Church Operations Manager

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Washington City Church of the Brethren seeks a Church Operations Manager to manage the facility and office operations for our church. The Church Operations Manager directs church property operations, and renovations that may be occurring. It manages the church’s ministry administration needs, schedules building events, and represents the congregation to building-related stakeholders. This position supervises and interfaces with facility maintenance positions (staff and/or contractors) and the Brethren House Manager.

A church pastor supervises this position and the Operations Manager provides regular reporting to the church’s Administrative Council.

Washington City Church of the Brethren is a Christian congregation in the Historic Peace Church tradition of the Church of the Brethren. We have been in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC since 1899. It is a congregation committed to simple living and the responsible use of resources. Our congregation supports social action, peacemaking, and active nonviolent strategies for social change.

The congregation and its staff also value service, hospitality and diversity.

• Organizing projects, vendor coordination for maintenance and repairs
• Serving as the principal point of contact with church leaders, building users, community members, and vendors for all building management issues
• Supporting the Brethren House manager in addressing property needs for the church’s volunteer service house (Brethren House, nearby) by scheduling vendors as needed
• Arranging with contractors for needed building inspections, maintenance, repairs, and cleaning
• Assisting church leadership with administrative and office tasks. Church leadership includes Administrative Council, church pastors; worship coordinators and leaders; and any other leaders Administrative Council or church pastors specify.
• Managing building use requests and communication with those using the building
• Professionally representing the church and its mission online and via phone
• Supervising facility maintenance positions (staff and/or contractors) and the Brethren House Manager

This position requires a creative and effective individual who can anticipate and plan for stakeholder needs, implementing follow through and regularly communicating about progress while addressing such needs.

This position requires a self-directing leader who takes initiative, makes proposals, and develops solutions to improve church operations related to building management, building use agreements, and event logistics (including both worship services and other events).

This position also requires the ability to do the following:

• Manage time, projects, and priorities effectively, under occasional deadlines (such as an urgent repair need)
• Proactively initiate, assess, and address administrative and building needs, for both the church and other building users
• Collaborate with other building users to determine mutually agreed upon priorities
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally, both in person, by email, and by phone
• Organize and maintain organizational supplies, files, and documents, such as vendor proposals for building maintenance or repair
• Organize church operations using Google Suite Shared Drives and project management software
• Initiate, delegate, receive and follow up on tasks
• Must be willing to utilize Facebook, Instagram, Mailchimp, a Wordpress blog, and other social media tools to manage and direct church communications
• Attend to aesthetic details such as formatting and presentation for organization communication
• Work well with a variety of people
• Represent the mission and values of Washington City Church of the Brethren in the carrying out of duties in this position description.

• Proactively manages the property needs for the church building (337 North Carolina Ave SE)
• Supports the Brethren House manager in addressing property needs for the church’s…