IAGM Associate Imam / Youth Director Position
Founded in 2014 and capable of accommodating 1,300 worshipers, Masjid Ar-Rahman is currently one of the largest in the Mid-South. An adjacent 27,500 sq. ft facility is anticipated to open in 2020 and will add a gymnasium, daycare, commercial kitchen; 12 classrooms; and a youth lounge. IAGM also manages Masjid Al-Noor which serves the community around the University of Memphis, and works in partnership with other organizations to serve the Muslims in Memphis and the Memphis Metropolitan Area. Our five core commitments are towards faith, family, youth, community, and our society at large.
Position Description IAGM has identified the youth as one of its most important priorities for the next decade. Our goal is to nurture, facilitate and promote youth programs and activities that will help young people build strong identities and become citizens with knowledge, skills and high level of maturity. The ideal candidate will promote and coordinate programs for and by the youth aimed at their positive participation in the community and acquiring leadership characters. This candidate will build friendship with the youth who are between the ages of 15-25 and will become a person who can understand their problems and relates to them.
Please send (1) a short narrative of your experience and aspirations, (2) curriculum vitae that contains a complete timeline of education and employment, (3) English recordings of khutbahs and lectures, and (4) three references to careers@masjid-arrahman.org. Selected candidates will be interviewed by telephone. Finalists will be invited to spend a weekend with our community.