26,000
Description of Job
Could you be our Worship Pastor at a fast-growing church in the centre of Ipswich?
The Worship Pastor will oversee worship and production at River Church, ensuring that worship is musically excellent, contextually relevant, and Spirit-filled.
Full-time (37.5 hours) | Up to £26,000
Role Profile
Job title: Worship Pastor
Department: Worship and Production
Reports to: Senior Leaders
Principal location: River Church Ipswich
Special conditions of employment: There is a genuine occupational requirement that the post-holder is a Christian, as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.
Start date: As soon as possible.
Working days/hours: Full-time (Sunday to Thursday)
Salary: Up to £26,000 (dependent on experience)
Travel: May be required on occasion
Contract length: Initial 2 years with the option to extend or become permanent
Other expectations: The role holder will need to be available to work some other key dates outside the usual working pattern, such as special services (Christmas, Easter etc.), annual meetings, and Focus (our annual one-week church holiday in the summer). It is expected that staff members will be active members of River Church, committed to praying, serving, giving financially, and growing as a disciple of Jesus in a Hangout.
Key Responsibilities
* Work with Senior Leaders to oversee all aspects of worship, production, and services at River Church
* Ensure that worship and production at River Church embody our goals to be Spirit-filled, people-empowering, fun-loving, and abundantly-living, and exhibit musical excellence
* Lead the worship and production team, training, pastoring, managing, mentoring, and discipling volunteers, ensuring that team members are modelling mature Christian discipleship, and growing in their faith
* Recruit and audition new team members to meet future demands (i.e., sufficient team for additional services and church plants to be sent without level of bands dropping)
* Run weekly Thursday evening rehearsals for worship bands and production volunteers serving on any given week, as well as regular team nights, and group and one-to-one sessions to up-skill worship and production team members
* Train and release new worship leaders to serve across River Church, and to resource future church plants
* Lead worship as required on Sundays, Alpha, River College, Overflow (prayer and worship nights), 7am Prayer, and at other services and events
* Oversee the planning and delivery of Sundays, ensuring that deadlines are met, service plans are created and published, team rotas are filled, and that logistical factors relating to production, staging, and worship are considered
* Manage MultiTracks, preparing set lists and tracks for all worship sets
* Ensure compliance with best safeguarding practice across the worship and production team
* Manage worship and production departmental budget
* Ensure that all relevant licenses relating to worship and production are in place, including PPL, PRS, CCLI, MultiTracks, and OFCOM Wireless Equipment licenses
* Manage all worship and production equipment, keeping an inventory and overseeing maintenance, repair, and upgrades of staging, instruments, and production equipment
* Preach and teach, particularly on subjects related to worship, on occasion, as required
* Work with other team members to write, arrange and produce worship music, including producing new worship songs for use in worship sets and for commercial release; organising songwriting with appropriate members of team, and recording, for distribution and use on MultiTracks
* Contribute to River Church’s Students and Collective (20s-30s) ministries, leading groups and sessions as required, and frequently discipling students and young adults, as part of the Rising Generations department
* Attend and contribute to Staff Meeting, and Tuesday morning Prayer Meeting
* Regularly pray for the Worship and Production ministries and teams
* Ad hoc tasks and other project work
Person Specification
Personal qualities and beliefs
It is essential that the role holder:
* has a mature personal faith in and relationship with God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit
* is committed to the dream, purpose, and goals of River Church
* believes and embodies the orthodox Christian teaching revealed in the Bible and in accordance with the CEEC basis of faith and declarations
* is passionate about worship
Personal skills and abilities
It is essential that the role holder:
* has excellent and proven leadership, teamwork, and team-building skills, and is able to manage, motivate, and encourage others
* has outstanding vocal and instrumental abilities (including acoustic guitar and, ideally, other instruments utilised in contemporary worship) and a superb musical ear
* has excellent organisational skills and time management
* is self-motivated
* has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, including an excellent level of English spelling, punctuation, and grammar
* has superb attention to detail, a commitment to excellence, and very high production values
* is confident giving feedback, including critical feedback in musical and discipleship contexts
* is able to manage an organisational budget
* is flexible, with a can-do attitude
* is teachable, humble, servant-hearted, and has a desire to learn and grow
* understands the importance of confidentiality, and is trustworthy and reliable, with a good self-awareness
* has enthusiasm, energy, commitment, and a sense of humour
Knowledge, qualifications, and experience
It is essential that the role holder:
* is confident and experienced leading ministry in the Holy Spirit
* has extensive experience rehearsing and teaching other musicians to a high level of excellence
* has good IT skills, and experience in and/or the ability to learn to use Mac OS X, Logic Pro, MultiTracks, ChurchSuite, and Expense Plus
* has extensive prior experience leading worship
* has an expert understanding of production equipment, including sound, visuals, lighting, and staging
* has a thorough and up-to-date understanding of statutory child protection and safeguarding requirements
It is desirable that the role holder:
* holds a bachelors degree (or higher level qualification), ideally in a field related to the role
* has worked within the HTB Network of churches (or is able to demonstrate a strong level of familiarity and alignment with the Network’s vision, values, and ecclesiology), in a city centre resource church setting or another large church
* has other relevant qualifications in a field related to the role
* has other relevant experience or skills related to the role or other areas of ministry
NOTES FOR APPLICANTS
We particularly welcome applications from candidates whose ethnicities are underrepresented in the Church of England. We would welcome informal conversations with anybody considering applying for this position. Email matt.key@riverchurchipswich.org to get in touch. When completing the application form, please feel free to continue your answers on separate pages if you require more room.
There is no specified closing date for applications for this role. We reserve the right to close applications and/or shortlist at any time. As such, we recommend applying for this role at your earliest convenience.
We will inform you as to whether or not you will be invited for interview once applications have closed.
Interviews will be held in person at River Church Ipswich, Key Street, IP4 1BZ.
Please bring your passport (and, if necessary, proof of right to work in the UK) and a document showing proof of your home address, such as a utility bill or bank statement, to your interview.
Please note that any offers made are subject to: the receipt of satisfactory references; satisfactory completion of a DBS check, safeguarding training, and any other training necessary for the role; proof of right to work in the UK; satisfactory completion of a 6 month probationary period; and agreement to adhere to the policies and procedures of River Church.
When you apply for this role, please also complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form at the bottom of this page.
River Church is a thriving HTB Network resource church based in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk.
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