Technical Director Job Description

Calvary Evangelical Free Church; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for employee and-dep

Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts

Pre-tax 403b retirement plan

Long-term disability insurance

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Rochester, MN is seeking a Technical Director to plan and oversee audio, visual, and lighting for weekly services and special events.

The role partners with the Worship Pastor to lead volunteers, maintain equipment, and ensure high production quality while fostering a healthy team culture.

Experience with live sound, video, and broadcast tech is required, and a servant-hearted leadership style is valued at Calvary.

Qualifications

• Highly proficient in live FOH and broadcast audio production with modern technology.
• Proficient with video cameras, video switchers, ProPresenter, lighting consoles and projectors.
• Ability to recruit, train, and lead volunteer teams well.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; able to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, develop, and schedule technical volunteers for services and events.
• Onboard new volunteers, creating and maintaining training materials and documentation.
• Foster a healthy team culture of growth, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee and lead volunteers during Sunday worship services.
• Mix live FOH audio on a regular basis.
• Provide audio support for mid-week rehearsal.
• Manage stage setup, configuration, and teardown for rehearsals, services and events.
• Establish and maintain standards for audio, video, and lighting.
• Edit and upload weekly podcast episodes and sermon videos.
• Oversee production of the weekly livestream for consistency and quality.
• Support other ministry departments with A/V needs.
• Keep equipment up to date with software/firmware updates.

Skills

FOH audio

Broadcast audio

Dante networking

Logic Pro

Video cameras

Video switchers (Blackmagic)

ProPresenter

Lighting consoles

Projectors

Volunteer leadership

Tools

Allen & Heath Avantis

Dante

Blackmagic

Job description

Calvary Evangelical Free Church, Rochester, Minnesota

Position Overview

Position: Technical Director
Type: Full Time
Reports to: Worship Pastor

Pay and Benefits: Calvary offers a competitive salary and a full array of benefits including health
coverage for employee and dependents, pre-tax health savings accounts, a pre-tax 403b retirement
plan, long-term disability insurance, and generous paid time off. We have a staff of 20 in a healthy
teaming work environment with almost no turn-over.

About Calvary

Calvary Evangelical Free Church is a well-established and growing EFCA church located in North West
Rochester, Minnesota. Currently offering 3 Sunday worship services identical in content and style,
Calvary’s mission and purpose is to make disciples who have a passion for Christ, and compassion for
people. Current average weekly attendance is approximately 850 people and growing. The worship style
is modern, incorporating the best of old and new hymns and songs. Calvary places a high value on
participation of the congregation in worship and seeks to appropriately use audio and video
technologies to support the congregation in passionate worship, while guarding against over-production
or becoming performance-driven.

Role Overview

The Technical Director works closely with the Worship Pastor to plan and oversee the execution of
audio, visual and lighting elements in weekly worship services and other ministry events, providing
vision and oversight to technical volunteers. Calvary has a new sanctuary sound system (installed
September 2026), a new studio for live-streaming and podcast recording, and a growing budget for
further improvements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, develop, and schedule technical volunteers for services and other events.
• Onboard new volunteers, creating and maintaining training materials and documentation.
• Foster a healthy team culture of growth, excellence, and continuous improvement.

Weekly Production

• Oversee and lead volunteers during the Sunday worship services.
• Mix live FOH audio on a regular basis.
• Provide audio support for the mid-week rehearsal (Thursday evenings).
• Manage stage setup, configuration, and teardown for rehearsals, services and events.
• Establish and maintain standards for audio, video, and lighting for consistency from week to
  week.

Media and Content

• Edit and upload weekly podcast episodes and sermon videos.
• Edit and produce other occasional video projects as required.
• Oversee production of the weekly livestream, ensuring audio & video consistency and quality
  from week to week.

Systems and Support

• Provide support to other ministry departments at Calvary for A/V technical needs.
• Keep audio and visual equipment up to date with software/firmware updates, maintaining
  systems and devices.
• Manage upgrades and purchasing of new equipment when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Qualifications
Required

• Highly proficient in live FOH and broadcast audio production with modern technology (Allen &
  Heath Avantis consoles, Dante network audio solutions, Logic Pro).
• Proficient with visual technologies – video cameras, video switchers (Blackmagic) ProPresenter,
  lightning consoles and projectors.
• Ability to recruit, train, and lead volunteer teams well.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; able to manage multiple concurrent projects
  and deadlines, and delegate when needed.

Preferred

• Prior production experience within a church or ministry setting. Ideal candidates will have 3+ year’s experience within a live church production environment.
• Experience with Ableton Live 12 for click-track production, MIDI cues, audio tracks etc.
• Graphic design abilities.
• Be in full alignment with Calvary’s Statement of Faith and vision for corporate worship.
• Able to align with the Worship Pastor’s creative direction and vision for the overall audio mixing approach and visual elements within worship services.
• Be a servant-hearted leader who seeks to grow in discipleship and Christ-likeness.
• Able to support other ministries and collaborate as a team player.
• Active member of a shepherding community group (Calvary small group)
• Able to be present at the mid-week worship rehearsal.
• Participate in staff meetings.
• Able to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.
• Maintain flexibility with working hours and schedule to support a range of events that sometimes fall on evenings and weekends, such as weddings, funerals, special events
  and seasonal specials (Christmas and Easter).

Physical Requirements

The role requires moving/lifting of heavy equipment and the need to move or install production
equipment from time to time, when appropriately trained.