Groups & Care Director

Christ Fellowship; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Christ Fellowship is seeking a Groups & Care Director for the Royal Palm Beach campus. The role leads campus Groups & Care staff, group leaders, class facilitators, coaches, and volunteers to cultivate spiritual growth, prayer, care, leadership development, and multiplication.

The ideal candidate demonstrates leadership, discernment, exhortation, teaching, and pastor/shepherd gifts and will shepherd a healthy culture within the ministry.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a growing and mature relationship with Jesus Christ and models the church’s mission and values.
• Relational leader with a heart for connecting, shepherding, recruiting, and developing people.
• Clear biblical communication with wisdom, discernment, and discretion in care situations.
• Builds healthy relationships and collaborates with staff, leaders, coaches, and volunteers.
• Strong organizational skills, initiative, follow-through, and comfort with church-management and web-based systems.
• Willing to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Execute the Central Groups & Care vision and strategy across campus ministries.
• continually invite, develop, and resource Group Leaders, Coaches, Class Facilitators, and Care volunteers.
• Maintain sufficient open Groups by developing leaders and enabling multiplication.
• Facilitate Leader Orientation and training opportunities for ministry.
• Develop and support Coaches who equip and care for leaders.
• Monitor group and leader health and provide support and follow-up.
• Lead Celebrate Recovery, Prayer Teams, and benevolence, including triage counseling and prayer.

Skills

Leadership

Pastoral care

Volunteer development

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Groups & Care Director provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the Groups & Care ministry at the Royal Palm Beach campus. This individual shepherds and leads the campus Groups & 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.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate one or more of the following spiritual gifts: leadership, discernment, exhortation, teaching, and pastor/shepherd.

JOB DUTIES:

Invite and Resource Leaders

• Execute the Central Groups & Care vision and strategy while championing Groups and biblical community across all campus ministries.
• Continually invite, develop, and resource Group Leaders, Coaches, Class Facilitators, Celebrate Recovery leaders, Prayer Team members, and Care volunteers.
• Maintain sufficient open Groups across key demographics by developing new leaders, identifying co-leaders, and creating opportunities for healthy multiplication.
• Facilitate New Leader Orientation, Leader Interest Meetings, and other training opportunities to equip leaders for ministry.

Coach and Shepherd Leaders

• Develop and support Coaches who equip, encourage, pray for, and provide ongoing care for leaders.
• Monitor Group and leader health, providing encouragement, support, and appropriate follow-up when concerns arise.
• Facilitate regular Leader Community opportunities while helping leaders identify and develop co-leaders and multiply healthy Groups.

Provide Care

• Lead and support Celebrate Recovery, Prayer Teams, and benevolence, and develop volunteers to help care for people.
• Provide triage counseling, prayer, and other support as needed.
• Officiate weddings and funerals and support weekend ministry as requested.

Lead and Administer the Department

• Work with the Campus Pastor and central team to establish and execute semester Groups & Care goals and lead the campus Groups & Care team with clear direction, accountability, encouragement, and development.
• Lead the day-to-day execution of Groups, Classes, Care, Celebrate Recovery, and Prayer in partnership with Central Groups & Care and campus teams.
• Maintain accurate ministry information in the relationship management system (ROCK) and on the Christ Fellowship website while monitoring and reporting key Groups & Care goals and measurables.
• Manage the campus Groups & Care budget and ensure ministry resources are stewarded effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

The Groups & Care Director should:

• Demonstrate a growing and mature relationship with Jesus Christ and model Christ Fellowship’s mission, values, and leader values.
• Be a relational people bringer with a heart for connecting, shepherding, recruiting, and developing people and volunteer leaders.
• Communicate biblical truth clearly while demonstrating wisdom, discernment, compassion, and discretion in care situations.
• Build healthy relationships and collaborate effectively with staff, leaders, Coaches, and volunteers.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, initiative, follow-through, and comfort with church-management and web-based systems.
• Be willing to maintain a schedule that includes evenings and weekends.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• 4-6 years of ministry-related experience, including experience recruiting, developing, and leading volunteer teams.

JOB SPECS

Classification: Full-Time, Salary (Exempt)
Reporting to: Campus Pastor