Director of Matthew’s Ministry

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Resurrection has an opening for a Director of Matthew’s Ministry within our Business Operations Division! The position is full-time, exempt and is located at the Leawood campus at 13720 Roe Ave. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary  

Matthew’s Ministry is Resurrection’s ministry that serves individuals with diverse abilities and their families. The Director of Matthew’s Ministry will oversee, motivate, and equip staff and volunteers to creatively develop and implement dynamic ministry that engages and disciples a diverse ability population and their families/caregivers. In addition, the Director will work with ministries inside the church, as well as other churches and organizations through collaborating and networking to meet the needs of a diverse population while fully embodying the church’s purpose to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. This position works during Sunday programming and occasional evening programming.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Position-Specific 

• Exemplify the church’s values and uphold the staff covenant.
• Passionately lead participants with diverse abilities to faith in Christ and connect with them and their families/caregivers to help facilitate their spiritual growth.
• Capable of relevant communication with participants, parents, family members, caregivers, volunteers, and staff, including speaking to and leading large groups in a program setting.
• Lead and train others to lead faith development activities.
• Lead a process for effective follow-up of first-time visitors and lapsed attendees.
• Recruit, mentor, manage, motivate, equip, and retain staff and volunteers to effectively mobilize Matthew’s Ministry to reach and engage the diverse ability community.
• Provide leadership and direction for Matthew’s Ministry programming by implementing strategic planning and visioning, evaluating existing programs, establishing new ministry opportunities, setting ministry goals and direction, and leading new and existing processes with the Matthew’s Ministry staff.
• Manage the business operations of the ministry including but not limited to budget forecasting, budget management, asset management, personnel management, and donor relations.
• Assist in goal development and performance management for direct reports.
• Develop and document procedures and oversee lesson plans to ensure the ministry meets the individual needs of each participant.
• Lead staff meetings and facilitate meaningful discussion and input from the team.
• Delegate work to others and provide timely follow-up.
• Attend ministry, divisional, and church-wide meetings.
• Develop good working relationships with other ministry departments and represent the Matthew’s Ministry team at cross-departmental meetings.
• Foster networking among other churches and organizations.
• Other duties as assigned.      

Churchwide 

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Competencies

• Dedicated, dependable, and highly motivated.
• Adapting – remains flexible and modifies behaviors quickly to help the program meet the dynamic needs of families, staff, and volunteers.
• Problem Solving – makes good decisions quickly, solves problems effectively to help move the program forward.
• Resourcing – secures and deploys resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Team Building – lead and develop highly effective teams, whether supervised or informal, where individuals with diverse skills achieve ambitious goals. Ability to work in collaborative environment and be energetic.
• Good Communication – excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective Leadership – ability to model for and assign tasks, training experience and organizational skills.
• Computer literacy – knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently.   Knowledge of and experience in Microsoft office or Apple software is beneficial.
• Volunteer Leadership – work with team to recruit, train, and develop volunteers.

Qualifications 

• Preferred degree in Education, Applied Behavior, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Counseling, Social Work, or a related field. 
• 2 or more years of experience coordinating and leading programs for individuals with diverse abilities.
• Proven results working with individuals with diverse abilities ranging from autism, down syndrome, and other physical, developmental, and intellectual disabilities.
• Physical requirements: Ability to stand for extended periods of time, lift heavy objects/people, and move around with participants which may include being on the floor.