United Methodist Communications
CHICAGO – The Board of Directors of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCSRW) has opened the search process for the position of General Secretary. The call for applications from interested persons follows the August 13 announcement that Dawn Wiggins Hare, current chief executive of the United Methodist agency, will retire in January 2025.
Following precedent of its previous hire, GCSRW formed a search committee to conduct the formal search, which will remain open until the position is filled. The deadline for online applications is Sept. 20, 2024 (midnight CDT).
A full description of the position, which is remote-based with a resource office in Chicago, can be found here. Interested parties can apply at this link. (Please note that no applications will be accepted via email.)
Rev. Emily Nelms Chastain, a GCSRW Director and member of its Human Resources Committee, will chair the search committee.
“This is a truly exciting time in The United Methodist Church, and we are grateful to hang onto the coattails of this new energy as we discern the best candidate to move the work of our agency forward into the future,” Nelms Chastain said.
For questions about the position, please email hr@gcsrw.org. Learn more about GCSRW at GCSRW.org.
Crystal Caviness of United Methodist Communications manages public information for the General Commission on Status and Role of Women.