The Role
Support senior leadership in planning large-scale global initiatives: conduct research and feasibility, create planning documents and risk analyses, maintain Asana and version control, coordinate stakeholders across departments, support global partner due diligence, and prepare progress reports for handoff to executing teams.
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Job Summary
The Department of Global Initiatives (DGI) advances Dallas Theological Seminary’s global mission by identifying, assessing, and planning large-scale, cross-functional initiatives within the Initiating and Planning phases of the PMI project lifecycle. The Assistant Director is the Senior Director’s primary strategic partner, managing research, documentation, and stakeholder coordination across an active multi-initiative portfolio spanning international scholarship programs, regional gateway development, global partner relationships, and domestic intercultural engagement. This role is scoped entirely within DGI’s planning mandate; admissions counseling, academic advising, and program execution are held by other departments.
Key Responsibilities
Research and Feasibility
- Conduct research, benchmarking, and feasibility analysis for potential and active DGI initiatives across regions and institutional partners.
- Synthesize findings into actionable briefs, PESTLE and SWOT analyses, and risk assessments for senior leadership.
- Monitor the global theological education landscape, visa policy, and accreditation developments that affect DGI planning assumptions.
Initiative Planning and Documentation
- Draft and maintain planning documents for all active DGI initiatives: charters, RACI matrices, risk registers, timelines, and stakeholder registers.
- Manage version control across all documents submitted to the VP for Global Ministries, ExCom, and the Board.
- Maintain Asana as the authoritative source of record for initiative status and ensure all active work is execution-ready before divisional handoff.
Stakeholder Coordination
- Facilitate planning meetings and feedback loops with departments including Enrollment Services, Academics, Finance, Advancement, Operations, and ISD.
- Represent DGI in cross-departmental conversations and ensure ExCom and Board submission timelines are met.
Global Partner Development
- Support development and maintenance of DGI’s global partner relationships, including gateway site candidates, regional academic hubs, and international ministry networks.
- Conduct due diligence for prospective partnerships and draft correspondence and meeting summaries for international engagement.
Reporting and Team Coordination
- Track DGI-aligned milestones within the DTS Strategic Plan and prepare progress reports for the Senior Director.
- Assist the Senior Director in coordinating work with the DGI Coordinator and, as the portfolio grows, with Research Fellows.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in theology, leadership, education, or a related field
- 3 or more years of experience in project coordination, strategic research, or higher education or ministry contexts
- Demonstrated ability to produce executive-quality written deliverables: research briefs, planning documents, and stakeholder reports
- Cultural intelligence and experience working across diverse, cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in Asana, Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in theology, leadership, education, or global ministry
- Familiarity with PMI project lifecycle standards
- Experience in international ministry or cross-cultural theological education
- Knowledge of global visa dynamics and SACSCOC accreditation standards
Core Competencies
- Strategic and Systems Thinking
- Institutional and Intercultural Fluency
- Execution-Ready Strategic Framing
- Collaborative Planning and Communication
- Leadership with Humility and Clarity
Travel Requirements
- Occasional domestic and international travel for global partner engagement, field assessments, and DGI-led events. One to two international trips anticipated annually.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in theology, leadership, education, or a related field
- 3 or more years of experience in project coordination, strategic research, higher education, or ministry contexts
- Demonstrated ability to produce executive-quality written deliverables (research briefs, planning documents, stakeholder reports)
- Cultural intelligence and experience working across diverse, cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in Asana
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Proficiency in Google Workspace
- Master's degree in theology, leadership, education, or global ministry
- Familiarity with PMI project lifecycle standards
- Experience in international ministry or cross-cultural theological education
- Knowledge of global visa dynamics and SACSCOC accreditation standards
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The Company
What We Do
Dallas Theological Seminary is a non-denominational evangelical seminary founded in 1924, dedicated to equipping godly servant-leaders for the proclamation of God's Word and the building up of the body of Christ worldwide.
