Properties Specialist
EastLake Church (Chula Vista, CA)
Job Title: Properties Specialist
Level: Salary $50,000 - $80,000
Department: Facilities
Status: Full-Time
Reports To: Director of Fianance and Operations
Issue/Revision Date: January 2024
Hours: Varying Schedule to include weekends
Job Summary:
The Property Specialist takes leadership over all the church properties owned or long-term leased with a goal of creating and maintaining clean, safe, inviting and purposeful facilities/environments that integrate with the mission and vision of our church and its ministries.
Supervision Received:
Reports to the Director of Finance and Operations. Property Specialist seeks authorization for broad scope of projects, changes or repairs outside of budget.
Primary Responsibilities:
This role focuses on 5 areas: vendors, problems, projects, budgets, supervision.
- Manage outside vendors and contracts as needed for maintaining church properties. (Cleaning service, landscaping, carpet cleaning, HVAC, etc…)
- Solve facility problems on properties and create and maintain preventative maintenance schedules. (Make sure fixes and repairs happen in a timely manner.)
- Oversee any large facilities projects on our properties (Get bids, hire company and or project manager, offer accountability through to completion)
- Monitor facilities budgets and ensure work stays within resources.
- Supervise and develop a team of full-time and part-time facilities staff who execute set up, clean up, open up, lock up, for all church activities each week.
- Lead growth groups during groups season and participate in sacramental activities as requested.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Additional duties as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Ability to multitask a wide variety of details at the same time.
- Ability to proactively identify and solve problems with a posture of extreme ownership.
- Ability to self-lead efficiently and effectively.
- Ability to plan and execute a workflow of personnel and calendared ministry activities.
- Ability to interact with and manage outside vendor relationships and work.
- Ability to manage a budget and spending within that budget.
- Ability to lead, develop and organize a team of FT and PT facilities staff.
- Ability to communicate clearly with those up, down, and all around the organizational chart.
Working Conditions / Requirements:
- Flex – In and out of office to ensure work completion
- Office, computer, and other resources as needed
- Commute between campuses as needed to oversee projects
- Church staff is required to abide by the Cultural Expectations (tithe, attendance, conduct, etc.)
Terms of Employement:
- As a staff person at Eastlake Community Church, I agree to abide by all the provisions of the Employee Handbook.
- The Church reserves the right, at any time, with or without notice, to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities.
- The Church classified this position as a full-time paid position and is exempt from the overtime provisions, as stated in the Employee Handbook.