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Technical Arts Director, Essex Alliance Church

Essex Junction, Vermont, United States

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Job Description:

Are you a techie? Do you have a passion for using your skills for the glory of God - and - want to see others be able to do the same? Are you looking for a place to belong? Can you help us get to the next level?
The Technical Arts Director will oversee the Technical Arts Ministry of Essex Alliance Church and will report to the Worship & Arts Pastor (W&A), Ron Myers. The primary objective is to create an atmosphere conducive to worship and quality communication through equipping and training volunteers. The Technical Arts Ministry includes audio, video, lighting, staging, projection and media duplication. The position will provide support for weekly rehearsals, all worship gatherings, and special events. This position will also oversee church-wide Information Technology (IT). The position will be split between W&A and IT support at about a 70/30 ratio.

Responsibilities:
* Produce an audio/visual worship environment to promote worship by working closely with Worship & Arts Pastor
* Recruit, lead, train, equip and evaluate a volunteer tech team for each venue of worship coordinating schedules to make sure that all venues are supported with qualified volunteer team members
* Provide tech support for all weekend services as well as non-Sunday events (Christmas Spectacular, Easter, Christmas Eve, Off-site Outreach Events, Conferences, Seminars, Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, Annual Meetings)
* Coordinate stage setup/teardowns with a volunteer stage team
* Maintain the technology budget
* Oversee duplication of weekly sermon series media (CD/DVD/webpage)
* Provide IT support for all staff, offices and venues
* Maintain A/V systems for all needed rooms and venues
* Edit audio and video as needed


Required experience/skills/qualities:
* Must be a follower of Jesus Christ, exhibiting a growing relationship and spiritual maturity
* Be a team player, yet a gifted leader
* An eye for detail
* Not willing to cut corners
* Minimum 3-5 years of experience working full-time in a growing, successful, active church
* Staff experience in a larger church
* Full working knowledge of live production including audio, video, lighting, multimedia, I-mag, music, and staging
* Experience leading and supervising production teams, both staff and volunteers
* Strong team building and leadership skills
* Good communications skills: written, verbal, and interpersonal
* Dependable, self-motivated and comfortable taking initiative
* Strong work ethic with ability to balance needs of family and home
* Experience should include (for W&A): live audio engineering, monitor mixing (headphones, wedges, in-ear), studio editing software, computer graphics, video editing and production, internet media (podcast,YouTube, iTunes), webpage design
* Experience should include (for IT): computer troubleshooting, Apple/PC support, software update/management, website, email, backup/storage, printers/copiers, network/wifi

Time requirements:
* 40-50 hours per week (total) with some flexibility from week to week
* The position will require evening and weekend working hours to fully support various events and functions
* Current weekly schedule includes supporting all worship services, evening rehearsals (Wed.) and other rehearsals as needed for special events
* Support for IT needs throughout the week (work stations, e-mail, website, network, servers, etc.)

Critical values of Essex Alliance Church:
* A passion for God
* Servant leadership
* High standard of excellence
* Maintaining relationships of integrity
* EAC motto: “Making friends out of strangers”
* W&A motto: “Worshippers leading others to connect with God”

Resources:
EAC web site: http://www.essexalliance.org
http://www.youtube.com/EACWorship

A quick look at Essex Alliance Church:
* Part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, current average weekly attendance :1600
* Located in Essex Junction, VT, just a few miles from Burlington
* Currently 5 services on Sunday mornings at 2 campuses. See our web site for more detailed info.
* Other venues (that include audio/visual needs): Children’s area, middle-school area, high school area. We also incorporate a video cafe venue for three of the Sunday services (audio and video piped into an adjoining room from sanctuary)
* Making plans to relocate to a new site, will be building a brand-new state of the art facility, with a sanctuary of about 1200 seats.
* Lead pastor, Scott Slocum, has been here for 22 years. W&A pastor, Ron Myers, 10 years.
* Great, loving, hard-working people. Picture perfect summers. Cold, snowy winters.

The bottom-line:
We are looking for a skilled professional. One who has the skills to get the job done with passion and excellence. One who will help us raise the bar, get to the next level, and stay on top of our game. Yet we need to do that with volunteers - people who are committed to using their skills and abilities for the Lord. The Worship & Arts pastor sees himself as the pastor to the musicians of the church. The Technical Arts Director will ultimately become the pastor to the techies of the church. Working alongside them, teaching them along the way to be their best - to do their job with purpose and passion as unto the Lord. If you would like to help us make that happen, we would like to talk with you.

Please send resumé, along with any additional resources (links, videos, etc.) to: eactechdirector@gmail.com

The position is open and needs to be filled quickly. Salary is contingent on experience level.