Director of Chapel Programs

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Master of Divinity preferred but not required.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

• Event planning, hospitality, and management experience.

• Planning and executing worship services and/or church/chapel/university/community events.

• Office management.

• Multimedia competencies (and/or ability to manage a multimedia teams).

• Theological education highly suggested.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Maintains positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating effectively with students, faculty, co-workers, and managers.

• Thrives in a high energy, multidenominational environment with multiple worship services, events, and programs administered weekly.

• Unmatched attention to detail and organizational skills; ability to organize workflow and coordinate activities.

• Critical thinking and evaluation abilities to assist Chapel team in the development of relevant, meaningful and attractive programs.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written, oral, social-emotional communication skills; ability to communicate and develop rapport with people at all levels of the university.

• Demonstrates the ability to appreciate and communicate effectively across theological and cultural differences.

• Exhibits a high level of initiative and proactive problem-solving ability.

• Effectively performs responsibilities with limited supervision.

• Proficiency with contemporary technology (website management, online design tools such as Canva), Microsoft Teams and Office Suite, and University data systems.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously within changing dynamics.

• Personal initiative and the ability to understand and embrace the mission, vision and purpose of the University Chapel and its programs; personally invested in the quality of the Chapel and its programs.

• Ability to use independent judgment and discretion in discharging responsibilities

• Ability to work evenings, variable hours, and weekends as occasionally required for programs, including travel.

• Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, honesty, integrity and congeniality.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides overall leadership and management for all Chapel programs, including Wednesday evening worship services, Family and Alumni weekend services, and other special services and programs.

• Oversees all event details, including maintenance and supervision of the audio/video team, as well as chapel setup for each event.

• Ability to supervise and assess needs for student employment teams, including:

  • Social media and Content Creation team

  • Audio/Video team for Weekly Chapel (in collaboration with Director of Chapel Music)

  • Office Assistants

  • Advent and Lent Devotionals team

• Manages and monitors, with the Minister to the University, the program budget, using the University online systems, requisitions funds allocated for the programs, student needs, etc.

• Coordinates and facilitates guest speakers, guest musicians (in collaboration with Director of Music) and student groups who serve and perform in the Chapel worship services and programs.

• Manages and edits the Chapel and Religious Life Website, keeping content and images up to date.

• Oversee social media team for effective and appropriate use of social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Youtube) to extend HPU Chapel’s mission.

• Ability to travel occasionally (principally with HPU Chapel’s Pilgrimage program), which would require over-nights and weekends with students. Such travel would require the ability to drive students.

• Maintains ongoing evaluation and improvement of programs to make them relevant and meaningful to today’s students and in accordance with the overall student-centered philosophy of the University in general and the Chapel in particular.

• Other duties as assigned.

WORK SCHEDULE:

This is a full-time position, requiring some nights and weekends to accommodate worship schedules for the HPU student body.

HPU CHAPEL MISSION:

The mission of Hayworth Chapel and the Religious Life Office (“The Chapel”) is to cultivate a Beloved Community at High Point University through three core commitments:

• Helping students experience and practice BELONGING.

• Encouraging each person to embrace BECOMING the individual God calls them to be.

• Inviting all to BEHOLD the grace of God in every aspect of life.

Reporting Structure:

Director of Chapel Programs reports to the Vice President & Minister to the University.

For more information about this position, please contact Preston Davis, Vice President and Minister to the University at pdavis@highpoint.edu.