Another 5 are selected by the Women's Division for special knowledge and background, and to assure representation of racial and ethnic minority persons and youth. There are 41 positions on the executive staff. Additionally, there are 11 professional staff and 58 support staff persons. This includes all Women's Division staff. The Division meets in the spring and fall as part of the meeting of the General Board of Global Ministries.
Work is conducted through a variety of task groups, committees and sections.
Each has designated and limited responsibilities which require many items to be voted upon by the full Division. Directors serve as members of one section and one or more other groups. Business is conducted by parliamentary procedure, with a simple majority required for approval of recommendations. The amount of the annual budget is governed by Women's Division policy and cannot exceed the dollar amount received in the previous year. This is primarily the undesignated Pledge to Mission giving of local units of United Methodist Women.