Student Life Specialist, PT

Job Title: Events & Activities Specialist

Location: Ft. Worth, TX

Job Type: Part-Time, Hourly

Department: Student Life

Reports To: Director of Student Life

Date: 12/10/2024 Last Revision

Standard of Christian Commitment

The candidate must be a professing Christ follower who possesses a strong commitment to the mission and core values of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College, possess a clear understanding of Southern Baptist heritage and culture, and agrees to serve in accordance with and not contrary to the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message.

Southwestern Seminary, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a confessional institution. While the Seminary serves the larger evangelical Christian community, employees must embrace the values and standards the Seminary represents as it fulfills its mission of shaping Christian leaders within our denominational context.

Since duties of this position require the employee to represent the Seminary to prospective and current students, candidates must abide by the Seminary bylaws, the Employee Handbook, and the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message as a condition of employment.

Job Description

Job Summary

The Student Life Events & Activities Specialist plans, executes, and coordinates the Student Life activities and events across campus. They have a skillful and comprehensive knowledge of event planning to support the Student Leadership Council, Student Organizations, and cooperative planning with other departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide extracurricular events that enhance all students’ social experience.

• Provide co-curricular events that enhance all students’ academic experience.

• Coordinate and support the SLC teams as the event plan

• Coordinate with local churches and ministries about on-campus opportunities

• Plans the Student Life Event Calendar

• Lead the administrative work that pertains to all Student Life related event planning

• Deploy promotional pieces for SL, SLC, and student organization events/activities

• Provide daily oversight of the Naylor Student Center cleanliness, operation of TVs, the game room, and other areas of student usage

• Be a positive influence on student life culture on campus and be a visible leader

• Assist students trying to connect with the community

• It is the employee and supervisor’s shared responsibility to regularly meet to discuss performance, suggest job description updates and set mutually beneficial goals.

• Perform additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned to support the team and institutional goals.

Specific Skills and Qualifications

• Prior ministry experience or entry-level ministry position in church preferred

• Possess or be in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency in event planning and coordination

• Great leadership and volunteer coordination

• Collaborator, Meticulous, Organized, Creative, Visionary, Honest.

• Possess a strong work ethic and initiative

• Flexibility to work events during evening and weekend hours

• Successful completion of background check, education verification, work verification and credit check may be required.

• Ability to provide proof of Work Authorization in the U.S. and proof of identity.

• Valid driver’s license, successful clearance of Motor Vehicle Report (Driving Record).

• Some positions require proof of car insurance.

Physical Requirements

• Employment is generally in an office setting which requires personnel to be able to interact with others by various means of communicate and be able to traverse campus by any mode of personal transportation.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so they may perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to the institution. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation.

About Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, established in 1908 under the visionary leadership of B.H. Carroll, was born out of the urgent need for trained ministers in America’s rapidly growing Southwest. Initially part of Baylor University, the seminary became an independent institution in Waco before relocating to Fort Worth in 1910. Carroll’s unwavering commitment to orthodoxy, gospel-centered education, and the Great Commission shaped the seminary’s mission. Training God-called men and women for ministry, Southwestern has an expansive academic program training pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders in theology, missions, evangelism, music and worship, and education. Today, it stands as a beacon of faithfulness, equipping generations to serve Christ’s church globally.