Human Resources

About the Role: 

Are you looking for an opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is gracious, inclusive, and inquiring? Do you enjoy working with people of a variety of ages, backgrounds, and experiences? Do you value hospitality, organization, and excellent communication? As a member of The Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community Team, together with the Nourishing Vocation Project, you will work with students, faculty, staff, and vital external constituents. You will be a part of a team that is passionate about welcoming everyone, building community, and empowering people to lead lives of intention and purpose that serve the common good.

This newly created job is funded by two sources. A grant funds the Nourishing Vocation Project for 20 hours per week for a minimum of four years. If the grant funding is not extended after four years, then the position will decrease to 10 hours per week.

What You’ll Do: 

You will:

• Provide hospitality for the Lutheran Center and the Nourishing Vocation Project
• Design and maintain the Lutheran Center website
• Assist with project coordination with external partners such as congregations, synods, and other church bodies, and non-profit agencies
• Record and distribute minutes for essential in-person and virtual meetings
• Provide travel, scheduling, and administrative support
• Monitor and manage budget expenditures
• Assist in planning and managing the bi-annual Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts

Who You Are:

The qualified candidate will have …

• 1+ years of relevant office or administrative experience
• High school diploma or equivalent

It will be helpful if you have …

• Associate’s degree
• 3+ years of relevant office or administrative experience
• experience running video meetings, website design and maintenance
• experience writing, editing, designing and producing print pieces
• Associate’s degree

What skills you should bring

• Ability and willingness to support, respect and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty, staff, students, and constituents
• Ability to communicate effective in both oral and written form, including writing professional correspondence and other prose
• Skill in using computer applications including word processing, database, and spreadsheet software
• Skill in or ability to learn using Zoom, social media as marketing, and creative software
• Self-motivated with excellent time management skills

Who We Are:

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community. 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A virtual campus tour:  https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.