New Connections Director

Church Mission Statement

God's Love in Action

Church Vision Statement

Love that crosses all barriers and embraces all people.

PVUMC Welcoming Statement

We invite you to join us on a shared journey of life & faith, open to all, regardless of age, ability, economics, color, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, politics, theology, or anything else that might separate us from each other. Whoever you are & wherever you may be on your spiritual journey, you're invited to walk with Christ in community with all of God's children and embrace the endless possibilities of God's unconditional love.

Primary purpose of this position: To play a key role in creating a new welcoming culture at PVUMC by educating, inspiring, and inviting member and guests to step into the life of PVUMC. Take a leadership role in building a welcoming connections ministry team for PVUMC that brings vision, energy, direction, and heart to the church, from the first step onto campus to the heart of every program and service. In coordination with the Marketing and Public Relations Committee, use all appropriate social media and marketing tools to encourage and grow guests into Engaged members. The goal is to increase the number of ENGAGED members by 500 in the next five years and foster a culture of connection, serving, and community.

Responsibilities

Be a consistent presence at services.
Identify, recruit, train, and empower at least 50 individuals to join in building a Welcoming Connections Ministry team.
Develop and maintain a welcoming community to identify, connect with, engage and retain visitors. This will include trainings and vision meetings, events, and volunteer care and appreciation.
Oversee the front end of the assimilation process ensuring clear next steps. Create and consistently update an effective and efficient connect system where guest's information is taken and follow up occurs.
Provide guests with church and ministry information, quickly and efficiently.
Use, effectively, appropriate volunteer software with visitor tracking abilities.
Attend weekly staff meetings
Develop and implement strategies to proactively engage the greater Phoenix community and translate that engagement into a greater number of visitors.
Work with digital marketing/social media consultants, current church staff, and other field experts to develop "target" marketing campaigns to increase diversity such as: different age groups, geographic locations, and diverse communities.
Develop a consistent newcomer's event where guests interact with pastors and staff, hear vision, meet a friend, and create the desire to want to come back.

Skills:

Passionate about people and creating environments where true connection happens
Demonstrated skill and experience in building strong volunteer teams aligned around the mission of embracing and engaging new members
Ability to create ideas, use brainstorming, have creativity, and execute new ideas and events
Knowledge and experience working with tracking databases, effectively gathering and using data to better guest experience and relationships.
Careful, intentional, and timely follow-up
Demonstrated organizational skills.

Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree
At least 3-5 years of experience in a field where success was attained in converting prospects to active participants.
High level experience in directing and developing effective leadership skills within teams and volunteers
Excellent communication skills, both orally and in written form, as well as the ability to listen well.
Efficient in Microsoft office suite and Outlook email as well as experience researching and recommending other advanced software methods to achieve stated conversion goals.
Familiarity with the Methodist Church or willingness to gain knowledge and understanding of the church
Ability to work on Sundays
Pursues spiritual growth in self and others

Supervision/Training:

General training and orientation will be provided

To Apply:

Those interested should apply by visiting the website: https://pvumc.applicantpro.com/jobs/

To see more of how Paradise Valley United Methodist Church lives out its mission visit https://pvumc.org/

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