Connections Lead

Summary

The Connections Lead (CL) at a congregation of The Austin Stone Community Church serves to equip and mobilize leaders and partners across the congregation. The CL will manage the process by which those on the outside will visit, those that visit will return regularly, and those that are regular attenders will join with the mission and vision of Austin Stone Community Church as partners. The CL will report to the Congregation Executive Pastor.

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensure the strategies for connections ministry are implemented at the congregation.


• Lead the connections and hospitality teams, maintaining a culture of hospitality. 


• Recruit, develop, equip, and resource Connections, and Hospitality team leaders.


• Create and lead events that assist with the connections and assimilation process.


• Create pathways and processes to connect people to service teams. 


• Support the elders and CP/CXP in the shepherding and pastoral care of connections and hospitality volunteers.


• Ensure follow up, continued connection and back-end follow through. 


• Assess and report on ministry effectiveness and make improvements as needed.


• Maintain records and steward the allotted ministry budget.


• Attend, and participate in all required events and activities for The Austin Stone, including staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, retreats and staff development days.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, Bachelor’s degree, preferred


• 2 years of experience in a vocational ministry role, or equivalent experience


• Previous experience shepherding people and providing pastoral care, preferred


• Experience leading volunteers, preferred

Competencies

Administration - Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement ministry programming. Integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan. Strong ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, with dependability and excellence. Understanding of The Austin Stone’s ministry strategy and competency in application of strategies in equipping and mobilization. Able to create and manage a ministry budget.

Interpersonal Skills & Communication - Energized by meeting, engaging and connecting with others. Has clarity of speech and proper use of grammar. Able to negotiate and make effective presentations to diverse groups. Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input. Able to teach and train in a variety of settings.

Detail Oriented & Organizational Skills - Proven skills in creating, implementing, maintaining, and following through on processes that ensure people are engaged, cared for, informed and connected. Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promote a continuous improvement mentality.

Leadership Development - Ability to lead, recruit, resource, and mobilize volunteer teams to scale. Ability to recruit, manage, and lead resident/intern teams. Proven capacity to multiply leaders (staff, deacons, volunteers, etc.) who hold and can communicate the church's values.

Collaborative Leadership - Strong complementary leadership skills and capacity to lead in concert with other leaders. Demonstrated ability to network and connect with leaders toward Kingdom outcomes. Collaborate across the organization and with various ministry partners. Cultivate purpose-driven, relational networks.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.


• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.


• Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as a computer keyboard, mouse, and similar machines.

Disclaimer

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

Culture and Character   

Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.

Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church. At a minimum, each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.

As part of our child safety program, employees in this role will be required to participate in a child safety screening and training process upon hire.

Please read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team at The Austin Stone. 

The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.