JOB DESCRIPTION:

NewLife Church is a non-denominational church with a Christian Church background located in Des Moines, IA. The church is led by Lead Pastor Tim Agrimson, who has been the Lead Pastor at NewLife since April 2019, though has been on staff since 2016. NewLife offers two identical modern worship styled services at 9:00a & 10:45a on Sunday mornings. The church is currently seeing around 350 in total Sunday morning attendance. They are meeting in-person and are also live-streaming their services. 

NewLife is a church led by a strong elder board and a young visionary pastor, giving them just about everything they need to start building a lot of momentum. They are beginning the process of expanding their building by adding a brand new Family Center, which will attach to the backside of their current building. 

The church is seeking the right candidate to take over as the new Worship Director to oversee their worship ministry. The right candidate will have a deep personal life in Christ and the character and capacity that align with the church’s overall mission and vision. Below are the qualifications and responsibilities Froot Group and the church have identified for this role:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the Lead Pastor to create vision-focused and engaging worship service experiences.
• Lead our church weekly in corporate worship through song, prayer, pastoral moments, and creative elements to help draw people close to Jesus.
• Establish and maintain a leadership development process for worship team members. 
• Cultivate an atmosphere of humble, sacrificial excellence for Jesus, and grace-filled love amongst the team.
• Responsible for the scheduling, resourcing, recruiting, training and development of musicians and worship leaders on the worship team and ensuring they are equipped to serve the church with excellence.  
• Oversee the production ministry, including volunteers and equipment.
• Oversee the livestream on a weekly basis – continue to make improvements to push for excellence. 
• Be a team player willing to jump to help serve when needed or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Is called to pastoral and worship ministry. 
• Great communication abilities.
• Outgoing, engaging, and people-oriented personality.
• Excellent spiritual and organizational leadership skills.
• Is a creative and visionary.
• Strong competency in vocals and either guitar or keys.
• Strong skill set in use of technology (particularly with audio and Ableton (or other tracks software).
• Has a strong desire and heart to build relationships, primarily with the worship team.
• Can support the Mission, Vision and Core Values of NewLife Church.
• Education
  • A bachelor’s degree is preferred, though not required.
• Experience
  • At least three years of experience in leading worship on staff at a church. 

Reports to: Lead Pastor