Groups & Care Director at Christ Fellowship

<p><strong>JOB SUMMARY:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The&nbsp;<strong>Groups &amp; Care Director </strong>provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the Groups &amp; Care ministry at the Royal Palm Beach campus.&nbsp; This individual shepherds and leads the campus Groups &amp; Care staff, group leaders, class facilitators, coaches, and volunteer teams while cultivating a healthy culture of spiritual growth, prayer, care, leadership development, and group multiplication.</p> <p>The ideal candidate will demonstrate one or more of the following spiritual gifts: leadership, discernment, exhortation, teaching, and pastor/shepherd.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>JOB DUTIES:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Invite and Resource Leaders</strong></p> <ul> <li>Execute the Central Groups &amp; Care vision and strategy while championing Groups and biblical community across all campus ministries.</li> <li>Continually invite, develop, and resource Group Leaders, Coaches, Class Facilitators, Celebrate Recovery leaders, Prayer Team members, and Care volunteers.</li> <li>Maintain sufficient open Groups across key demographics by developing new leaders, identifying co-leaders, and creating opportunities for healthy multiplication.</li> <li>Facilitate New Leader Orientation, Leader Interest Meetings, and other training opportunities to equip leaders for ministry.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Coach and Shepherd Leaders</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and support Coaches who equip, encourage, pray for, and provide ongoing care for leaders.</li> <li>Monitor Group and leader health, providing encouragement, support, and appropriate follow-up when concerns arise.</li> <li>Facilitate regular Leader Community opportunities while helping leaders identify and develop co-leaders and multiply healthy Groups.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Provide Care</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead and support Celebrate Recovery, Prayer Teams, and benevolence, and develop volunteers to help care for people.</li> <li>Provide triage counseling, prayer, and other support as needed.</li> <li>Officiate weddings and funerals and support weekend ministry as requested.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Lead and Administer the Department</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work with the Campus Pastor and central team to establish and execute semester Groups &amp; Care goals and lead the campus Groups &amp; Care team with clear direction, accountability, encouragement, and development.</li> <li>Lead the day-to-day execution of Groups, Classes, Care, Celebrate Recovery, and Prayer in partnership with Central Groups &amp; Care and campus teams.</li> <li>Maintain accurate ministry information in the relationship management system (ROCK) and on the Christ Fellowship website while monitoring and reporting key Groups &amp; Care goals and measurables.</li> <li>Manage the campus Groups &amp; Care budget and ensure ministry resources are stewarded effectively.</li> </ul> <p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS</strong></p> <p>The Groups &amp; Care Director should:</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrate a growing and mature relationship with Jesus Christ and model Christ Fellowship’s mission, values, and leader values.</li> <li>Be a relational people bringer with a heart for connecting, shepherding, recruiting, and developing people and volunteer leaders.</li> <li>Communicate biblical truth clearly while demonstrating wisdom, discernment, compassion, and discretion in care situations.</li> <li>Build healthy relationships and collaborate effectively with staff, leaders, Coaches, and volunteers.</li> <li>Demonstrate strong organizational skills, initiative, follow-through, and comfort with church-management and web-based systems.</li> <li>Be willing to maintain a schedule that includes evenings and weekends.</li> </ul> <p><strong>EDUCATION</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree preferred.</li> </ul> <p><strong>RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE</strong></p> <ul> <li>4-6 years of ministry-related experience, including experience recruiting, developing, and leading volunteer teams.</li> </ul> <p><strong>JOB SPECS</strong></p> <p>Classification: Full-Time, Salary (Exempt)<br>Reporting to: Campus Pastor</p>