Job Overview

The West Nashville Executive Director (XD) works closely with the West Nashville Pastor to advance the mission of Midtown West by developing and deploying systems and strategies and measuring their impact, while ensuring adequate funding and alignment of human resources. Key responsibilities include executing the Sunday service, managing the West Nashville staff team, leading and implementing discipleship group ministry, developing volunteer teams, and executing all congregational events.

The West Nashville XD is a member of the Movement-wide XD Co-op, which provides opportunities to enhance performance through formal training and sharing best practices.

Job Description

Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic planning, programming, and leadership to the ministry of Midtown West
• Manage key processes and projects, including development, implementation, and assessment of the congregational annual plan
• Develop, manage, and monitor annual budget while maintaining physical resources
• Maintain ongoing partnership with and responsibility for Sunday morning facility
• Build, develop and lead a team of volunteers (including recruitment, training and scheduling) to carry out Sunday morning service, including Kidtown
• Lead the discipleship groups ministry and oversee, support, and train the group leaders
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for emergency situations
• Plan and execute congregational events
• Coordinate communication across platforms
• Provide operational support and insight to Midtown West Diaconate Team
• Run regularly scheduled team meetings
• Oversee appropriate staff functions and weekly work of congregational staff

Education, Skills, and Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• At least two years experience working in administrative leadership
• Strong relational skills
• Experience leading teams
• Committed Christian faith. Belief and lifestyle is consistent with the doctrine of the PCA.
• Strong gifting in leadership and administration

Additional Skills and Experience:

• Good at loving people in work and in life
• Strategic thinker with record of steering projects to successful conclusion
• Can understand objectives and is comfortable making decisions within given boundaries
• People focused, accomplishing work through empowering and developing others
• Organized and attuned to detail
• Fearless forecaster who builds solutions addressing tomorrow's problems
• Clear communicator and communication planner
• Builds teams of volunteers and possess necessary supervisory and leadership skills
• Experience in budget management
• Plans events with joy and attention to attender experience

Personal Characteristics:

• Personally pursues Jesus
• Ownership for self and work
• Humble, thrives on feedback, and seeks growth
• Emotionally mature
• Diagnoses and solves problems personally and professionally
• Flourishes with flexibility
• Enjoys risk, change, and adaptation
• Follows through while managing time and emotional capacity with grace and resolve
• Can process and hold sensitive and confidential information
• Willingly engages in healthy conflict
• Pattern of strong relationships
• Approaches daily work as a calling