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Customer Service Administrator
The Business Office at Covenant Seminary is seeking applications for the position of Customer Service Administrator. This is a part-time position, primarily serving the Business Office with customer service provided on behalf of the other offices in One-Stop. We value team cooperation, commitment to excellent work, and dedication to the Seminary’s mission of training pastors and leaders for Christ’s church and Kingdom. Pay rate for the position is commensurate with experience.
One-Stop and Business Office Goals and Responsibilities:
To create, develop, and refine processes on an on-going basis that financially and physically enable the overall mission and goals of the institution.
Offer a high level of support services which model a grace-reflecting community through policy, procedures, and personnel.
Encourage and fulfill operational best practices for the Seminary through the use of technology, process efficiencies, customer service, and staff development.
Continually partner, with a service-to-others ethos, with the broader community on identified priorities and strategic goals to achieve institution-wide excellence.
Support financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for not-for-profit entities according to the standards of the financial accounting standards board (FASB).
Position Responsibilities:
The Customer Service Administrator is responsible for being the first customer service contact point for One-Stop, the area in which the Business Office is located, and assisting the Business Office in creating and maintaining accurate and timely financial records for the Seminary. Seeking someone who likes to learn, organize, enjoy quantitative reasoning, and problem solving. This position reports to the Controller.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Monitor Business office and One-Stop email inboxes and determining best course of action for correspondence received.
Promptly and professionally receive calls, emails, and greet visitors, directing them appropriately. This will require a) becoming very familiar with MyCTS and Seminary website, taking initiative to answer questions where possible, b) helping to cover questions related to student billing, and c) familiarity with and adherence to FERPA so that education verification questions can be answered
Process and prepare accounting records including reconciliations.
Establish records of accounts and input entries to proper accounts.
Process and reconcile Square card and cash receipts received through the Café, Library, etc. including counting cash on hand.
Monitor, track, record and reconcile staff expense reports and correct discrepancies.
Perform bookkeeping and reconciliations for guest housing and housing deposits, working closely with the facilities department.
Document and ensure proper keeping of financial records, making use of current technologies.
Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel.
Competencies:
Financial Management.
2. Ethical Conduct.
Attention to Detail.
Customer Service Skill
Supervisory Responsibility - This role has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment - This job operates in a clerical, office setting with standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands - This is a largely sedentary role; however some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, and bending or standing on a stool as necessary.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work - This is a part-time position. The specific part-time work hours will be discussed as part of the interview process and are expected to be within the typical work hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Travel - No travel is expected for this position.
Salary: Hourly
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel™ and Word™
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Prior accounting/bookkeeping experience with an understanding of debits/credits, financial statements, reconciliations, etc.
Student or spouse of student.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to Collin Ohms at collin.ohms@covenantseminary.edu
Posted 2025.09.12
Open Full-Time Positions
Student Advisor
Covenant Seminary seeks a full-time (40 hrs./week) Student Advisor to serve our student body, both residential and online, in coordination with the Lead Advisor. Teamwork is an essential part of this position.
Responsibilities include:
Providing academic counseling and support to Covenant Seminary students.
Maintaining student records.
Providing first-line support to students with questions regarding registration or advising.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required.
The candidate must be proficient in Word and Excel and must be comfortable utilizing a student information system (SIS) software as a daily part of the job.
The candidate must also have exceptional interpersonal, administrative, and problem-solving skills.
Preference will be given to candidates with experience in student advising.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to advising@covenantseminary.edu no later than October 17, 2025.
Posted 2025.10.03
Professor of Church Planting and Applied Theology: The Philip and Rebecca Douglass Chair of Church Planting and Christian Formation
Covenant Theological Seminary invites applications and nominations for a full-time faculty appointment at the level of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor of Applied Theology. The position will start preferably in the fall of 2026.
The person in this position teaches courses in the curriculum that focus on the spiritual formation of our students (e.g., Christian Formation and Calling) and the practical aspects of pastoral preparation (e.g., Ministry Leadership). Along with classroom teaching, the person is the Director of the Church Planting Track of the MDiv and MABTS programs, which includes coordinating with our Field Education Director; and performing other duties such as planning church planting field trips, managing church planting track cohort meetings, teaching and recruiting for church planting and renewal elective courses, etc. This person will also have a vital role on a team of people at Covenant Seminary that will be assessing, developing, and implementing a comprehensive Christian Formation plan for our students. Finally, in partnership with the MNA Committee of the Missouri Presbytery, it is hoped that the person would serve as the Director of Church Planting for Missouri Presbytery, leading church planting efforts and acting as liaison between the Seminary, MNA committee of MO Presbytery, and the PCA’s Mission to North America national committee. Other responsibilities could include involvement in the DMin program through regular teaching and dissertation supervision, etc.
Requirements
The qualified candidate will:
Have solid experience pastoring a church.
Have solid experience in church planting.
Be able to teach courses related to church planting and Christian formation.
Have an advanced degree (PhD or DMin) or be willing to get one.
Candidates must also be in agreement with the doctrinal distinctives of the Presbyterian Church in America (see https://www.covenantseminary.edu/about-us and https://pcanet.org/beliefs/), and belong to, or be willing to belong to, a church in the Reformed tradition. For more about Covenant Seminary see: https://www.covenantseminary.edu.
To Apply
In addition to an updated CV, we would be grateful if candidates would take the time to give us some background information that will aid us in knowing if this position might be a fit for your gifts, experience, and calling by responding to the following questions.
In no more than a single-sided page, please describe your pastoral experience, especially as it relates to church planting, spiritual formation and ministry leadership.
In no more than a single-sided page, please describe how any further education has helped prepare you to teach in the areas of church planting, spiritual formation, or ministry leadership.
In no more than a double-sided page, please describe the main outcomes you would want students to have in courses focused on church planting, spiritual formation, or ministry leadership. (Please describe each area separately.) Please include the types of books or resources you would want students to be reading and which books and people have shaped your own thinking the most in these areas.
Send CV and question responses to: Linette Nyberg, Academics Coordinator, at linette.nyberg@covenantseminary.edu.
Posted 2025.07.14
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