Christ Chapel Bible Church · 22 hours ago
IT Director
Christ Chapel Bible Church - Fort Worth, TX 76107
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expChrist Chapel Bible Church is dedicated to serving its community through its mission and ministry. The IT Director will lead the Information Technology team, manage church technology infrastructure, and ensure effective support for ministry needs.
Religious Institutions
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading and managing the Information Technology team which consists of system engineers, helpdesk, and church database employees
Responsible for researching and recommending technology initiatives that support and improve the effectiveness in accomplishing our church vision and mission
Responsible for maintaining systems and support that is sustainable across our multi-campus church model
Responsible to maintain all aspects of the church technology infrastructure and systems
Responsible to manage church data, storage, servers, software, and licensing
Responsible for providing quick resolution to all technical issues
Ability to work nights and weekends as needed. Typical work week is Sunday – Thursday
Responsible for setting the culture of the Information Technology ministry team and how it partners with other church ministry teams
Coordinate regularly with ministries to ensure the technical systems and processes are providing smooth and efficient support of the ministry needs
Collaborate with the ministries and worship experience team to ensure the church technology supports the overall Sunday worship strategy
Required to work on Sundays to help support the worship service and any ministries who run into issues
Manage the IT Operating Budget and any other technology budgets for additional church projects
Will be responsible to review and negotiate our contracts and vendor relationships to determine any cost saving methods or better utilization of our church service agreements
Maintain record of all computer, hardware, and equipment inventory for the church
Collaborate with the finance team on the management of technology capital assets
Collaborate with the finance team on management of future replacement of the various IT equipment, hardware, and assets
Will be responsible for monitoring risk, exposure and inefficiencies of the church systems and network as well as make recommendations to resolve any issues
Set and educate the staff on technology best practices regarding cybersecurity, and technology risk to maintain safety and security of the church IT infrastructure
Maintain technology compliance requirements such as PCI compliance and data storage
Work to maintain standards needed for the church to maintain sufficient cyber liability coverage
Collaborate with ministries on their licenses, software and programs to ensure they do not expose significant risk to the church
Ensure the helpdesk is providing adequate and timely support to the ministries
Review helpdesk inquiries to determine any recurring problems or areas that might need additional education
Stay up to date on the church database requirements and how to support the ministries in utilization of the database
Will be responsible for maintain internet, phone, printer and postage services for all church locations
Qualification
Required
Must live a life worthy of the calling of Christ (Col 1:10, Eph 4:1-16)
Must be a maturing believer who is obviously, consistently and increasingly manifesting the fruit of the Spirit in his daily walk with Christ (Galatians 5:22-23)
Must be a person of prayer
Must have a demonstrated “heart for service”
Must be a joy to supervise (Hebrews 13:17)
Must be able to articulate a clear sense of calling to service through the local church
Would ideally sense a calling primarily toward support ministry of staff
The ideal candidate will have above-average intelligence (Rom 12; 1 Cor 12; Eph 4; 1)
Must hold at least a bachelor's degree
Must have at least 5 years of IT experience
Must have at least 5 years of team leadership experience
Must be an active member of a church
Must believe that spiritual maturity takes place within biblical community
Working knowledge of Mac's and how they interface with network
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and user applications
A track record of initiative and creativity
A track record as an encourager, grace-giver and permission-giver
A track record of doing well in an inter-generational environment
A track record of flexibility while still accomplishing desired outcomes
Must be trustworthy, loyal and dependable
Must be humble and approachable
Must be relational
Must be a team player
Must be self-led and self-managed regarding work
Must be flexible with a “can do” spirit
Must be a life-long learner
Must be “fun”
Must be optimistic
Must be energetic and an initiative-taker
Must be resourceful
Preferred
Preferably a bachelor's and/or master's in computer science
Additional IT related certifications are preferred
Company
Christ Chapel Bible Church
Jesus over everything.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Rick Neves
Chief Operating Officer
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