Job Description

OVERVIEW & ROLE SUMMARY

The Worship leader's goal is to contribute to a culture of worship by organizing a culture and community of praise. They do this by inspiring the affections and guiding the response of the people in our gatherings. They are responsible for leading and developing a growing music team in following Jesus, worship, and excellence.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Love for and commitment to Jesus and His church.
  • Collaborative, approachable, joyful, and serving attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, a person who draws people.
  • Creative, passionate, and enthusiastic.
  • Vision for theology, ecclesiology, and music
  • Discernment in evaluating lyrics and appropriateness of content.
  • A gifted music leader with musical aptitude and verbal communication skills.
  • The ability to lead vocally and instrumentally and occasionally lead without a team if necessary.
  • Possess a good understanding of basic A/V and computer skills.
  • Flexible – ability to support varying musical genre, tone, and volume, adjust practice schedules to the needs of volunteers, and adjust team leadership approach for maximum results.
  • Ability and desire to mentor musicians, vocalists, and new music leaders.
  • Ability to administer and coordinate music leadership of volunteers.


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Management of Music Ministry

  • Lead, recruit, mentor & administer volunteer music teams.
  • Aptitude for Planning Center Services music team scheduling

Values:

  • Encourage vibrant corporate response to God through music.
  • Provide opportunities for gifted individuals to serve Jesus and our congregation.
  • Consistency, excellence, creativity, and expressivity 

Research, plan, learn, train & introduce new music songs on a regular basis in collaboration with the Pastoral Team

Make sure non-Sunday worship events are successful through presence or planning and delegation (i.e. women’s worship nights, prayer meetings, etc.)

Musician and leadership development

On-ramping (and off-ramping) volunteers:

  • Connection (Sign up)
  • Orientation
  • Training
  • Off-ramp volunteers


Schedule: Sunday 7:30-11:30 am, Attend our weekly “Pipeline” Meeting, flexible

Hours: 12 per week w/ some flexibility

Stipend: $12k

Experience Required
1-5 years

Type
Part-time

Education Required
High School Diploma

Date Posted
1 year ago
Location
Des Moines, Washington

Denomination
Non-Denominational

Church Size
100-200