Search Consultant

Southern Baptist Pastor Or Leader Search Consultant Opportunity

Are you a well-connected Southern Baptist pastor or leader? Do you have extensive search and hiring experience? Our strategy is to employ Search Consultants who are well-connected at the state convention level so that the Baptist Search Partners Network is spread broadly across North America.

We are specifically looking for consultants in the following states:

• Georgia
• Alabama
• California
• Texas
• Oklahoma
• Colorado
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• West Virginia

Our culture is summed up in the following statements that describe "The BSP Way."

1. We are partnership driven.
2. We are servants at heart.
3. We are church-centric.
4. We are abundantly gracious and scrupulously honest.
5. We communicate quickly and effectively.
6. We value the team over personal preferences.
7. We are creative and forward thinking.
8. We pursue excellence because God is excellent.

If you fit the culture above and the requirements below, perhaps you need to leverage your network with BSP. Let's start the conversation, so apply today!

A successful Search Consultant will have the following experience and skills:

1. Relationships and networks at the national, state-wide, and associational level.
2. Extensive interviewing and hiring experience with SBC churches and/or entities.
3. Current engagement as a church or entity staff member who is actively tracking church staffing trends, best practices, and challenges.
4. Administrative and oral/written communication gifts so that materials provided to Candidates and Clients are well-formed, thoughtful, and professional.

A successful Search Consultant will possess the following traits:

1. A flourishing life of Christ-centered discipleship.
2. A winsome and engaging personality.
3. A desire to be a part of a unified, networked, and hard-working team.
4. The ability to read people, understand their gifts, and dig to find the "story between the lines."
5. Carry a professional demeanor as they interact with Clients and Candidates.

Other Requirements:

1. Initiative to reach out to churches, solicit search services, make presentations, and build their own book of business while occasionally receiving referrals for Clients from the CEO based on demand.
2. Flexibility of time to conduct interviews and interact with Clients at varying times during the week.
3. Ability to attend a weekly team video meeting.
4. Occasional availability to staff exhibition booths at various conferences, conventions, or events.
5. While Search Consultants should be internally motivated and a self-starter, they should be comfortable working within established business and search processes and operating under the authority and direction of the CEO.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Tiered compensation for Search Consultants and Senior Search Consultants giving incentive to source and conduct a maximum amount of searches per year. Typically, consultants will make an equivalent of $75-150 per hour, but payment is made based on contracted and filled searches. Payments are made on a 1099 contractual basis, and contracts are based on the calendar year.
• Senior Search Consultants must have fulfilled four searches in the prior year and will receive a greater percentage of the search costs.
• Bonuses for matching 5 or more candidates with churches per year.
• All software service expenses covered.
• Other supplies are covered like business cards, stationary, and branded clothing.
• Computer and technology equipment, home office furnishings, printers, paper, and other office supplies are Consultant-provided.