Mission:
The Central Outreach Director has the immense ministry privilege of leading the efforts to engage and connect the people of our church to the very real and felt needs of the people of our cities. Serving as the primary leader of the Outreach team at Vox, the central outreach director is responsible for the ongoing development of the overall outreach strategy for our church with the goal of real transformation of the cities where our church locations reside. He/She will be responsible for the oversight and equipping of an emerging team of Regional Outreach Directors, offering support, resourcing and training unto strategy implementation.
This position will also initially serve as the Northern Regional Outreach Director as they work directly with campus pastors and outreach directors of the MDS, NBR, HFD, SPG, & WOR locations until the addition of the next regional Director. The primary goal of this portion of the role is to ensure that each location has the support and resourcing that they need centrally to carry out the local outreach strategy of our church.
Responsibilities/Outcomes:
- Development of strategy and budget for overall local outreach engagement for our church including outreach culture creation, policy, and strategy implementation.
- Oversight of overall church policy and practice surrounding benevolence and caring for those in need.
- Providing ongoing outreach training and development for Regional Directors and Campus Pastors.
- Ongoing training of Campus Outreach Directors in local development of Vox 3 tiers of outreach and identification of local specific priority areas.
- Work with CP’s to develop an individualized church partnership strategy within the first 12 months.
- Oversight and development of the city mapping protocol for any new campus launches.
- Oversight of “Impact Group” development according to outreach matrix at local campuses.
- Work with Campus Outreach Directors to develop 20 new community partnerships unto impact group formation at all locations within the first 12 months.
- Work alongside Regional Outreach Directors and Campus Pastors to grow impact group participation to 30% of Vox Church attendees across all locations within 18 months.
Competencies:
- Mature development of spiritual disciplines of a disciple of Jesus Christ
- Clear embodiment the Vox Church Distinctives
- Carry a pioneering spirit
- Highly skilled in leading, shepherding, and managing volunteers and paid staff
- Comfortable creating and executing trainings for volunteers and staff
- Able to communicate vision
- Student of culture and the social application of the gospel empowered life.
- Coachable and flexible spirit
- Creative problem solver – solution minded.
- A strong work-ethic
- Servant’s heart
- Experience in social work and related event planning or community engagement are recommended, but not required.
- Experience being a manager of paid staff is highly encouraged.
Education/Background:
- 4-5 years of experience in leading community engagement / community development outreach initiatives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry or social work (or related field) preferred but not required.