Campus Pastor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee campus services, including greeting guests and regular attenders by being a prominent public figure, helping to make a connection to the local church.
• Ensure all aspects of campus services align with the DNA and vision of PLC as well as the simple church philosophy.
• Partner with ministry leaders to ensure curriculum, vision, policies, and expectations meet the needs of the church as a whole.
• Conduct weddings and funeral services; perform baptism and child dedications.
• Develop, shepherd, and lead volunteer and paid staff.
• Develop, shepherd, and lead the campus congregation.
• Participate in the hiring of paid staff at campus location.
• Initiate and build community relations in local community.
• Administer the campus budget.
• Lead Bible Studies and classes live at the Decorah Campus.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Coach, develop, and encourage both paid and unpaid staff at specific campus.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Successful candidate must be a Christian and fully support the philosophy of Prairie Lakes Church and its leadership team.
• The individual’s commitment to Christ will be evidenced in his/her personal life, family relationships and ministry. The candidate’s daily walk with God will be an example to all.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate degree in Theology, or willingness to enroll in Graduate program required.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable.
• Proven track record in a leadership and/or pastoral role required.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Possess strong relational and listening skills with ability to develop effective personal connections.
• Be effective at shepherding and team building, with the ability to lead with a spirit of discernment.
• Be able to understand and support PLC’s unique vision and effectively apply established systems and processes to guide self and others toward the realization of the vision.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively before groups.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally with church members, vendors, and other employees of the organization, using proper grammar without dialect or slang.

Reasoning Abilities:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems efficiently and effectively while maintaining good working relationships.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Work assignments will include attendance at meetings and events in a building which is multi-level with several sets of stairs, but is handicap accessible and equipped with an elevator. This campus has a nonsmoking environment.