Applications for Employment

Wartburg Seminary looks forward to receiving your letters of interest and resumes for current open positions. Electronic submissions are requested. Please send cover letter, resume and three references to hr@wartburgseminary.edu.

Job Openings


Financial Manager, The CaSTLE Project

This person is responsible for managing the financial tracking of the 7.4 million dollar Lilly Endowment grant and providing oversight for the use of funds by the sub-grant partners. This is a five-year position, which will conclude on December 31st, 2029, at the conclusion of the grant period. Click here for complete position information. 


Director for Community Life & Candidacy

The Director for Community Life and Candidacy reports to the Vice President for Leadership Formation and is primarily responsible for accompanying students on their formational journey, from enrollment into coursework and community life, culminating with commencement, including candidacy. The Director for Community Life and Candidacy partners with the Department for Vocation and Formation to accomplish the work of the department for the mission of the seminary. Click here for complete position information. 



Non-Discrimination in Employment Policy

The Seminary is committed to both the spirit and the applicable legal requirements of equal employment opportunity. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, all employment decisions, to include hiring, training, promotion, and other employment-related programs, are provided fairly to all persons on an equal opportunity basis.  Employment decisions at the Seminary will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. The Seminary does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, disabled veteran or any other trait that is protected under local, state or federal law.  As an organization of the church, the Seminary may consider religious factors, including clergy or lay status, in making personnel decisions.

Diversity Statement

Wartburg Theological Seminary recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Consumer and Safety Information

The Wartburg Theological Seminary Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report is published in September annually and distributed to all current students and employees as well as to prospective students and employees. This is the compliance document to the Federal Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 also known as the Clery Act, with Higher Education Amendments.

Consumer Information
The United States Department of Education requires participants in Title IV Federal Funding Programs to disclose the following consumer information on our website and annually to enrolled and prospective students and our campus community.

If you desire a paper copy, please write to Caren Sellers, Director for Financial Aid and Reporting, Wartburg Theological Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA 52003 or e-mail her at csellers@wartburgseminary.edu.