Missions Lead Associate

Job Title: Missions Lead Associate

Location: Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church – 125 W. Saveland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207

Start Date: October of 2025

Reports To: Pastor and Session

About Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church

Tippecanoe (“Tippe”) is shaped by its identity as a Matthew 25 church, focusing on ministries that address social injustice and equity. Our Missions support people experiencing houselessness, food insecurity and also providing enriched literacy programming to children in our community. Our community is invested in participating in solutions that create accessibility for all people. We encourage shared leadership models and collaborate with other faith communities and grassroots organizations who work alongside us in our ministries.

We are seeking a Missions Lead Associate to join our team in supporting our established “Divine Intervention” warming room. We encourage people with experience in the fields of social work, public health, or ministry to apply. We do not require this person to be religious or spiritual or to observe any faith tradition.

The Missions Lead Associate will be working alongside our full-time pastor and a full-time administrative assistant. This person is expected to bring their own passions, skills, and interests to collaborate with the pastor and administrative assistant to ensure smooth functioning of an established program and encourage individual and team growth and development.

Our Divine Intervention ministry partners with the City of Milwaukee in providing a warm, safe place overnight for people without shelter from December through March, seven nights a week, including all holidays. We train and support volunteers who make up the majority of our staff. A volunteer from each nightly team stays awake for part of the night to provide support and ensure safety. Trained pastoral staff members from the community provide on call support each night.

Job Summary

The Missions Lead Associate is part of the leadership team and is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers, coordinating the volunteer schedule, providing some overnight on call support, and developing strategies and coordinating logistics that support our primary mission of supporting people without shelter through our Divine Intervention warming room.

The Missions Lead Associate will be instrumental in visioning and further developing our outreach to those experiencing housing instability and food insecurity.

Desired skills and talents:

We are seeking a “people person” who is passionate about caring for those who are experiencing houselessness and addressing the intractable issues surrounding housing insecurity. This role requires good written and verbal communication skills, the ability to build rapport quickly, conflict management skills, tracking myriad details and shifting priorities, managing teams, and recognizing folks’ basic needs while acknowledging their emotions and behaviors using a framework that emphasizes a growth mindset. Experience working with people in crisis, coping with mental health or substance abuse issues, a background in case management, and knowledge of resources in Milwaukee are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and manage volunteers
• Support our guest’s safety and comfort with other team members
• Outreach to community organizations and churches about our warming room and how they can support Divine Intervention
• Update information about area resources for our guests
• Attend Divine Intervention 3 evenings a week in the lead role, including serving as the on-call staff person when “on duty” (schedule determined among the leadership team)
• Provide back up to overnight staff/volunteers
• Assist the pastor and administrative assistant in setting up the warming space at the opening of the season, maintaining the space and coordinating obtaining/storing/disseminating food and supplies
• Plan and attend monthly debriefing and training sessions for our volunteers.

Compensation Competitive hourly wage commensurate with experience

1-week paid vacation during the warming season

There will be established days off after confirming the team schedule

Hours Part-time hours begin in October throughout the preparation period and increase to full-time when the warming season begins in December through the end of the warming season at the end of March.