Campus Experience Director

Virginia Academy; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Church in Virginia is seeking a Campus Experience Director to lead the weekend experience, develop teams, and build scalable systems that reflect our mission to love people as God loves us.

This role partners with Programming, Ops, NextGen, and Ministry staff to recruit volunteers, coach leaders, and ensure hospitality, safety, and excellence across all campus environments. You will shape strategy, drive training, and measure outcomes to keep weekends strong.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant ministry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, and lead volunteer teams.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience leading teams through change and organizational growth.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and lead multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Campus Experience coordinators and team leaders while equipping hundreds of volunteers to create exceptional weekend experiences.
• Build and sustain healthy leadership structures by recruiting, developing, coaching, and empowering coordinators, team leads, and team members.
• Use the Leadership Playbook to coach leaders, evaluate performance, and identify future leaders through Community Church’s leadership pathway.
• Carry the mission and vision for success in your department, connecting the dots on why we do what we do.
• Attend monthly Team Nights (10) and oversee training breakouts for team development.
• Attend staff, ministry, and 1:1 meetings with your direct report for communication, development, collaboration, and synergy.
• Set, measure, and accomplish SMART goals aligned with Community Church’s goals.
• Conduct regular weekend evaluations and identify opportunities to improve the guest experience.
• Provide direct leadership for all assigned Campus Experience Ministries, including Parking, Hospitality (including Team O Central), Hosts, Safety & Security, and other guest-facing environments.
• Champion a culture of hospitality, where every guest feels seen, valued, and encouraged to take a meaningful next step toward Jesus.

Skills

Leadership

Volunteer recruitment

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Guest experience

Collaboration

Change management

Communication

Education

Graduate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

• Job Title: Campus Experience Director
• Department: Ministry
• Reports to: Senior Director of Ministry
• Works closely with: Church Staff (Programming, Ops, NextGen)
• Status: Full Time, avg. 40+ hrs/week

Job Summary

The Campus Experience Director provides leadership and direction for creating a warm, safe, excellent, and relational experience for every person who comes onto our campus. This leader develops teams, improves systems, and ensures every weekend reflects Community Church’s mission to love people the same way God loves us. This person doesn’t simply execute weekends-they build leaders and scalable systems that make exceptional weekends sustainable.

About You

The skills and experience needed to be successful…

You'll Thrive With Us If You (Required)

• Love developing leaders as much as serving guests.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Naturally notice details that shape a guest’s experience.
• Value collaboration, while taking ownership of your responsibilities.
• Can move comfortably between strategic planning and weekend execution.
• Receive feedback well and continually improve.
• Believe the church's mission to love people the same way God loves us is worth your best time, energy, and effort.

What we expect you will bring to the table (Desired)

• 5 years of relevant ministry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, and lead volunteer teams.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience leading teams through change and organizational growth.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and lead multiple projects simultaneously.

What Doe Success Look Like

• Guests consistently experience a warm, safe, and welcoming environment.
• Campus Experience teams are healthy, fully staffed, and led by capable volunteer leaders.
• Leaders are consistently identified, developed, and multiplied through the leadership pathway.
• Weekend environments are prepared with excellence and consistency.
• Cross-department collaboration results in a seamless weekend experience.
• Campus Experience develops scalable leaders, systems, and environments that support Community Church’s continued growth.

Core Values

These are the values that we live by every day…

• Time with God. Motto: We run on the Holy Spirit.
• Empowering. Motto: We build up!
• Accountable. Motto: Everyone’s coached.
• Mission 1st. Motto: We are missional and not positional.
• Over-the-top. Motto: We go above & beyond expectations.
• Relational. Motto: We are a family.
• Authentic. Motto: We share our struggles.
• NNo matter what! Motto: We take risks!
• Grateful. Motto: We get to do this!
• Electrifying. Motto: We create the atmosphere.

Responsibilities

LEADERSHIP - Provide strategic leadership for Campus Experience coordinators and team leaders while equipping hundreds of volunteers to create exceptional weekend experiences.

• Build and sustain healthy leadership structures by recruiting, developing, coaching, and empowering coordinators, team leads, and team members.
• Use the Leadership Playbook to coach leaders, evaluate performance, and identify future leaders through Community Church’s leadership pathway.
• Carry the mission and vision for success in your department, connecting the dots on why we do what we do.
• Model, celebrate, and correct behavior to strengthen our culture through our values and serve standards.
• Attend monthly Team Nights (10) and oversee training breakouts for team development.
• Attend staff, ministry, and 1:1 meetings with your direct report for communication, development, collaboration, and synergy.
• Set, measure, and accomplish SMART goals aligned with Community Church’s goals.
• Conduct regular weekend evaluations and identify opportunities to improve the guest experience.
• Provide direct leadership for all assigned Campus Experience Ministries, including Parking, Hospitality (including Team O Central), Hosts, Safety & Security, and other guest-facing environments.
• Champion a culture of hospitality, where every guest feels seen, valued, and encouraged to take a meaningful next step toward Jesus.

ADMINISTRATION - Love is in the details. Ensure we’re good stewards of the resources entrusted to us.

• Annually request and oversee the Campus Experience budget, spending, and expensing.
• Measure key Campus Experience outcomes and use data and feedback to continually improve the weekend experience.
• Ensure documented procedures and emergency plans exist for each Campus Experience environment.
• Establish standards for ministry environments, supplies, signage, and volunteer teams to be prepared for exceptional weekend execution.
• Ensure all Campus Experience teams are staffed, trained, and prepared before each weekend.

COLLABORATION - Clarity + Consistency = Confidence.

• Partner with Programming to develop a holistic weekend experience.
• Partner with Communications to ensure the guest experience aligns with the church’s vision and messaging.
• Partner with Operations to ensure facilities are clean, kept up with, and reflect an excellent environment.
• Partner with NextGen to ensure ministry effectiveness and congruency.
• Partner with Ministry Engagement to ensure every guest has a clear pathway toward becoming a fully developing follower of Jesus.
• Support church-wide initiatives and special events as needed.

Education

The desired and required education for this role…

You’ll Thrive With Us If You (Desired)

• Graduate-level degree in ministry, leadership, organizational leadership, business, education, communications, or a related field.
• Additional ministry training, certifications, seminary coursework, or leadership development experience
• Ongoing learner who actively pursues personal, spiritual, and leadership growth

What we expect you to bring to the table (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated competency, leadership experience, and ability to lead within a growing church environment
• Alignment with the vision, values, and culture of Community Church

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position and should not be considered a contract of employment. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.