Equipping & Women's Ministry Director presso The Austin Stone Community Church

Summary

The Equipping and Women’s Ministry Director (EWD) at a congregation of The Austin Stone Community Church serves to equip and mobilize leaders and partners across the congregation. With the support of the Central Women’s Ministry Director, the EWD will advocate for a flourishing women’s ministry at their congregation that is both consistent in mission, vision and values with the overall ministry and serves the unique needs of women in that context. The EWD will report to the Spiritual Formation Director/Pastor.

Essential Responsibilities

• Attend, serve, and lead at all required events and activities for The Austin Stone, including all Sunday services, staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, central Women’s Ministry events, etc.

Equipping

• Lead and support in complicated internal and external cases that involve women. 
• Ensure equipping classes and environments are executed with excellence. 
• Appropriately market classes and environments to maximize engagement.
• Recruit, develop, and deploy volunteers, leaders, and teachers.
• Assess equipping classes and provide ongoing improvement of content and delivery.
• Facilitate annual partnership renewal process.
• Provide administrative support to the partnership process, assisting with partner gatherings as necessary.
• Support and maintain regular database and reporting structures.
• May facilitate deacon recruitment and training process, providing ongoing guidance and consultation. 
• May assist with mobilization efforts while developing and maintaining strategic non-church partnerships for local impact. 

Women’s Ministry

• Collaborate with congregational leadership and the Central Women’s Ministry for the planning, promoting and execution of centralized women’s events.
• Effectively deploy centralized resources for the congregation.
• Identify and respond to unique discipleship needs within the congregation and provide additional opportunities for the assimilation, spiritual formation, mobilization and leadership development of women.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, Bachelor’s degree, preferred
• 2 years of experience in a teaching or ministry leadership role, or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of TAS programs and ministry strategies

Competencies

Administration - Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement ministry programming. Integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan. Strong ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, with dependability and excellence. Understanding of The Austin Stone’s ministry strategy and competency in application of strategies in equipping and mobilization. Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promote a continuous improvement mentality.

Interpersonal Skills & Communication - Teach - Energized by meeting, engaging and connecting with others. Has clarity of speech and proper use of grammar. Able to negotiate and make effective presentations to diverse groups. Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input. Able to teach and train in a variety of settings.

Leadership Development - Ability to lead, recruit, resource, and mobilize volunteer teams to scale. Ability to recruit, manage, and lead resident/intern teams. Proven capacity to multiply leaders (staff, deacons, volunteers, etc.) who hold and can communicate the church's values. 

Pastoral effectiveness - Desire and ability to understand and meet people where they are emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Strong grasp and alignment with The Austin Stone’s convictions in pastoral applied theology.

Collaborative Leadership - Strong complementary leadership skills and capacity to lead in concert with other leaders. Demonstrated ability to network and connect with leaders toward Kingdom outcomes. Collaborate across the organization and with various ministry partners. Cultivate purpose-driven, relational networks. Ability to work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.=

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
• Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as a computer keyboard, mouse, and similar machines.

Disclaimer

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

Culture and Character       

Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.

Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church. At a minimum, each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.

As part of our child safety program, employees in this role will be required to participate in a child safety screening and training process upon hire.

Please read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team at The Austin Stone. 

The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.