Director of Ministry Operations at Trinity Church in Lake Nona

A 200-person church in the Lake Nona area seeks a Director of Ministry Operations (DMO).

Are you ready to apply Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding.

The DMO is a highly visible, strategic partner that supports the senior pastor and staff with effective decision-making, project management, and execution of strategic initiatives across all areas of the church.

They will provide the organizational, administrative, and communication framework for leaders, members, and visitors, supporting the volunteers and staff to implement the vision and mission of the church.

If you love people, love the local church, and desire to use your giftings to help the church focus on long-term planning and projects to ensure the health, growth, and outreach of the church in Lake Nona, please contact us.

Join us as a force multiplier as the Director of Ministry Operations.

Orlando-based and residency in the Lake Nona area is ideal.

Job Description

The DMO is a highly visible, strategic partner that supports the senior pastor and staff with effective decision-making, project management, and execution of strategic initiatives across all areas of the church.

Their job is to help establish and maintain the necessary organizational infrastructure to wisely steward our resources (financial, facilities, staff, members, and volunteers).

The core responsibilities involve three key skills :

ORGANIZE : help organize the tasks of each ministry team into an action plan that is easy to follow, evaluate, and revise;

identify the required resources and organize the ideas, projects, people, time, and resources necessary to keep all the ministries moving forward.

• COMMUNICATE : clearly communicate the vision, ideas, projects, and processes to the necessary people. This includes creating content, providing context, and anticipating and answering questions from both inside and outside the church.
• DELEGATE : wisely assign projects and tasks to the appropriate people, support them, and hold them accountable to the results, seeking to accomplish the ministry through the gifts and service of others.

Time Horizon

They will need to balance the present need with the future goal by primarily ordering our 30 / 60 / 90-day cycle. They must both inhabit the present by anticipating and meeting our current needs while simultaneously focusing on the future by anticipating and meeting what is needed to help our church succeed.

• Responsive : prompt, responsive, and personable in communication.
• Fan-ness : You are the church’s and each ministry team’s biggest fan; the pastors and staff must know you want them to succeed.
• Agility and Ambiguity / Anticipation and Action : One of the largest challenges in church planting is the lack of stability and predictability organizationally, physically, and even relationally.

They must be flexible with plans and be able to handle ambiguity. Complications often arise. Challenges abound. This person must be solution-oriented, eagerly entering into, engaging in, and having a posture of seeking to understand difficult situations.

• The Big Picture : They must consistently maintain a holistic view of the church to see how each ministry and decision affects the whole.
• Prepared : You must be punctual and adequately prepared for each meeting and event.
• Relationally Connected : This position is others-oriented and is built upon and sustained by connected and sacrificially-serving relationships.

Attendance in worship, small groups, and church events is assumed and required.

• Humble : Mistakes are inevitable, even desired, but in dealing with mistakes, the key question is : Can you name and own what part of the failure was your fault?
• Follow-up and follow-through : Timely, personalized follow-up and follow-through is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and at times, build out the daily operations of the church.
• In conjunction with the pastor, lead, manage, or run cadence (set the agenda) for staff meetings, leadership meetings, elder’s meetings, offsites, etc.
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, facilitate special projects, and ensure action items are executed on behalf of the church.
• Operate at a tactical, strategic, and operational level, overseeing ministry projects that fall between departments or leadership areas of responsibility.
• Acts as an extension of Trinity’s leadership team and information funnel, filter, and facilitator with internal and external stakeholders of the church.
• Assess all inquiries directed by the Senior Pastor and staff to determine priority and the proper course of action.
• Lead a process that will allow incoming requests for the leadership team and work collaboratively to ensure the team calendar is aligned with the priorities of the church.
• Proactively follow up with ministry leaders if and when goals are not being achieved to determine why they are not being met.

Provide actionable recommendations for improvement.

• Promote team integration as well as cross-functional communication and collaboration.
• Manage key relationships and build a process to track and nurture church members.
• Track high-priority initiatives for the leadership team to identify potential obstacles.
• Proficient in basic event planning skills (the vision, planning, and execution).
• Aid the staff and volunteers in managing the assimilation process for new visitors.
• Help sustain and improve our current process for membership, baptism, and congregational communication.
• Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor to the senior pastor, standing in on meetings, challenging ideas and offering a different perspective, and following up on action items with the team accordingly.

How To Apply

The Church is routing all inquiries through their search firm.

Please send resume inquiries to Paul Cox @ [email protected] or text to 317 560 9061.

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