Connections Director
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 65000 - 80000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Church of the City New York is seeking a ministry leader with strong relational and organizational gifts to guide people along the pathway from their first visit to their next step in discipleship. This role plays a key part in advancing our mission to see lost New Yorkers far from God transformed into compelling missional disciples.
The Connections Director will build culture teams and systems that ensure every person has a clear and accessible next stepwhether joining a group serving or engaging deeper in the life of the church.
The ideal candidate will be a gifted connector and team builder able to create systems that foster belonging and discipleship. Theyll recruit and equip volunteers strengthen next-step processes and collaborate with ministries across COTC to ensure a consistent and welcoming experience for all.
Role Summary
Lead the people-pathway at Church of the City New York from first visit to next step in discipleship. This role builds culture teams and systems that ensure every person has a clear opportunity to engage belong and grow this includes but is not limited to:
- Grow and disciple a volunteer team that understands their purpose serves with excellence and sustains a healthy culture of care and connection.
- Lead and invest in a high-capacity lay leadership team responsible for Sunday execution volunteer culture-building and onboarding new volunteers.
- Maintain and interpret an engagement dashboard to track movement from first-time attendance through Welcome to Church courses groups and serving opportunities.
- Share dashboard insights with relevant ministries to inform strategy and support data-driven decisions.
- Own and execute Welcome to Church events in collaboration with Events and Ministries teams to provide clear next steps for attendees.
- Manage core engagement platforms including Clearstream communications Planning Center workflows and lists and QR Code Generator Pro.
- Spearhead periodic engagement initiatives to activate and deploy unengaged attendees into next steps such as serving or group involvement.
- Collaborate across ministries to ensure alignment of engagement pathways with the vision and mission of Church of the City New York.
- Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of Church of the City New York Staff Members as defined by the Staff Handbook.
Requirements
- A Christian in submission to the authority of the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit as evident in lifestyle. Subscribes to and is in full agreement with the Church of the Citys Statement of Faith.
- A builder who can create and improve systems not just maintain them.
- A leader of volunteers not just a doer.
- Someone who is strategic and spiritually mature combining people skills with process thinking.
- Someone who embodies our mission to make compelling missional disciples out of lost New Yorkers far from God.
Education Required/Preferred:
A satisfactory equivalent of education training and experience in related fields and/or educational disciplines sufficient to qualify for the requirements of position including:
- High school diploma or equivalent plus demonstrated experience in church ministry guest assimilation or volunteer coordination.
- Bachelors degree preferred.
Benefits
- Salary Range $65000-$80000
- Health Care Plan (Medical Dental & Vision)
- Health Savings Account
- Pre-tax travel benefit
- Retirement Plan (403b)
- Life Insurance (Basic Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation Personal Days Safe & Sick and Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity Paternity)
- Training & Development
Church of the City New York is an At-Will and equal opportunity employer. All of our employment decisions (e.g. recruiting hiring training promoting compensating and terminating) will be made in accordance with applicable laws and of the City New York complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
About Company
We are a Church community in the middle of New York City that has a vision to see the “fame and deeds of God renewed and known in our time” (Hab. 3:2). We seek to be disciples in the Way of Jesus, who will hunger to be people after the presence of God, those pursuing formation to be ... View more
