for knowing Christ and spreading the Word of God on college campuses; and for advancing the New Evangelization
• Ability to work under the guidance and direction of a supervisor
• Experience in video production, including the use of editing software (e.g. Final Cut Pro, Premiere, etc.)
• Experience in social media production and distribution
• Proficient writing skills
• Creativity and innovative drive
  

Compensation

The Digital Media Intern will not receive financial compensation (wager, stipend, etc.). The Digital Media Intern will be responsible for arranging travel to Golden, CO. FOCUS will assist in finding and paying for the intern’s summer living arrangements.