Central Presbyterian Church
Director of Ministry Support - Position Description

10/2005: This position has been filled. Thank you for your interest.

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Purpose:

This position is part of the Senior Leadership Team of the church. The other members of the team are the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastor.

Aligned with the Senior and Associate Pastor, Session, and vision of the church, this position provides strategic leadership, oversight and support in the areas of administration, human resources, finance, legal, facilities, communication, and information technology. This position focuses on the management of staff, resources, processes, policies and procedures needed to support the church and its ministries. Ultimately, the goal of the person filling this position will be to ensure that ministry teams operating both within and outside of church walls are appropriately resourced and supported to accomplish their mission.

Duties and Responsibilities: Full Time

• As part of the Senior Leadership Team, help identify and execute the strategies that will continually support the mission of the church (Moving people towards Christ) and movement toward its vision (Church without Walls)
• Provide direct management and supervision for the Office Manager, Assistant Treasurer, and Facilities Manager. This includes day-to-day oversight, performance management (including goal setting, on-going feedback appraisal/review), and job development for staff.
• Oversight of part-time staff, volunteer staff, and lay teams including but not limited to those involved with Human Resources, Information Technology and Communications.
• Provide guidance and support to the Trustees as they administrate the financial, real property, and legal resources of the church to support the church's vision, mission and values as defined by Session and the Senior Leadership Team.
• Serve as liaison between Trustees and Senior Leadership Team by working with Trustee chair to develop Trustee meeting agendas, attend Trustee meetings, and finance, legal, and building and ground team meetings as necessary.
• Work with Trustees to apply and refine the building use policies so as to optimize the ministry effectiveness of the property, and to disciple the congregation in the area of stewardship.
• Coordinate the annual and long-term budgeting process.
• Provide direction, communication and management for the following operation functions: administration, human resources, finance, legal, facilities, information technology and communication.
• Coordinate communications between all full-time, part-time and volunteer staff that support operational functions and resources.
• Document current administration, human resources, finance, legal, facilities, communication and information technology processes. Communicate current processes to staff and congregation. Ensure that all involved parties are appropriately trained.
• Minimize duplication of effort through awareness and communication of church activities. Maintain up-to-date documentation and ensure that this information is freely available to staff and congregation when and where needed.
• Analyze existing administration, human resources, finance, legal, facilities, communication and information technology processes and policies for possible redesign, staffing and/or reorganization.
• Analyze operational needs and identify new processes and/or the corresponding staff necessary to meet those needs (on-going).
• Develop and oversee implementation of new/revised operational policies, procedures, and related documentation and training.
• Assess ministry resource requirements and identify ways to proactively meet the needs of ministry leaders.
• Work closely with the Senior Pastor, Associates Pastor, Trustees and ministry leaders to identify, implement and maintain resources, processes, policies and procedures necessary for the support of all church ministries.
• Oversee the continuous improvement (quality and effectiveness) of all operational processes and staff in support of those processes. Make improvement recommendations to the Senior Leadership Team, Session, and/or Trustees. Recommendations will include options, risks, and financial impact.
• Organize, train and develop part-time staff and lay volunteers to effectively meet the operational and resource needs of the church and its ministries

Minimum Education and Experience:

• 5-7+ years of operational management experience in a church, non-profit organization or private sector
• Experience as part of executive management team desirable
• BA or BS (Masters of Divinity or MBA desirable)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Professes an active faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, is willing to become a church member, and can answer affirmatively the questions for officers in the PCUSA Book of Order: G-14.0207.
• Spiritual Gifts of administration, leadership, pastoring (shepherding), wisdom and knowledge
• Organization/staff management, human resources, and individual employee management and development
• Process analysis and improvement
• Ability to develop new processes, policies and procedures
• Broad knowledge and experience with the management of operational processes, policies, procedures, and resources
• Practical experience of HR processes, including recruiting, hiring, staffing, and performance management
• Financial management and forecasting experience
• Organizational planning and strategic development
• Practical experience managing the strategic use of information technology to improve operational processes
• Communications planning and management
• Proven ability to develop strategic partnerships with other organizations

Working Conditions:

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment, but may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises.

Physicial Effort:

• Limited physical effort required including heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required objects up to 50 pounds.

Environmental Conditions:

• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Additional Information:

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Position description content last updated 5/19/2005