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Transitional Executive Presbyter: FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
The Presbytery of San Francisco is looking for a skilled leader to work closely with the Transitional Executive Presbyter (EP), as the Transitional Associate Presbyter (AP) to accompany the Presbytery’s members in their shared ministry and so that the Presbytery is in a position to carry out its mission and achieve its priorities. Specifically, the Transitional EP and Transitional AP will be helping the Presbytery heal from past trauma, create a transformed culture, clarify its priorities, and build processes that serve the ministry of the Presbytery. The Transitional AP will be tasked with creating a new culture of communication, support for committees toward increasing health and clearer systems and processes, and working with others in the administration of the Presbytery. This is a three-year contract position with the possibility of up to two annual extensions as needed to accomplish the transitional work. The person in this position is eligible to apply for the post-transitional staff positions.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please send the following to Lori Yamauchi at llyamauchisf@gmail.com by January 15, 2025.
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Diversity Statement (no more than 1200 words): A diversity statement outlines how you will contribute to the Presbytery of San Francisco’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). It’s an opportunity for you to:
- Discuss your understanding of the varied experiences of people from minoritized and/or underrepresented groups.
- Talk about your lived experiences or your experiences collaborating with diverse groups throughout your vocational career and beyond.
- Outline a vision of how you, as a Executive Presbyter, would make contributions to DEI in the future.
- Narrative Questions: As a part of your application, please respond to the following questions. Limit your answers to 1000 characters per question, including spaces and punctuation.
- How do your particular gifts, experiences, and training help you in the ministry setting you believe God is calling you.
- Explain with theological details what areas of ministry you value most in your calling.
- Describe a moment when you have “served using your energy, intelligence, imagination and love”, that led change positively.
- Please describe how have you dealt with failure or disappointment before.
- Describe a moment in your recent ministry that you recognize as one of effectiveness and fulfillment.
Background Links:
Recognizing that the Presbytery is an extreme position of transition we created the Leadership Model Task Force to evaluate where we have been and where we might be able to go. Recognizing the heart of this work and living into the flexibility and goals these documents propose will be a big part of the work to come.
- Presbytery Leadership Model Task Force Report and Recommendations: In the Fall of 2023 the Presbytery of San Francisco convened a task force with the intention of evaluating our leadership structure; this is their final report.
- Fact Sheet for Presbytery Leadership Task Force Report: When the Leadership Model Task Force was asked questions to summarize their work and their report, this is what they supplied to the Presbytery.