Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Sunset Hills Campus - St Louis, MO 63127

Overview

Position Type Full Time

Description

Summary: The focus and responsibility of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is to serve on the Senior Executive Team as the church’s COO with operational oversight. The COO is responsible for assisting Lead Pastor, Chief of Staff (COS) and the Directional Leadership Team with operational strategic planning and goal setting. The COO ensures the operations of Faith Church is in alignment with the goals and objectives of Faith Church.

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

Personal:

• Maintain the God ordained priorities in your life putting Jesus Christ at the center of everything including your spouse, children, and the ministry
• Passionate about tithing at least 10% of your income to what God is doing through the vision of Faith Church
• Invest in and lead a Faith Church connect group
• Be responsible for developing & multiplying Dream Team
• Avoid the appearance of evil, let no hint of immorality exist and conduct life with the upmost of integrity in all situations
• Attend services regularly with your entire family
• Maintain loyalty to the vision and staff of Faith Church and always protect the unity God has given this church
• Believes and operates in the gifts of the Spirit
• Wholeheartedly believes in the empowerment of women in Pastoral leadership
• Fully devoted follower of Christ

• Person of Godly character and integrity
• Loves Faith Church and lives our vision and culture
• In alignment with What We Believe and Leadership Core Values
• Attend weekly Staff Meeting
• Personal social media posts will be aligned with Faith Church and its mission in regard to church activity

General:

• Fully devoted follower of Christ
• Serve as an armor bearer at the discretion of the Senior Pastors
• Person of Godly character and integrity
• Loves Faith Church and lives our vision and culture
• In alignment with What We Believe and Leadership Core Values
• Effective communicator, oral and written
• Member of the Senior Executive Team
• Partners with Senior Pastors, and Directional Leadership Team members in guiding the mission and vision of Faith Church forward

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in day-to-day operations, finance, legal, current and future campus planning (operations), administration, Academy, information technology, facilities, coffee shops and bookstore.
• Finance Consult with CFO.
• Legal Maintain Faith Church’s by-laws and legal policies and oversee all legal and insurance concerns
• Campus planning develop and manage the operational systems; build and oversee the operations team; develop and execute operational expansion strategies for existing and future campuses, including financial initiatives, master planning, design, architecture, contractor selection and construction
• Administration develop and manage administrative staff and systems
• Faith Academy giving monthly insight to the Academy Director assuring that we are developing babies to Pre-K in our Monday Friday program.
• IT Assure that our infrastructure and day to day operations at Faith Church are meeting the current and future needs of our organization including optimizing weekend solutions and having a highly functioning relationship with the online campus and AV departments
• Facilities Lead the team to help acquire, build out and maintain facilities that provide environments that support the vision of Faith Church
• Contribute to strategic planning by helping shape Faith Church’s strategy (short- and long-term) and taking ownership of operational deliverables (including timelines, measurable goals, and stakeholder communications)
• Design and publish key dashboard metrics, both financial and non-financial ministry objectives as requested, consulting with CFO.
• Responsibility for software and systems (church database, payroll, accounting, etc.) leadership and oversight of software conversions, consulting with CFO.
• Ensure proper controls are implemented and functioning to ensure that the organization remains beyond reproach financially

Qualifications

Competencies

1. Must have a heart for the Church and be a mature follower of Christ.
2. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
3. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
4. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
5. Experience leading leaders of teams or groups
6. Strong administrative skills
7. Ability to work independently.
8. Work well under pressure
9. Enjoys a fast paced environment

Work Environment This job operates in a professional office environment (routinely uses standard office equipment)

Physical Demands Office time is mostly a sedentary role (stationary at desk and working on a computer). During events, must have the ability to lift up to 15 pounds and stay in a prolonged stationary position for long periods of time.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work The weekly schedule will include 40-45 hours per week and will be the same every week. In addition to your regular weekly hours you will be asked to participate in events that will occasionally include evening or weekend hours, as there are continual seasons where it will be necessary to exceed these minimum hours (i.e., Christmas, Easter, Strategic Planning, are just some examples and do not encompass all of the extended hours opportunities). These hours can/will fluctuate.

Travel Campus to campus local travel and occasional overnight trips will be expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience

1. Level of experience: Expert (recognized authority)
2. 5 years in Church Ministry
3. Bachelors degree

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Pastoral credentials

Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.