Faithful Resilience Program Director
Position: Faithful Resilience Program Director
Reports to: Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director
Annual Salary: $70,000-$80,000
Job Type: Full-Time, Remote
Start Date: September 1, 2025
Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Location: Remote position, with periodic travel to conferences, denominational gatherings, and program sites. Flexible scheduling, including occasional evening and weekend events
Reports to: Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director
Annual Salary: $70,000-$80,000
Job Type: Full-Time, Remote
Start Date: September 1, 2025
Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Location: Remote position, with periodic travel to conferences, denominational gatherings, and program sites. Flexible scheduling, including occasional evening and weekend events
Creation Justice Ministries seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative Faithful Resilience Program Director to lead and expand our growing portfolio of climate resilience programs. This senior-level role will oversee CJM’s “Faithful Resilience” initiative and serve as the organizational lead on major resilience projects—including participatory tree equity and climate adaptation initiatives in Wicomico County (MD), Austin (TX), Baltimore (MD), Nashville (TN), Orlando (FL).
This leader will direct current programs and chart a bold path forward by identifying emerging opportunities, building new partnerships, and developing proposals that grow the scale and impact of CJM’s resilience work. They will recruit and support congregational partners, lead participatory workshops, travel to implementation sites, and represent CJM in national coalitions and local collaborations.
The ideal candidate brings demonstrated leadership in community-based environmental management, particularly participatory planning and co-production of knowledge, as well as a passion for engaging faith communities in resilience-building. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is preferred.
Learn more about our Faithful Resilience Programs here.
About Creation Justice Ministries
Creation Justice Ministries (CJM) educates, equips, and mobilizes Christian individuals, congregations, and communions/denominations to protect, restore, and rightly share God’s creation. Founded on ecumenical values and a commitment to justice, CJM works at the intersection of faith and environmental action, focusing on issues like climate change, environmental justice, ocean and public lands protection, and Indigenous sovereignty. We engage our member denominations and partners across diverse Christian traditions in advocacy, grassroots organizing, and theological education, encouraging faithful responses to today’s environmental challenges. As a growing organization, we strive to foster inclusive, collaborative spaces that uphold respect for diversity, shared responsibility, and ecological justice in service of God’s creation. Visit our Staff Page (creationjustice.org/staff) to learn more about our team.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
Program Strategy & Leadership
Partnership Development & External
Grant Oversight & Program Sustainability
Travel & Flexibility
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Desired Qualities and Values of Creation Justice Ministries Staff
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