POSITION PROFILE

Position Title: Executive Pastor

Reports to: Michaell Dupin, Co-lead of Eastown

Primary Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day Operations
  • Create, implement, and consistently optimize systems and processes
  • Manage and oversee staff (currently 6)
  • Oversee HR processes including the ability to hire, reposition and let staff go in collaboration with Lead Pastors
  • Help create culture and coordinate logistics for staff meetings, offsite trainings, and management team meetings
  • Collaborate with bookkeeper to track budget, share reports, and manage expense reimbursements
  • Help develop and execute all new person connection processes
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• Sunday Operations
  • Manage Sunday morning Production Lead role and Set-up/Tear-down Lead as direct reports (note: the number of direct reports may grow over time as staff or volunteer teams expand)
  • Oversee volunteer operations and staff and volunteer teams on Sunday
  • Lead relationship with facility point of contact
  • Track and maintain supplies for all ministries in coordination with volunteer leads
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• Volunteer Teams
  • Help develop a volunteer leadership pipeline
  • Recruit and equip volunteer leadership and team members
  • Help create an enthusiastic and servanthood culture at Eastown
  • Establish additional volunteer teams to manage other events/administrative tasks as needed
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• Strategic Leadership
  • Work with lead pastors to help shape Eastown Staff culture
  • Anticipate challenges and problem solve to help co-leads stay focused on leading the movement of Eastown forward
  • Lead/Teach/Speak in a variety of environments (Sunday mornings, staff/volunteer development, spiritual formation environments, small groups etc)
  • Leadership and staff development
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• Strategic Operations
  • Collaborate with Eastown leadership to:
    • Evaluate potential permanent locations
    • Craft messaging and supporting materials for strategic communications (e.g., church-wide vision night)
    • Help ensure the mission, vision, and values of Eastown are reflected in all significant decisions

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Ideally 5-10+ years of experience in a similar role with increasing scope of responsibility
• Demonstrated heart for ministry (e.g. staff or volunteer role)
• Experience evaluating, improving, and leading new systems and processes, including technology stack (e.g., Asana, G-suite, Dropbox)
• Experience recruiting and building volunteer teams
• Great organizational and project management skills
• Great problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable creating structure from ambiguity
• Skills in Microsoft Office and G-suite
• Ability to anticipate change and react efficiently and expeditiously
• Strong teamwork skills and a willingness to offer constructive feedback
• Passionate relationship with Jesus: producing fruit and committed to spiritual health and discipleship
• Passion to connect with and impact those who do not have a relationship with God
• Affirm Eastown’s mission, vision, beliefs and strategies

Additional Information & Benefits

At Eastown, we care deeply about people and that extends to our staff. Our benefits and perks are designed to care for the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health of our people.

• Benefits
  • Paid health insurance (Kaiser Permanente)
  • Paid time off, including vacation, personal days, and holidays
• Perks
  • Hybrid work location: our team will work 3 days in office, with other hours available to work in remote locations as needed.
  • Flexible hours during the week as needed
  • Counseling stipend
  • Spiritual development stipend (e.g., for a conference, retreat)
  • Paid time off each year for a mission trip Paid health insurance (Kaiser Permanente)
  • Paid time off, including vacation, personal days, and holidays