West Shore Next Steps Director

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement plan contribution and employer match

Annual counseling benefit

Generous and immediate paid time-off

Casual dress

Quarterly professional and spiritual development days

Job summary

LCBC Church is seeking a Next Steps Director for its Mechanicsburg location. The ideal candidate will facilitate lives being changed by Christ, helping individuals identify their next steps in their journey with Jesus.

The role involves connecting with individuals on weekends, overseeing group engagement, and developing leaders. The position requires excellent leadership and organizational skills, with a commitment to LCBC’s mission and values.

Benefits include competitive medical coverage, retirement plan contributions, and generous paid time-off.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional, multi-task, and multi-staff environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to build teams and vision-cast for purpose and mission.

Responsibilities

• Connect with people in the atrium on Weekends.
• Achieve 60% Group engagement on campus predominantly in small Groups.
• Oversee and coordinate onsite, offsite, and online Groups.
• Manage Care Ministries systems at the LCBC location.
• Create on-ramps for serving opportunities to engage adult attendees.
• Ensure Next Steps Class consistency and participate in teaching.
• Oversee the Baptism process and annual generosity initiative.

Skills

Leadership skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Reports to: West Shore Campus Pastor

Direct Consultant: Central Director of Next Steps

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

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

Personal Qualifications:

• Have a personal relationship 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 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 annual generosity initiative.
• Recruit, develop and appreciate volunteers for each of the areas of responsibility above.
• Duties as assigned by the Campus Pastor.

Required Skills:

• 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
• Generous and immediate paid time‑off
• Casual dress
• Quarterly professional and spiritual development days
• Intentional investment in personal and professional development

Evaluation:

The West Shore Next Steps Director will meet regularly with the West Shore 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.