The Graduate Scholars Program, a subdivision of the Veritas Scholars Program, invests in the formation of Christian scholars at the Ph.D. student stage. The core of the Graduate Scholars Program consists of an annual summer conference (launching a series of discipline-based year-long mentoring cohorts) and a series of year-round graduate scholar development offerings such as virtual panels and seminars, travel grants, and community-building opportunities.
The Director of the Graduate Scholars Program will be responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating the annual graduate conference, including venue coordination and contracting, program and schedule design, mentor and mentee recruitment, attendee experience, and reporting on outcomes. As part of this work, the Director will also lead and oversee all aspects of event planning, logistics, cross-Veritas collaboration, and on-site execution. In addition, the Director of the Graduate Scholars Program will design and implement year-round all graduate scholar development work that doesn’t fall under the category of academic year mentoring, in support of all current and past graduate student mentees.
The Director of the Graduate Scholars Program will report directly to the Associate Vice President of the Veritas Scholars Program with targeted administrative support from the Veritas Scholars Program team and half-time assistance from the Program Coordinator of the Graduate Scholars Program. This role will also collaborate closely with the Vice President of the Veritas Scholars Program on content, mentor relationships, and alignment with the Veritas Scholars Summit.
The Director of the Graduate Scholars Program’s major responsibilities will include the following:
Status┃Full-time
Location┃United States - Remote. Must be willing and able to work from home.
Travel Requirements┃15 days each year for Veritas events and training, plus another 10-15 days each year to work closely with Veritas partners.
The Veritas Forum offers benefits and compensation commensurate with experience and competitive with other nonprofit organizations.
Interested applicants can apply here. If you have any questions, please email us at jobs@veritas.org.
The Veritas Forum partners with Christian thought leaders, professors, and campus fellowships to support the intellectual credibility of Christianity in the university and the broader public sphere. Since its first forum event at Harvard in 1992, Veritas Forums have emerged on more than 200 universities around the world, engaging more than 800,000 students, faculty, and community members. Veritas is propelled by an ambitious vision to see universities become places where the big questions asked by students are not the reason they lose their faith, but the reason they find it.
Driving this vision are three core pillars of work: campus dialogue, community formation, and content engagement. We come alongside students, faculty, and campus ministers to help create Forums on university campuses around the world that invite intellectually curious students and scholars to explore life’s big ideas. In support of this work, we connect, form, and train networks of students and faculty leaders who carry on the conversations through journals and scholarship, and we extend the conversations to global audiences through digital media.
The Veritas Scholars Program, launched in 2020, is an initiative of The Veritas Forum that invests in the next generation of Christian faculty & scholars through mentorship, community building, and direct support. The Program builds on years of Veritas work and research on how to support and serve top-tier universities and faculty.
“Veritas” is the Latin word for truth—and a word commonly found in university mottos; it refers to our belief that truth can be sought and found. “Forum” refers to our commitment to creating spaces where ideas can be openly shared and discussed.
We are grounded and motivated by the historic Christian faith that seeks to love God and neighbor. We affirm the Nicene Creed and are ecumenical and invitational in our approach.
The Veritas Forum has been certified as one of the Best Christian Workplaces in 2023 for a commitment to strong employee engagement and a flourishing workplace culture.
