Area Director - LifeWise Applicant Center

About Us

LifeWise Academy is a released time religious instruction program that exists to reach public school students with the gospel during school hours. Under released time law, students may be released from public school during the day to receive religious instruction, provided the program is off school property, privately funded and parent-permitted.

We believe released time is the greatest missed opportunity of the American church to reach the next generation with the gospel. Will you join us?

About You

You love Jesus. You love kids. You have the ability to face new challenges and create solutions. Leadership, organization and managing various tasks at once are areas of strength. Most importantly, you know this isn't just a job. It's a chance to do something meaningful, a chance to serve others and a chance to make a life-changing impact on students with the gospel.

About the Job

We are looking for a gospel-centered and detail-oriented Area Director to lead our team in the Sarasota school district. Our ideal candidate is a spiritually mature active church member with excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills who is adept at managing a broad range of administrative tasks. The Area Director will serve in a part-time 15-20 hours per week capacity (with higher weekly averages possible in the months leading up to launch).

Job Responsibilities: Managing the LifeWise 5 L's

Leadership

• Maintain overall responsibility for all duties listed in the Program Director Job Description and overall accountability for the operational and financial health of all area programs
• Recruit and hire Site Coordinators, teachers, drivers and other staff members as needed
• Ensure teachers and volunteers have completed background checks and child safety training
• Ensure Site Coordinators and teachers have completed all required training

Location

• Identify and coordinate host site locations and/or church partnerships
• Manage vehicle procurement and schedule use of regional fund-owned vehicles

Logistics

• Ensure policies and procedures are written and enforced for each program
• Ensure student permission slips and volunteer interest forms are up-to-date for each location

Loot

• Conduct church presentations and LifeWise 101 events
• Lead fundraising and donor management for the regional fund
• Create budgets for each program in collaboration with Site Coordinators
• Serve as Expense Admin for all programs
• Review monthly finance reports for all programs
• Process donations for all programs

Language

• Coordinate LifeWise presence at area events
• Oversee email updates and newsletters for area programs
• Recruit, cultivate and manage healthy relationships with strategic partners and area leaders

Qualifications and Experience

• A mature personal Christian faith consistent with the LifeWise Academy Statement of Faith
• Active membership in a church in which teaching aligns with the LifeWise Academy Statement of Faith
• Leadership experience in either a professional or a volunteer capacity
• Experience with spreadsheets, virtual meeting platforms and Google Workspace

Benefits

• Retirement plan, including employer match

LifeWise Academy's hiring practices and EEO Statement are fully in compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" section of employment discrimination laws for religious organizations and permits them to give employment preference to members of their own religion. LifeWise Academy is in that category.