Dickson City Next Steps Director

LCBC Church; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical, dental and vision

Retirement plan contribution and match

Annual counseling benefit

Flexible schedules

Paid time-off

Casual dress

Professional/spiritual development

Investments in personal development

Job summary

LCBC Church’s Next Steps Director in Lackawanna County will engage people in the LCBC community, build and sustain groups, and recruit volunteers to support Next Steps classes, Baptism processes, and giving initiatives. The role requires weekend presence, leadership in Care Ministries, and collaboration with campus pastors to advance LCBC’s mission.

The position emphasizes developing leaders, fostering a culture of growth and confidentiality, and coordinating multiple group environments to move

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a professional, multi-task and multi-staff environment with a track record of achieving goals.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of personalities.
• Ability to build teams and cast vision.

Responsibilities

• Has visible presence connecting with people in the atrium on weekends.
• Achieve 60% group engagement on the campus, predominantly in small Groups.
• Oversee and coordinate onsite, offsite, and online Groups for the LCBC location.
• Identify and develop Leaders for the above Group environments.
• Manage Care Ministries systems, participate in Pastoral Response Team rotation, Benevolence Team and chaplains-on-call.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team building

Vision casting

Discretion

Time management

Job description

Reports to: Hanover Campus Pastor

Direct Consultant: Central Director of Next Steps

Hours Commitment: 40-45 hours per week with regular weekend responsibilities.

Objective: To facilitate lives changed by Christ by helping people identify and take the next step in their journey with Jesus.

Personal Qualifications

• Have apersonalrelationship with Jesus and demonstrate ongoing spiritual growth through everyday habits and practices.
• Support LCBC’s mission to introduce people to Jesus and together fully follow him, along with our ministry philosophy, priorities, and beliefs.
• Be a leader who is:
  • Focused: Work hard with urgency and intensity
  • Collaborative: Bring others into your work, give and ask for feedback
  • Growth-minded: Plan for growth and be ready for when God wants to move by pursuing personal, spiritual, and professional development
• Lead the way in LCBC’s values: We run after the one, we pursue excellence, we prioritize relationships, we deploy people for impact, and we are real and relatable.
• Be an LCBC Partner, or willing to become one within 60 days of employment. Regularly attend and participate at LCBC prior to and/or upon employment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Has visible presence of connecting with people in the atrium on Weekends.

• Achieve 60% Group engagement on the campus predominantly in small Groups.

• Oversee and coordinate onsite, offsite, and online Groups for the LCBC location.

• Identify and develop Leaders for the above Group environments.

• Managing Care Ministries systems for the LCBC location, participating in overseeing the Pastoral Response Team (PRT) rotation, Benevolence Team and the development of chaplains-on-call.

• Create and sustain easy on-ramps for serving opportunities to achieve 50% of adult attendees at your location serving in some capacity.

• Ensure Next Steps Class schedule consistency each month, content and blueprint is followed and participate in teaching Next Steps classes.

• Oversee and coordinate the Baptism process.

• Oversee and coordinate an annual giving initiative.

• Recruit, develop and appreciate volunteers for each of the areas of responsibility above.

• Duties as assigned by the Campus Pastor.

Preferred Education, Skills and Experiences

• Demonstrated experience in a professional, multi-task, and multi-staff environment with track record of successfully accomplishing goals.

• Strong written and oral communications skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of personalities.

• Ability to build teams.

• Ability to vision cast the purpose and mission.

• High level of professional approach to details with exceptional organizational and time management skills.

• Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality in handling office matters of a sensitive nature.

Benefits We Offer

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

• Retirement plan contribution and employer match

• Annual counseling benefit

• Flexible schedules

• Generous and immediate paid time-off

• Casual dress

• Quarterly professional and spiritual development days

• Intentional investment in personal and professional development

Evaluation:

The Next Steps Director will meet regularly with the Dickson City Campus Pastor for planning, goal-setting, progress updates, and general coaching. A formal Action and Development Plan will be completed and reviewed three times throughout the year.