Willow Creek Community Church Inc is hiring: Student Ministry Services Producer

Willow Creek Community Church is an egalitarian non-denominational, multi-site church in and across Chicagoland passionate about helping people take next steps to love God, love people, and change the world.

We believe kids and students are not just the future of the church, they are the church; and we want to create engaging environments where they can experience God's love, take steps in their faith, and use their gifts and talents to lead and serve. As the Student Producer on our Central Ministry team you will build, develop, and execute the program experiences for Jr. High Ministry (JHM) and High School Ministry (HSM) for students in 6th-12th grades at our church campuses to help students take their next step with Jesus. You will collaborate with a cross campus team to brainstorm and create compelling services, special events and activities.

Our church is a place where you can make a significant impact for God's kingdom based on how He has uniquely designed you, leading the people around you to become more like Jesus and showing the tangible love of Jesus both locally and globally. As a staff, we aim to foster a culture that has open hands to do whatever it takes to serve and support that mission, serving with humility and open hands. Wherever the need is, we step in. Nothing is above or beneath us to serve one another or our Church.

The salary range for this position is $50,000 - $68,000 and is dependent upon levels of experience and/or education. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, maternity and paternity leave, generous paid time off, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate the creative planning process for JHM & HSM upcoming services, needs and trends in alignment with Central Students policies.
• Collaborate with the Students team to brainstorm and create compelling services, special events and activities along with managing Planning Center Online service orders, details and schedules
• Oversee the program process to help lead the rehearsals, sound checks, run throughs and actual programs including special events, camps and retreats. This includes coordinating with the technical director to ensure the technical aspects such as lighting, sound, video and staging are done with excellence.
• Collaborate with Student Worship Pastor to champion the 7 segments of Student Ministry programs: Pre-service, Community, Worship, Word, Groups, Transitions, Home.
• Providing opportunities for feedback, evaluation and accountability for JHM/HSM programs.
• Develop a structure for students to explore their gifts in ministry especially as it relates to gifts that are used in programs, and create opportunities for students to use their gifts. This includes the shepherding and care of volunteers and development of the creative team volunteer culture in partnership with the Student Worship Pastor.
• Create digital assets for student events and programs as needed, including the coordination of the social media and digital strategy.

Staff Values:

• Believing the Best | Trust is our default
• Commit to Candor | Kindness is our way
• Embrace Challenge | Grit is our style
• Setting the Tone | Joy is our attitude
• Choose Unity | Diversity is our strength

Success is Defined As...

A smoothly run process for engaging services/events from ideation to execution; form core to campus and from programming to production focused on helping students take their next step with Jesus.

Requirements

Position Requirements

• Skills/Competencies:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Technical Skills (video, graphics, media)
• Organization
• Leadership of volunteers, teams, resources, etc.
• Problem Solving
• Conflict Management

Personal Characteristics:

• Self-starter - ability to own a project and run with it.
• Learner- Someone who desires continued growth in their area of ministry.
• Innovative - Seeks out new ideas and is unafraid to fail.
• Collaborative & Team Player - Loves working with others and assumes the best in each other
• Team Mobilizer- Able to build effective teams.
• Self Aware - Knows their own strengths and weaknesses and is moving towards health, exemplifies humility and confidence.
• Encourager- Able to see the good in others and is intentional in affirming it.
• Approachable- Is warm, inviting and easy to get along with.
• High Emotional Intelligence - Intuitive about others emotions and able to respond appropriately.
• Hard working - Is aware of the importance of their role and works hard to do their best.
• Effective communicator - Able to give and receive healthy feedback.
• Loves students - Feels passionate about ministering to students.
• Jesus Follower - Lives a life of integrity and pursues a personal relationship with Jesus.

Education and Experience:

• Creative programing experience in a ministry area (kids or students ministry preferred)
• Experience in leading volunteers
• Experience with large scale productions
• Experience with Planning Center, ProPresenter, Photoshop, and current Social Media trends

Salary Description

$50,000 - $68,000