Saddleback Church
The Worship Director/Pastor is passionate about worship, leadership and
shepherding the local church. As the Worship Director/Pastor, you will play a
pivotal role in leading our church family in corporate and personal worship. You
will lead engaging and authentic worship experiences, develop the volunteer
team, and support the campus pastor at the local campus.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Oversee Weekend Team:
* Overseeing the worship team involves a combination of spiritual leadership,
team management, and creative development. The role requires guiding the team
to ensure they are growing musically and spiritually while fostering
community and collaboration. Key aspects of this responsibility include:
Pastoral Leadership:
* Providing spiritual care and guidance to the team is foundational. This
includes praying for and with the team, offering encouragement, and nurturing
a heart of worship that extends beyond musical excellence. The goal is to
cultivate a culture of worship that reflects the church’s values.
Onboarding/Auditioning:
* The onboarding process starts with auditions, where potential members are
assessed for their musical abilities, heart for worship, and alignment with
the team’s mission. The process ensures that new members are a good fit both
musically and spiritually, creating a unified team.
Weekly Development Process:
* Weekly rehearsals and training sessions focus on musical skills, team
dynamics, and spiritual growth. These regular meetings help team members grow
in their craft while staying grounded in the purpose of worship, ensuring
they are fully prepared to lead worship each week.
Quarterly Team Nights:
* These gatherings bring the entire team together for fellowship,
vision-casting, and worship. Quarterly team nights provide an opportunity for
relationship-building, spiritual renewal, and unified focus, helping the team
stay connected to the broader mission of the church.
Identify Leadership Team:
* Part of the role is to identify and develop emerging leaders within the
worship team. This involves mentoring individuals who demonstrate both talent
and a heart for service, helping them step into leadership roles that
contribute to the overall health and growth of the worship ministry.
* This also includes overseeing the Tech Director position. The Worship
Director/Pastor is responsible for hiring and managing the Tech Director
along with helping to recruit, care and develop volunteers for the tech side.
* Along with that, they will oversee the Music Director and any On-Call/Program
staff musicians. They are to help in recruiting and onboarding musicians and
volunteers.
Lead Student Ministry Worship Team
* Collaborate closely with the SSM staff and central student worship leader to
build, support, and guide the student worship team at your campus.
* Lead weekly rehearsals, manage Planning Center Online (PCO) rostering and
song selection for Student Ministry weekend services, and lead worship 6-8
weekends per year
* Coach and develop the student worship team while recruiting and involving
adult leaders to assist in mentorship and team support.
* Occasionally include students on the weekend team.
Assist with Local Campus Events
The Worship Director/Pastor will report directly to the Campus Pastor and
receive daily, operational, directional, and strategic leadership from the
Campus Pastor. Additionally, the Worship Director/Pastor has a dotted line
reporting to the Central Worship Pastor. The relationship with the Central
Worship Pastor is for Coaching, Advocacy, Resourcing, and Encouragement.
* Lead and develop a roster of leaders to serve in various worship settings,
such as Prayer Gatherings and Celebrate Recovery, ensuring each event is
well-supported with strong worship leadership.
* Actively participate in campus staff meetings, Activate, and other key
gatherings to stay aligned with the campus vision and contribute to team
collaboration.
Understand commitment to global Saddleback life
We have a deep commitment to our local Saddleback campus and also to the larger
Saddleback Church story and ministry. We value maintaining a collaborative
relationship with the Central Worship Pastor and Saddleback Worship team across
all campuses to ensure alignment on vision and values of worship at Saddleback.
* Campus Staff Meeting
* All-Church Conferences and events
* Monthly Saddleback Worship community connects (after in-person staff
meetings)
Systems and Processes / Administrative Responsibility
There are many tools we use to keep our ministry organized. There will need to
be commitment to and proficiency in each of these and support and train others
to use these resources as needed.
* PCO
* ProPresenter
* Ableton
* Google Workspace
* Budget reports. Responsible for maintaining their budgets accordingly.
* Church database and Concur for credit card reconciliation.
* Onboarding after SHAPE Activate
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
* Must have experience leading worship, team building, and a demonstrated
commitment to prayer.
* Demonstrate that you are a constant learner who keeps worship experiences
fresh and spiritually enriching.
* Exceptional vocal and musical skills with guitar and/or other instruments.
* Must have experience with Ableton software for creating, editing, and running
tracks.
WHAT WE OFFER
* Highly competitive benefits plans. Health plans with employee low deductible
medical (EPO and PPO), dental, and vision coverage.
* 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution.
* Generous holiday and paid time off plans, including a paid week off between
Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Saddleback Church’s pay philosophy is based on internal and external data for
pay equity and budgetary considerations for effective stewardship. The estimated
pay rate for this position is $72,000-$73,000 per year, depending on experience.
We will provide a pay rate within our salary structure that fits a candidate’s
qualifications and experience for the job. The posted wage range does not
guarantee a specific job offer.
Saddleback Church is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based
religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, ethnicity,
national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, membership in any labor
organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified
individual. The status of Saddleback Church as an equal opportunity employer
does not prevent us from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that
all employees share the same religious commitment, which is central to our
mission.
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