Operations Director
Operations Director
Walnut Street Baptist Church – Louisville, KY – 5-19-2025
Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, KY is searching for an Operations Director. Would you embrace serving with a church in a diverse, downtown mission field? Do you have a deep personal commitment to Christ, to the authority of scripture, to the Great Commission, and to high standards in work? Do you work well with people and teams, enjoy accomplishing goals, and thrive in managing day to day operations and leading in effective processes for achieving strategic goals? This is a full-time role that involves membership in the church. Experience in personnel management and supervision is required. Financial management experience is preferred. If you have an interest in this role, we would be delighted to receive your resume and cover letter at pcwsbc@walnutstreet.org
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Operations Director
Primary Focus
The Operations Director manages the day to day operations of the church and leads in effective processes for achieving strategic goals related to the One Church – One Mission vision.
The Operations Director will be (or become) a member of the church and be committed to developing healthy relationships with leaders and members in fellowship and service.
Desired Characteristics
- Love for God; love for the church; love for the mission of the church
- Applies self to projects and problems and sees them through to a good place
- Relates well to and works well with people, leaders, members, and our community
- Gets things done in ways that keeps people together and moving forward in our vision
Representative Responsibilities
- Human resources functions. Human resources management will be in relation to all staff positions.
- Staff supervision. Support staff roles will be under the Operations Director’s oversight.
- Financial services oversight. The Operations Director will maintain a thorough understanding of all financial processes; ensure that procedures are sound, and that reporting is reliable and helpful for the leaders and members of the church; supervise financial services personnel; serve as the church’s purchasing agent in keeping with policies and procedures; support stewardship communication and encouragement to the congregation.
- Facilities and grounds oversight in collaboration with the House and Grounds Committee. This includes many aspects, including that facilities and grounds are well maintained and attractive; that resources are allocated in keeping with vision, mission, and priorities; that facilities spaces are assigned strategically in alignment with our mission and priorities.
- Security management in collaboration with the Security Team. This will involve relating to security officers and evaluation of and provision for security needs.
- Church Office management. The Operations Director will oversee office space, equipment, admin staff coverage, office culture, print publications, etc.
- Other responsibilities as needed.