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GENERAL PURPOSE OF POSITION:

In consultation with the Associate General Minister, provide vision, oversight and coordination of the strategies pertaining to education, advocacy, resources, spiritual care, and partnership-building related to Women and Gender Justice, LGBTQI+ justice, sex education, and emerging issues across the spectrum of Gender & Sexuality Justice.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONBILITIES:

• Develop, implement, and evaluate short-term and long-term strategic objectives, and consultations with other national ministries and organizations as needed and appropriate for Gender Sexuality Justice issues.

• Promote Gender & Sexuality Justice and the UCC’s public image by responding in writing and orally on a timely basis to inquiries for information, providing consultation, accepting speaking engagements and serving as a resource person to the whole church.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of work within the ministry team and across the National Ministries by fostering a spirit of cooperation and collaboration and by accomplishing assigned tasks in a timely fashion.
• Prepare and administer annual budget allocations, ensuring good stewardship of financial resources; identify supplemental sources for program monies.
• Supervise, monitor, and evaluate the performance of direct reports
• Develop and maintain professional and courteous relationships with staff, directors, partner churches and other constituents; serve as a positive role model by exemplifying values which are consistent with the UCC.
• Serve as Chair of the Womyn’s Working Group. May delegate this task to the Minister for Women & Gender Justice as appropriate.
• Participate as a Member of the Ministry Advisory Council.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ (LGBTQI+) Concerns

• Create and support programmatic offerings and resources for LGBTQI+ Concerns in collaboration across National Ministries settings, partner organizations, and with the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC (The Coalition) as appropriate.
• Identify and prioritize existing and emerging concerns and recommend policies, programmatic options, and courses of action.
• Support relationships with The Coalition to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender UCC members and provide resources as requested and appropriate. This includes materials for the Open and Affirming movement.
• Work collaboratively among the Covenanted Ministries of the UCC to strengthen LGBTQI+ Ministries.
• Represent the UCC at appropriate LGBTQI+ tables, community gatherings and conferences, both nationally and internationally.

Sexuality Education and Justice

• Support implementation of the programmatic offerings of Our Whole Lives in collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Association
• Develop cooperative relationships with faith-based and community-based coalitions and organizations that advocate for civil rights and justice around issues of sexual orientation and identity, public and social policies that affect the quality of family life, and rights for children.
• Collaborate with the Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice and other covenanted ministries to coordinate advocacy and education on human sexuality, family life and children’s rights.
• Support and oversee the Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice, ensuring alignment with broader strategic directions of the Gender & Sexuality Justice portfolio of work.

Women and Gender Justice (Women’s Ministry)

• Support the implementation of short-term and long-term strategic needs identified by the Womyn’s Working Group. (Womyn: female embodied, non-binary, transgender siblings) This includes objectives and goals seeking to support and expand networks within the wider church for the needs of female embodied individuals and community members. Objectives and goals are to include leadership development, spiritual care, advocacy, education and gatherings as appropriate.
• Ensure offerings throughout the National Ministries are being uplifted and communicated that proactively respond to the vast needs of Womyn within the UCC and at large.
• Work closely with the Womyn’s Working Group and Office of Public Policy and Advocacy in Washington, D.C. to provide faith-based expertise on Women & Gender Justice issues and support efforts of advocacy relating to domestic and international women and children
• Create and maintain a prophetic and proactive faith-based voice for the United Church of Christ regarding Women & Gender Justice in collaboration with the National Ministries.
• Support and oversee the work of the Minister for Women & Gender Justice, ensuring alignment with broader strategic directions of the Gender & Sexuality Justice portfolio of work.