Lay Leadership Development Director

Overview

Provide overall leadership and direction for recruiting, training, and encouraging local officers and other lay leaders in the Division. The Leadership Development Director will be expected to spend time at the Corps during the week and weekends, including Sundays. The Director must become intimately aware of every Corps in the command regarding current and potential lay leadership. 

Responsibilities

The duties listed below are the primary duties of this position but are not all the duties that may be required. The Salvation Army reserves the right to change, reduce, or expand the duties of this position at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.  

 

Corps Leadership Development & Local Officer Training 

• Educate and assist the Corps in developing important Corps leadership bodies, including but not limited to Senior and Junior Pastoral Care Councils and Corps Councils. 

• Function as a conduit of information between DHQ and Local Units regarding Local Officership. 

• Provide local officer training through various mediums, including retreats, individual consultations, corps workshops, and webinars. 

• Develop an annual schedule of divisional training events, including Soldiers’ Rallies, Local Officer Retreats, Leadership Training Days, etc. 

• Develop promotional materials and presentations using flyers, posters, bulletins, PowerPoint presentations, Corps visits, and announcements at Divisional events. 

• Provide annual training on Spiritual Health, including: 

• Personal Spiritual Health 

• Corps Spiritual Health 

• Spiritual Health of others through the importance of outreach ministry 

• Provide bi-annual training on local officers' financial stewardship and Corps finance responsibility. Training should include the following: 

• Developing local fundraisers and community awareness with Corps Officers. 

• How to read a budget presented in the Corps council. 

• Personal tithing responsibilities. 

• Importance of active volunteer service. 

• Recruit and coordinate attendance at territorial programs including but not limited to The Arsenal and LEAD. 

Local Officer Recruitment 

• Educate Corps Officers, Pastoral Care Councils, Corps Councils, and Soldiers about the importance, benefits, and processes of making local Officers. 

• Help Corps Officers to identify potential leaders and connect them with a ministry role that exercises their spiritual gifts and aligns with their talent and abilities. 

• Emphasize the recruitment and development of key local officers such as The Recruiting Sergeant, The Corps Sergeant Major, and the Corps Secretary. 

• Utilize various assessments to help place lay leaders appropriately. 

• Become familiar with Soldiers in the division who are or could become local leaders. 

Local Officer Processing 

• Per the Orders and Regulations, process all applications for local Officership. 

• Coordinate with the Divisional KeepSAafe Coordinator to ensure that all applicants comply with KeepSAfe and State law. 

• Notify all relevant departments of applicants (i.e., a YPSM to the youth department). 

• Submit the completed application packet to the Divisional Commander through the Divisional Program Secretary. 

• Ensure completed applications are returned to the Corps with appropriate certificates promptly. 

• Recommend uniform trim, pins, badges, etc., to the Corps Officers for all new local leadership roles and requested positions. 

• In addition to keeping a list of all current LOs in the division, work with the Program Executive Assistant to ensure that all LOs are recorded in the Corps Management Database and NSS (Stats). 

• Encourage local officers through renewals and long-service awards. 

• Encourage Corps and Local Officers to participate in the annual Territorial Day of Local Officer Renewal. 

• Ensure that renewal resources are effectively dispersed to the frontline and act as a source of information to provide support through the renewal process. 

• Compile and process annual local officer long service awards. 

• Assist Corps Officers and divisional staff with updating soldiers’ information in the CMD, including removing or transferring local officers and their commissions from the Corps roll