Assistant To The Executive Pastor

Position: Assistant to the Executive Pastor (Part-time, 20 hours)
The Assistant to the Executive Pastor advances the mission of Real Life by providing administrative support to the Executive Pastor, ensuring that the Executive Pastor’s leadership is maximized through effective organization, scheduling, communication, and follow-through on key tasks and initiatives.
 

Administrative Support
 

• Manage calendar and scheduling for the Executive Pastor, ensuring effective use of time.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, take notes, and track follow-up tasks.
• Assist with email, phone, and written communication on behalf of the Executive Pastor.
• Maintain files, documents, and records in an organized system.
   

Project & Task Support
 

• Provide administrative assistance for church-wide projects and initiatives.
• Help draft, edit, and distribute communication pieces (emails, letters, reports).
• Track timelines and deadlines, ensuring projects move forward efficiently.
• Support preparation of staff meetings, leadership gatherings, and events.
   

Operational Assistance
 

• Assist with data entry, reporting, and maintaining ministry systems
• Coordinate logistics for special events as assigned.
• Perform other administrative tasks as delegated by the Executive Pastor.
   

Expectations
 

• Love Jesus.
• Low drama, high momentum, positivity, overcomer, resourceful, “can-do” attitude.
• Close collaboration with the Executive Pastor.
• Proactive with a take initiative work ethic.
• Ability to resolve conflict in a mature and godly manner.
• Ability to maintain relational, emotional, and spiritual health.
• Performs job duties in a timely manner.
• Other responsibilities assigned according to gifts & as needed.

The ideal candidate is a high-capacity leader, able to flourish in a fluid, growing organization, relational, personable, able & eager to learn & leverage emerging technology, works well in & under authority, problem solver, low drama, “can do” enthusiastic attitude, high momentum, able to maintain physical, spiritual, emotional & relational health.
 

Church Profile: Real Life Sango (Real Life Church)
Mission: Delighting in God & Discipling Others
Vision: A flourishing people & A Multiplying Movement
Values: Margin for Mission // Equip & Empower // Grace & Truth in Relationships
Keep it real. Keep it Jesus.
Real Life is a 7-year-old, growing, multigenerational congregation with a passion for local & global disciple making & multiplication. Averaging 1400 in worship, Real Life is both missional & attractional in approach, committed to expository preaching & focused on rapidly assimilating people into the body of
Christ & ministry. Real Life’s staff team is committed to being life long learners and always evaluating all that we do. We have a real time feedback culture. We work hard, play hard and rest well. Real Life is a part of the Summit Collaborative & is a cooperating SBC church.

City Profile: Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is in the rapidly growing Montgomery County (40 minutes north of Nashville.)
Population: City/185,690, County/246,025, Metro Area/346,000
Montgomery County is projected to grow 90,000+ people in next 20 years
Home to Austin Peay State University attracting over 10,000 enrolled students
Home to Ft. Campbell Army Base which houses over 30,000 soldiers from all over the US
Attracting Major Businesses & Industry (eg. Google Data Centers, Amazon, Hankook Tires, LG
Electronics & Bridgestone)
Median age - 30.4, Median Household Income $66,768, Median Home price $340K
Money Magazine’s #1 Place to Live (2019)
Open Door’s #1 zip code in America (2022)
Forbes Magazine ranked Clarksville as one of the fastest growing cities in America (2023)