Summary

The Mercy Hill Collaborative Director accelerates Mercy Hill Church’s mission of making disciples and multiplying churches by identifying and training church planters, supporting the churches of the collaborative, championing multiplication throughout the Collaborative and Mercy Hill Church, and affiliating new churches into the Collaborative. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

1.  Identify and train church planters.

• Lead and manage a team of assessors throughout the Collaborative.
• Lead in assessing potential church planters throughout the Collaborative.
• Lead an annual cohort for training identified church planters across the Collaborative.
• Work with other leaders throughout the Collaborative to ensure that both training content and responsibility is shared by several churches.
• Manage the Collaborative’s church planting pipeline.
• Oversee Mercy Hill Church’s planting pipeline and provide additional development opportunities for planters within the Mercy Hill Family of Churches.

2.  Support the churches of the Collaborative.

• Maintain regular check-ins with the pastors of each church within the Collaborative.
• Encourage inter-church coaching by platforming the expertise of planters within the Collaborative.
• Connect Collaborative pastors with resources as needs arise.
• Lead and scale the Collaborative Leadership Team in providing active support to the churches of the Collaborative.
• Host a monthly Family Call for all the planters within the Mercy Hill Family of Churches.
• Facilitate Collaborative events that propel the movement. (i.e., at a minimum, Annual Collaborative Retreat and Annual Lead Pastor Huddle)

3.  Champion multiplication throughout the Collaborative and Mercy Hill Church.

• Consistently press church leaders in the Collaborative to identify potential planters for assessment.
• Cast vision to upstream potential church planters from within Mercy Hill Church.
• Remain a voracious learner of multiplication strategies from which the Collaborative can learn.
• Platform the multiplication of other churches within the Collaborative.
• Move the MH Collaborative toward planting more Collaboratives with the same vigor applied toward planting churches.

4.  Affiliate new churches into the Collaborative.

• Leverage the Breaking Barriers events to identify like-minded churches that could be good additions to the church planting of the Collaborative.
• Thoroughly vet potential churches before inviting them into the Collaborative.
• Network in a manner that grows the Collaborative through affiliation.

5. Miscellaneous Responsibilities

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of every duty and responsibility that will be required of an employee in this position. Therefore, additional duties, including but not limited to the following, may be assigned:

• Provide assistance with miscellaneous duties during the gathering, including first steps, baptisms, communion, etc.  
• Host a table or serve at Weekender and/or Vision Summit events.
• Assist in various ways with large-scale events like Kids Week, Fall Launch, etc.

Character:

• Models the biblical standard of personal conduct and lifestyle that is expected of all Mercy Hill Church covenant members. (Eph. 4:1) 
• Fully participates in the life of the church as an active covenant member by gathering, grouping, giving, and going. (Acts 2:42)
• Submits to and supports the leadership of the directional elders. (Heb. 13:17)
• Demonstrates integrity in all facets of life. (Psalms 101:2, 119:1; Prov. 10:9)
• Glorifies God with the humble use of spiritual gifts. (Rom. 12:3-8)
• Pursues an active relationship with God through prayer and the Word. (Rom. 12:12, Col. 4:2)
• Demonstrates an eagerness to repent and believe the gospel. (Matthew 3:8; Mark 1:15)
• Gives regularly and generously of time, talent, and treasure to Mercy Hill Church. (Prov. 11:24-25; Matthew 6:19-21; Acts 20:35)
• Pursues a healthy lifestyle by treating the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19-20) and seeks to balance work with rest (Exodus 20:8-11; John 15:5).

Core Four Staff Values

1.  We are extremely driven.

2.  We demonstrate high EQ.

3.  We are 100% aligned around philosophy of ministry.

4.  We are church smart.

Physical Requirements: 

Essential job function: Duties [1] through [4] are designated as ADA essential functions and must be performed in this job. All other job duties are secondary functions.

1.  Ability to continuously stand, sit, and/or walk.

2.  Ability to bend, climb stairs, and/or lift occasionally.

3.  Ability to lift 5 to 30 pounds occasionally. 

4.  Ability to squat occasionally.

5.  Ability to communicate continuously with other people.

6.  Ability to operate computers continuously to complete necessary office work.  

7.  Ability to frequently comprehend physical and/or digital documents and frequently prepare physical and/or digital documents. 

Work Environment

1.  May occasionally work in temperatures above 95 degrees and below 32 degrees.

2.  May occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.

3.  Noise level in the environment is frequently loud.

4.  May occasionally work outdoors.

5.  May continuously work indoors within closed office spaces.