Director of Covenant Servant Leadership

Summary

The Director of Covenant Servant Leadership provides visionary, strategic, and pastoral leadership to guide the denomination in developing spiritually grounded, Covenant-aligned, and skillfully prepared lay leaders. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing comprehensive lay leadership formation strategies—including discipling, coaching, training, and mentoring—in partnership across the local church, Conference, and Denomination (the "3-Strand Strong" model).

Essential Functions

1. Strategy & System Design

• Develop Leadership Strategy: Design and execute a scalable, Spirit-led, and comprehensive leadership development system aligned with denominational strategy and sensitive to diverse local church contexts.
• Curriculum & Resource Creation: Lead the creation of contextual and accessible development resources (curriculum, learning experiences, and tools) for lay leaders across various roles and learning styles, ensuring all content is "Covenant-shaped" and reinforces the denomination's core values.
• Evaluation & Improvement: Establish and utilize feedback mechanisms and data to measure the effectiveness of all leadership development initiatives, continuously refining resources and delivery methods for maximum impact.

2. Partnership & Alignment

• Cultivate 3-Strand Partnership: Build and maintain long-term, trust-based, collaborative relationships with leaders in local churches and Conferences to ensure shared ownership and successful execution of lay leader formation goals.
• Organizational Diplomacy: Serve as a key collaborator, coordinating initiatives with other denominational ministries (e.g., Serve Clergy, Vitality) to ensure coherence, avoid siloing, and maximize organizational efficiency.
• Lead Through Influence: Effectively guide and inspire adoption of leadership development practices across the denomination through relational influence, clarity, and strong communication rather than formal authority.
• Cross-Cultural Navigation: Model and promote cross-cultural communication and contextual sensitivity, navigating theological, ethnic, and geographic diversity with humility and deep listening.

3. Program Execution

• Oversee Program Delivery: Manage multi-phase initiatives, ensuring timely execution, accountability across teams, and the use of various platforms (LMS, online cohorts, intensives, coaching) to create engaging learning experiences.
• Coaching & Mentoring: Personally invest in the development of key lay leaders through relational guidance, apprenticeship, and real-time support.
• Communications & Marketing: Clearly articulate the mission and impact of Covenant Servant Leadership through compelling storytelling and communication strategies to inspire momentum and drive participation across the denomination.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

Required: Successful candidates will possess a minimum of seven years' experience working in a Covenant church, Conference leadership role or Denominational context.

Preferred: Master of Divinity or equivalent. Ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church

Skills

• Deep personal faith: A committed and growing relationship with Jesus Christ, aligned with the ECC's mission, affirmations, and practices.
• Humility and empathy: A model of the humility, compassion, and relational skills that characterize servant leadership.
• Integrity and trustworthiness: A track record of honesty and godly character, demonstrating ethical biblical leadership.
• Uses feedback and data to measure effectiveness and continuously refine development resources.
• Curriculum Design: Crafts contextual and accessible materials for lay leader development across a wide range of roles and learning styles.
• Learning Experience Design: Creates engaging experiences through coaching, LMS platforms, online cohorts, and in-person intensives.
• Evaluation & Adaptation

Environmental Conditions

Able to work well in a professional office setting but occasionally works in remote locales. Occasional domestic travel. Must engage frequently with office tools and equipment, such as: computer, copier, phone, printers, etc. Must be able to

occasionally lift or move items, less than 35lbs