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Ministry Background Specialist

Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL | Full Time

$54k-71k (estimate)

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Ministry Background Specialist

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Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale is Hiring a Ministry Background Specialist Near Fort Lauderdale, FL

JOB TITLE: Ministry Background Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Volunteer Ministry

REPORTS TO: Manager of the Volunteer Ministry

STATUS: Non-Exempt, Hourly

HOURS: Full-time (40)

LOCATION: Fort Lauderdale | 2401 W Cypress Creek Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

At Calvary Chapel, we are called to make disciples of Jesus Christ by connecting people to God, people to people, and people to outreach. Our vision is to reach our community and change our world. As a staff member, it’s not what we do, it's who we are.

Your passion:

As the Ministry Background Specialist, you must have proven organizational and strategic skills and will be responsible for defining and implementing measurement strategies to support Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale's criminal history policy. This position will coordinate and maintain all criminal history requirements as it pertains to volunteers to stay in compliance with church volunteer standards.

You are:

Convinced a relationship with Jesus changes everything in a person’s life
Committed to keeping your family as your first ministry
Dedicated in your personal study of God’s Word
Consistently placing a high priority on worship and your personal prayer life
An excellent and generous steward of your personal finances
Obedient to God to take a Sabbath and make space for soul-keeping
Deeply compassionate towards people who are in need or hurting
Excited about global missions and local outreach - you want to change the world
A mature Christian
A part of a healthy friendship community and accountability circle
Willing to give up personal pleasures and freedoms in order to live a life above reproach and that is aligned with our Leadership Covenant

You will:

Ensure all related documentation is organized, compiled and processed in a systemic, consistent and usable manner
- Maintain a database/spreadsheet ensuring that all volunteer records are current and accurate in a timely manner
- Schedule appointments and fingerprint volunteers at FTL campus
- Process Federal, FBI, FDLE and local background results
- Be responsible for filing paper and digital files in a data retrieval system
- Enter digital copies of results into Ministry Platform
- Handle confidential information wisely and discretely
- Ensure minimal reprints due to poor quality – (stewardship and timeliness)
- Have a passionate heart to understand, assist, serve and support the ministries of Calvary Chapel with a desire to protect the Body from potential risks
- Take the initiative to seek out and implement best practice solutions for background screening processes

Download, process, then communicate results to their supervisor through an approval process.
- Notify supervisors and ministry overseers of individuals who need to have prints reprocessed through FBI according to the established schedule (typically over 5 years)
- Notify ministry overseers and individuals who need to schedule reprints
- Completing due diligence in researching related data on individuals

Coordinate new volunteer integration process as well as related documentation
Check for sexual predator history on all relevant volunteers
Respond to correspondence, answering and returning telephone calls and e-mails regarding all background and fingerprinting questions and follow-up in a timely manner
Schedule the fingerprinting machine for ministries and all campuses
- Maintaining functionality of the fingerprint machines, computers and related resources
- Proactively working to support and serve multiple ministries on all campus locations
Assist Manager of Volunteer Ministry and participate with other departmental duties and activities as needed

You have:

A Ministry-minded approach to risk aversion and healthy stewardship principles
A Definite call of God to serve in this position as affirmed through a multitude of counselors/interviews (Pro. 11:14)
Spiritual discernment and bearing the Fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22) as well as displaying politeness, confidence, tact, flexibility, and diplomacy while dealing with complex or difficult problems. Able to maintain a Christ-like attitude under challenging circumstance
Administrative qualities and advanced, detailed organizational skills
Self-motivation to achieve excellence in systems and structures while maximizing stewardship opportunities
Ability to deal with highly confidential records and sensitive discipleship opportunities
A strong work ethic to set an example for our staff, volunteers, the Body and other ministries
Dependable and responsible for detailed follow-through on long-term and complex projects
Good verbal and written communication skills, presenting numerical data effectively and correctly as well as interpret written information
The ability to clearly communicate and respond timely and appropriately with pastors, management, staff members, volunteers, and other ministries with strong interpersonal skills and rightly represent Christ as well as the heart of Calvary Chapel
High stress tolerance for multi-tasking in a rapid moving environment
A flexible and openhanded approach to others' ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things. (Col 4:6)
Strong active listening skills (James 1:19)
Advanced computer, email, and administrative skills IE, Excel, Word, etc.
Knowledge of Google platforms, Microsoft Office experience as well.
Detailed problem solving - able to identify, gather, and analyze information, and resolve problems in a timely manner
High mental energy levels for extended periods of time - Physical ability to work up to 8 hour shifts sitting at a desk
Quality Control - the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors their own work to ensure quality as if they were doing it as unto the Lord

What you are required to know:

We are an EEO employer.
You may have to bend, sit or stand for prolonged periods of time, lift, pull, push and/or move up to 35 lbs.
This is a full-time (40 hours/week) hourly non-exempt position.
You may have to work evenings and/or weekends to assist with special events or emergencies.
As an employee of and an associate minister of the Gospel, Calvary Chapel expects all employees to:
- Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role on staff.
- Teach from the Bible in the appropriate environments inclusive of staff meetings, conferences, camps and/or outreach events.

It would be incredible if:

You love what you do and have fun doing it!
You love meeting new people and helping them find joy!
You have a heart for discipleship.
You have some other incredible thing you do.

Work Schedule:

Staff culture is important to what we do. To love like family, we require all staff to attend all staff meetings, department meetings and serve with a willing heart especially at all major campus events. Full time (40 hours/week)