Director of Recovery Ministries

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World.

Resurrection has an opening for a Director of Recovery Ministries in our Care & Mental Wellness division! The position is full-time, exempt and is located at the Leawood campus at 13720 Roe Ave. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary

The Director of Recovery Ministries provides leadership for all aspects of the Resurrection Recovery Ministries churchwide through visioning and strategy building for the ministry, small group teaching, volunteer supervision, pastoral care, quality control and communication.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Position specific

• Able to lead, teach and facilitate care groups specifically around the topic of addiction/substance use disorder.
• Recruit, manage, motivate, and equip volunteers for Resurrection Recovery Ministries.
• Provide strategic planning, visioning and expansion for Resurrection Recovery ministries.
• Follow-up on daily communication: emails and phone calls.
• Select or develop appropriate curricula for programming for Resurrection Recovery ministries.
• Create and manage the ministry budget for Resurrection Recovery ministries.
• Provide leadership and direction for evangelism and promotions to attract individuals to the Resurrection Recovery ministries.
• Research, pursue and oversee any grant applications relating to Resurrection Recovery ministries.
• In concert with the Executive Director, develop and maintain ministry standards of care.
• Extend Christian hospitality, values, compassion and healing throughout the Recovery ministry.
• Research church-based recovery ministries, benchmarking our program and identifying areas for continued improvement. Implement improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Churchwide

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Competencies

• Activating - proactively takes on new challenges and opportunities with energy and urgency.
• Catalyzing Growth – overcomes inertia by discovering new solutions and casting vision for innovation that will elevate the church’s effectiveness.
• Collaborating – shares knowledge, builds partnerships and promotes a culture of thinking from the users’ perspective while working across divisions to meet shared goals and objectives.
• Community Partnering – understands the community in which we serve, establishes community relationships and represents the church in the broader community.
• Entrepreneurial Thinking – helps the church see untapped opportunities, overcomes and learns from setbacks and succeeds with innovation.
• Informed Evaluating – analyzes data and quickly spots trends and uses this intelligence to provide insightful new strategies.
• Prioritizing Individual Experiences – views the church in the perspective of the experience of the individual, and ensures others are committed to a person-centric approach.
Providing Strategic Insight – looks at long-term and big picture possibilities and translates them into decisive strategies.

Qualifications

• Able to organize, coordinate, and complete tasks to meet scheduled deadlines.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with proven track record of developing quality relationships; a recognized aptitude for interpersonal engagement, structured dialogue, and diplomacy.
• Able to conduct one-on-one pastoral counseling sessions as needed.
• Able to pastor people in need through pastoral counseling and spiritual guidance.
• Experience in building, leading, and directing teams of volunteers.
• Has a background in recovery principles, including thorough knowledge of the 12-step programs.
• Proven results in teaching biblical principles in relation to recovery.
• An elder, deacon, or licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church, or the willingness to pursue a track to become a licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church.
• Is a part of or has participated in a recovery program.