Job Description
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
Sunday Gatherings:
1. Associate to Lead Pastor
• Assist Pastor Derrick in envisioning ministry, and giving leadership to the church and staff, as needed
• Supervise direct reports
• Responsible for budget and financial accountability for areas of oversight
• Working in conjunction with Lead Pastor in “Go” initiatives, including giving oversight to short-term missions trips and teams and also going and leading STM teams.
• Preaching and teaching responsibilities
• Develop, implement, evaluate strategic vision for the effective operation of worship ministry in conjunction with the overall vision of CLA
• Provide leadership, pastoral care, accountability, necessary resources, communication, inspiration to staff and volunteers
• Oversee Worship Director
• Oversee Worship budget
• Ensure the coordination, administration, and scheduling of rehearsals
• Oversee Sunday Design Team
• Provide pastoral leadership and oversight to Tech staff and volunteers
• Liaise with Tech Director for projects
• Provide support and accountability for ongoing development and training
• Relate closely with staff and key volunteers overseeing FI teams: greeters, ushers, guest services, first responders
• Oversee recruitment, training, motivation and potential termination of staff and volunteers
• Oversee First Impressions budget, including ongoing monitoring of finances
• Directly supervise First Impression Coordinator
• Give oversight to Communications Director
• Liaise between department and MLT
• Help resolve conflicts that may arise between departments or within department
• Help oversee Communications budget
Staff Function:
• With MLT, provide vision and guidance over leadership development which may embrace volunteer pastors, cadre, and potential School of Ministry
• Work with Lead Pastor in Network
• Liaise with staff and volunteers in providing special services/productions (i.e. Christmas, Easter, Canada Day, Fall Kickoff) and other major church projects and events arising
• Plan, organize, and coordinate volunteers and staff.
• Demonstrates professional ethics and principles.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Provides consistent leadership skill and humility in responsibility of second chair leadership.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and skill at problem solving.
• Maintains knowledge and skill level to provide expert delivery of services.
• Demonstrates solid knowledge of fiscal responsibility.
• Maintain productivity and focus during periods of interruptions.
• Proven ability to multitask with strong attention to detail.
• Sound mentorship and counselling skills.
• Ability and desire to thrive in a team environment.
• Ability to gets things done – prioritization, planning, goal setting, tracking.
• Strong people skills – leading, teambuilding, caring, empowering, coaching.
• Able to adapt ability to handle pressure, maintain positive outlook & disposition.
• Deep and growing personal relationship with God.
• Consistent evidence of the fruit of the Spirit.
• Innovation, integrity and servant-hearted.
• Committed to lifelong learning.
• Positive & future focused.
Required Skills
Behavioural Competencies:
Spiritual Focus: To live an authentic and growing Christian life.
CLA Focus: Ability and willingness to align one’s own behaviour with the overall mission and strategies of CLA:
Our Mission: Joining God in transforming our lives, neighbourhoods, nation and world.
Our Strategies:
1. GATHER: Regularly attend CLA’s Sunday church services.
2. GROW: Engage in meaningful, growing relationship with God and other Christfollowers in CLA.
3. SERVE: Volunteer my time and talents to serve others in or through CLA.
4. GO: Share my faith through love and good deeds in my neighbourhood and world.
Service Focus: Desire to focus one’s efforts on discovering, meeting and serving the needs of the others as they align with the ministry focus and goals
Teamwork: Work cooperatively within teams, work groups and across CLA to achieve overall vision and goals.
Relationship Building: Able to establish and build rapport with others within the overall objectives of the ministry.
Accountability: Setting of high standards of performance and holding team members and others accountable for results and action.
Faith & Character:
Deep and growing personal relationship with God
Consistent evidence of the fruit of the Spirit
Integrity, Humility, Servant Heart
Committed to life-long learning
Enthusiastic Team Player
Positive & future focused
Innovative
Education Required
• Education, Credentials, Theology
o Post Secondary Diploma/Degree from Bible School or Equivalent
o Ministerial Credentials with PAOC (or recognized by PAOC) or engaged in Credentialing process
o Embraces PAOC theology
▪ Filled with Holy Spirit
▪ Operation of Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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