Remote Prayer Partner Jobs in Illinois (NOW HIRING)

This position is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays) iflocatedin the Washington, DC area or remote for non-local candidates. It reports tothe Chief Resources Officerand is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Enterprise Planning

• Develop enterprise strategies to deepen and expand prayer support for the mission as part of the annual planning process

• Build realistic plans and budgets to achieve prayer mobilization strategies in collaboration with leaders who are content contributors and leaders who are the primary users of the content

Global Prayer Gathering

• Partner with program leaders to develop and refine messaging for the Global Prayer Gathering

• Review speaker presentations,facilitaterehearsals, and ensure alignment with messaging framework

• Engage leaders across the organization on participant recruitment and ensure teams have relevant messaging

• Provide coaching and hands-on support throughout the Global Prayer Gathering for the speakers

Spiritual Formation Resources

• Conduct assessment across teams toidentifyneeds and opportunities for spiritual formation content for external audiences

• Develop spiritual formation content for Christian audiencesleveragingstrength of internal resources

• Assistin the development of funding proposals that highlight IJM's commitment to spiritual formation

PrayerContentPipeline

• Conduct assessment across teams on prayer content and developplanto strengthen the pipeline

• Manage the Global Prayer Channel content pipeline on Viva Engage, streamlining prayer content collection from field teams.

• Curate and distributetimely, externally shareable prayer content across constituent communications, donor engagement, prayer gatherings, and major events.

• Ensureprayer content is spiritually substantive, operationallyaccurate, and aligned with program priorities.

Prayer Integration into Acquisition, Journeys, Product Development

• Collaborate with Marketing, Digital, and Development teams to integrate prayer invitations into donor acquisition, constituent journeys, and Christian-facing products

• Ensure prayer offers are clear, consistent, and aligned with IJM's theological and missional framework, supporting unified brand engagement.

Leveraging Prayer Networks

• Cultivate and steward strategic external prayer networkpartnershipto expand and deepen external prayer support for IJM programs

• Support co-hosted prayer events and collaborative initiatives, including Pray for Justice Tour in partnership with 24-7 Prayer network

• Curate content to strengthen engagement with prayer networks providing a win/win for the network and IJM

• Participation in IJM's community of spiritual formation.

• Bachelor's degree;

• Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant work experience;

• Excellent writing capabilities and proventrack recordof developing messaging frameworks;

• Preferred experience in coaching speakers and co-creating presentations;

• A passion for prayer and spiritual formationdemonstratedin either professional or volunteer work;

• Proven ability to work with a diverse team of professionals;

• Excellenttrack recordfor developing and refining systems for scale;

• Expertisein project management or operational leadership;

• Strong networking capabilities with internal and external audiences

• Eager commitment to IJM's Core Values: Christian, Professional and Bridge-Building;

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles' Creed;

• Self-starter with strong initiative;

• Disciplined with priorities;

• Strong interpersonal skills and self-awareness;

• Exceptional verbal and written communication;

• Flexible,collaborativeand eager to support others;

• Effective team player who fosters collaborative environment; and

• Adept at creative problem solving.

Upload Resume, CoverLetter& Statement of Faith* inone PDF document.

*What is a statement of faith?
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter orsubmittedas a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area

• Retirement benefit options

• Paid leave starting at23 days

• 12 holidays (plusearly releasethe day prior)

• Daily, quarterly, and annual community spiritual formation

• Robust staff care resources

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy, and Code of Ethics. Candidateselectionis based on technical competence, recruitment,selectionand hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidate'svaluecongruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes.

At IJM,we'recommitted to building a diverse workforce through fair andequitableemployment practices. IJM encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, maritalstatusor political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work, wetruly believethat the work we are doing is God's work, not our own, and practice spiritual disciplines together daily.That'swhy we legally require under SEC. 2000e-1 [Section702] ofTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles' Creed.

IJMrequiresa background check, policeclearanceand thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.