Careers with P2C-Students

As a campus staff, you will have the opportunity to work directly with students. You’ll invest the better part of your day in their lives: helping them transition to university, connect to Christian community, and take their next steps towards Jesus. 

Practically, this might include prayer meetings, Bible studies, retreats, and student leader meetings, among other activities. Every campus looks a little different. As a campus staff, you’ll be serving locally alongside other colleagues so you’ll experience a dynamic team environment that creatively finds ways to engage students with the gospel.

In this role, your focus will be on casting vision and equipping students to lead well and with a Jesus-centred posture. Catalytic campus ministries have a high degree of student ownership over day-to-day ministry activities, so staff and interns often offer support from a distance or to multiple campuses.

Your work environment might be flexible: you could be right on campus, or you might spend most of your time serving students remotely. Regardless of your location, you’ll be part of the catalytic staff team, receiving support as you build up young leaders. You’ll thrive in this role if you’re confident working independently and have prior student leadership experience with P2C-S, or are otherwise familiar with campus ministry.

International student ministry staff work on campuses in Canada with students from countries all over the world. You’ll have a unique opportunity to share God’s love and gospel with the multitude of nations at your doorstep. 

Many of these students come from unreached people groups and from nations where Christian ministry is difficult. As you build relationships and share the gospel, you are not only investing in individual lives, but also the communities to which these students will return. 

International student ministry is very relational. You will spend time with students: eating meals, playing sports, and hosting events. You will find ways to meet their practical, social, and spiritual needs. Our team from across Canada meets regularly online, so you will be supported, encouraged, coached, and trained for cross-cultural ministry.

As an international campus staff, you will be placed on a team with one of our overseas partnerships. You’ll come alongside long-term missionaries and local believers to help university students engage in the life-changing message of the gospel. Many of the students you’ll engage with have never personally met a Christian, and you’ll likely interact with individuals from unreached people groups.

This experience includes cross-cultural and contextualized ministry training prior to departure and throughout the year. International campus staff participate in language classes and seek to build friendships and integrate into the local campus community. They also share housing with other interns or long-term missionaries as they build deep connections and support one another.

Our Creative Communications department creates opportunities to reach students in a unique way. 

On staff with Creative Communications, you’ll join a team working on things like social media, graphic design, video production, podcasts, blogs, and data storytelling. You’ll learn technical skills, as well as innovation as you engage effectively with students online. 

This job is often a mix of collaborative and independent work. You’ll connect with other content creators to explore the best ways to engage with students online, while also having freedom to work on related projects independently. This team is fully remote, but there is an optional physical office in Guelph, ON.

Apply your skills in programming, statistical analysis, and problem solving in a ministry team context. You’ll provide vital support to other ministries within P2C-Students, including Global Missions, Creative Communications, Campus Strategies, and Staff Development.

Strategies and Operations is more behind-the-scenes, but P2C-Students needs this team. If you have technical skills and long to use them in a ministry context, this is the role for you. This team works remotely, but there is an optional physical office in Guelph, ON.

Absolutely! You can try out different passions and interests while working with us. Let us know in the application if there is a combination of roles that you are interested in, and we can see how to incorporate them together.

Internships are best suited for those who prefer a one to two year commitment. You may not know your long term plans, or want to test out what ministry is like before making a bigger commitment. Perhaps you have a fixed amount of time before your next endeavor (ie: one year gap before grad school.) The process of raising funds for an internship is also faster and gets you serving in your role sooner.

Permanent staff roles with P2C are ideal for people who are interested in a commitment of more than two years. As you raise an ongoing monthly support goal, the initial process of raising funds may take longer than an internship, but it offers greater stability and sets you up for longevity in ministry for years to come. It also offers higher salary options, and the potential of education leaves, sabbaticals, and tax credits.

No. Most people apply to permanent staff roles after interning for a year or two, but if you’re ready, you can apply now.

There are actually many stages of discernment you go through before joining staff. First, you’ll fill out an application, like this one. Before being accepted, there will be two interviews, the first of which is to get to know you and your heart behind applying. It’s a discernment interview to help you continue processing your application. 

The next step is a more formal job interview, with the goal of understanding what God is calling you to do. And after that there’s the process of Ministry Partner Development. Each stage along the way can help with confirming your decision to work with P2C-S.

Learn more about the application process here.

As a staff member with P2C-Students you will raise financial support for your salary and ministry expenses through the process of Ministry Partner Development (MPD). It’s an opportunity to trust God and invite Christians in your community to be a part of what God is doing in the lives of students. 

Fundraising may sound intimidating, but don’t worry—we’ll help! You’ll receive training, a coach, and a peer support group who will encourage you as you trust God to provide. You won’t be doing it alone.

Along with financial partners, you will raise up a team of prayer partners to come alongside you during your ministry year. Many staff have expressed gratitude for the MPD process because it means they have a whole team of people encouraging and praying for them which is vital to their ministry.

To learn more about the support raising process, check out these great articles from our friends at The Traveling Team.

P2C is organized as a religious order in Canada. Only commissioned staff are considered members of this order, since they are set apart for service to God and make a public commitment to serve God through P2C. They can’t receive any additional active income apart from the order.

Commissioned and Associate Staff: The amount of monthly support needed depends on several factors including salary, benefits, allowances, hours, experience, and ministry expenses. Full-time staff newly entering the workforce can expect to raise about $5000 per month to cover their salary, benefits, ministry expenses, and allowances.

Affiliate Staff: You do not need to raise monthly funding. You would only raise funds to cover any incurred ministry expenses. Depending on your role, that amount will vary significantly. 

Salary, benefits, and MPD are all discussed here: More information on P2C-Students opportunities.

Staff with P2C-S spend extended time in their first year of ministry building a robust Ministry Partnership Team to establish a stable form of income (this season typically ranges anywhere from 3-12 months). Thus when accepting a permanent position it’s recommended to assume at least a three year commitment to allow for a successful MPD season and then at least two years serving in your desired ministry role. 

Note that this is a suggested commitment to allow for fruitfulness in your role, but it’s not binding. We understand God may direct people in unique ways.

If you’d prefer to only work with us for one or two years, we recommend an internship, as the season of Ministry Partner Development is much shorter.

If you join as a commissioned or associate staff, there are opportunities to further your education. P2C-S is committed to investing in the ongoing development of its staff. 

We have many staff who are currently working full-time with P2C while also pursuing part-time graduate studies. After a few years on staff with P2C, you may be able to pursue studies relevant to your P2C role as a part of your job. For example, in discussion with their supervisor, full time staff may devote one day a week (approximately) towards their studies.