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Area Manager Position Description

LeaderImpact Group is a growing national Christian organization that is committed to helping leaders discover the relevance of faith in their personal and professional lives.  LeaderImpact Group works with leaders in cities (City Teams) to help them develop and execute innovative strategies to make faith a relevant discussion in the marketplace.  With cities across Canada joining, LeaderImpact Group has a team of fun, professional staff, ready to help.

We are currently looking for 4 Area Managers. .  We are looking for people who are passionate, dedicated and looking for a position that is not just a job, but also something you can believe in. 

Major Objectives:

The Area Manager gives leadership to LeaderImpact Group in a specific geography.
The priority objective of the Area Manager will be to start and support City Teams in each significant community in the Area – beginning with cities of 100,000 or more. The Area Manager will work with the City Teams to establish goals, strategies and programs to maximize the effectiveness of LeaderImpact group.

Key Tasks:

  1. In conjunction with the Regional Director, establish SMART goals for the Area on an annual basis.
  2. Recruit, train, motivate and support City Teams in each significant community.
  3. Work with the City Teams to establish quarterly plans reflecting the metrics.
  4. Plan, schedule and facilitate training programs as appropriate to the needs of the Area.
  5. Arrange for specialty experts to support the City Teams as will best facilitate their plans.
  6. Track the measurables for the Area, make adjustments as necessary to meet the goals.
  7. Participate actively in the National Area Manager Group as a forum for best practices, effective strategies, problem solving and continuous improvement.
  8. Continuously search out partnership opportunities, which have the potential to further the established goals for the Area.
  9. Function as an effective communicator of LIG Ministry – including, as appropriate, Area wide conferences/seminars.
  10. Review all strategies, which may be developed by City Teams to ensure they are consistent with the Vision, Values and Purposes of LeaderImpact. Support the ones which are appropriate and share as best practices those which are particularly effective.

Core skills:

Spiritual leadership

  • Exhibits patience and discernment in spiritual matters.
  • Has spiritually maturity and knowledge of the Bible.
  • Able to spiritually coach and mentor to City Teams and Discovery Group Leaders
  • Does not need to be the ‘Spiritual Leader’ of the organization, but can draw upon available resources.
  • Is actively engaged in living a life of faith

Relationship skills

  • Has a strong ability to surface and develop relationships with City Teams and the business community.
  • Has public speaking ability
  • Able to motivate others to action
  • Able to achieve results through others

Management and Administration skills

  • Able to execute and deliver on an existing Vision / Strategy.
  • Strong people and process management skills.
  • Able to harness the resources of a field organization including the effective use of teams
  • Able to oversee diverse range of activities
  • Possesses tactical ability to identify and deliver best practices and shared resources to diverse, volunteer, field operation. 
  • Strong budgeting experience.

Marketplace credibility

  • Worked in the business or professional community with high level of credibility.
  • Knowledgeable about issues facing ‘marketplace’ Leaders.
  • Should have Senior Management experience

Entrepreneurial

  • Entrepreneurial “lite”
  • Works well within the purpose, framework and processes created
  • Asks “how can we do this more effectively”

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