First Presbyterian Church of Nashville is seeking an experienced recreation professional to serve as the Assistant Director of Recreation. The Assistant Director will focus primarily on recreational offerings that include opportunities for team sports such as soccer and basketball, plus fitness and fellowship opportunities that develop skills, character, and authentic relationships in a positive, faith-filled environment. These experiences should complement the Church’s mission statement: “To know Christ, to make him known, and to exhibit his love through worship, education and service.” This role will support and assist the Director of Recreation with visioning, implementing, executing, and maintaining athletic and recreational ministry programs for church members and the wider community that best utilize the Church/Oak Hill School shared campus facilities.

God’s person for this role confesses Christ preeminent in all things (Colossians 1:18) and lives a life reflecting the Lordship of Christ. The Assistant Director is expected to lead with excellence, and is someone who desires, above all else, to sow seeds of faith and trust in the lives of the recreation ministry participants.

This salaried, full-time role will work generally during church office hours and be willing and available to work weekends and evening event times especially during sports seasons and as required. The compensation range is $1,800 to $2,100 per bi-weekly pay period based on experience. Our comprehensive and competitive benefits package includes medical, dental and vision eyewear coverage, short- and long-term disability, employee life and voluntary/dependent life insurance and retirement plan.

Duties / Responsibilities
Athletic Program Offerings

• Oversee and manage Athletic Programs to ensure that children, parents, volunteers, and paid staff are faithfully discipled through a team platform in a way that expands opportunities for them to join and engage in the community at First Presbyterian Church. This currently means running point on spring and fall soccer seasons (7 weeks each), but leaves room to dream about expanding programming in the future to include basketball, pickleball, kickball, ultimate frisbee, etc.
• Manage participant registration and organize team assignments.
• Manage coach recruitment, background screening and training, game scheduling, and uniform distribution for all program participants.
• Recruit, train, schedule, and supervise seasonal athletics staff along with facility site assistants.
• Inspect sporting equipment to ensure compliance with event and safety regulations.
• Ensure game day areas are ready (line painting, goal placement) and all materials are properly stored at end of game days.
• Work to build healthy relationships with seasonal soccer staff and families who choose to play at FPC in ways that model the Church’s mission statement.
• Ensure the Recreation Ministry Coordinator receives all relevant information and records of team athletes, coaches and volunteers.
• Provide timely information to the Recreation Ministry Coordinator for all athletics program e-news and other bulk mailings.
• Continually assess opportunities to offer new athletics activities.
• Assist in serving as community liaison to promote the Recreation Ministry of the Church.
• Other related duties as deemed necessary and/or assigned.

Recreational Activity Offerings

• Creatively engage with other Church ministries to incorporate recreational activities into their ministry programming.

• Assist in providing recreational activities appropriate for All-Church events that enable members and guests of all ages to enjoy one another in a creative and playful environment.
• Creatively assess and direct other opportunities to engage children and families in the life of the church family. Examples may include day hikes, family movie nights, fishing trips, star gazing, kite flying, parents’ night out, etc.

Office Management/General

• Provide and model excellent customer service by demonstrating empathy and exercising innovative program solving. Ensure a consistent and timely communication system is in place to meet the needs of participants, volunteers, and other stakeholders.
• Interface with the Communications Ministry to coordinate overall communications with the larger church and ensure accuracy of information on website, registrations, resource requests, and event schedules.
• Maintain an accurate calendar for all Recreation Ministry activities.
• Responsible for setting up all summer camp and athletic program online registrations.
• Monitor online payments for Recreation Ministry activities/events; request adjustments/refunds as needed from the Finance Ministry.
• Provide coordination and oversight of volunteers to staff Soccer Saint tables on Saturday mornings (tent set-up, game day schedules, snacks, resource boxes, etc.)
• Ensure that background checks are ordered and kept up to-date for all volunteers working directly with minors or other vulnerable individuals and that each volunteer agrees to abide by the Church’s Child Protection and Prevention of Abuse Policy.
• Manage scheduling of facilities needed for Recreation Ministry programming and other recreation related activities (i.e., basketball gym rental) via facility/event scheduling software.
• Maintain and organize records including applications, health forms, registrations, staff CPR/First Aid/Lifeguard/AED certifications, and others as required.
• Data entry, copying, filing, answering the phone, maintaining records, and other routine office duties.
• Maintain proper inventory of all office supplies within budgetary allocations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• The hiring, training, and management of seasonal employees for athletic teams ensuring adherence to Church policies in management and discipline of supervised staff.

Knowledge / Skills

• Familiarity with recreational and athletic activities.
• Motivated and self-directed; a proven strategic problem-solver.
• Strong collaborative skills with proven success influencing external and internal groups, contributing to cross functional ministries and congregational engagement.
• Ability to multi-task in a rapidly changing environment; manage multiple projects and diverse teams of people to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work well with individuals of all ages and use age-appropriate behavior management techniques.
• Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality.

Position Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree with a major in recreation, recreational administration, education, youth ministry or related area.
Experience:

• Three years of working in a managerial capacity in camp/recreation/sports program planning and implementation, preferably in a church or denominational setting, preferred.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating programs along with successful experience in a position utilizing skills and abilities to interact and lead participants of all ages, required.

Requirements:

• Evidence of a deepening walk with the Lord Jesus. Receive joyfully the biblical admonition to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).
• A trust in Jesus Christ as Savior, acknowledging him Lord of all and Head of the Church, and through him believing in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is also required that the employee except the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be, by the Holy Spirit, the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the church universal, and God’s word to you. The employee also promises to live in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of Scripture.
• A commitment to performing one’s duties in accordance with the stated mission and purpose of the Church, FPC Policies and Procedures Manual, and the tenants of the Reformed Christian Tradition.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current adult and infant CPR plus basic First Aid certifications.
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive 15-passenger Church or rental van.