Job Description
Position: Facilities Director
Position Status: Exempt, Salaried, Full Time
Position Schedule: Rotational Sunday schedule (7a - 1:30p); Monday - Friday (8 hours daily); Flex day when working Sunday
Position Status: Exempt, Salaried, Full Time
Position Schedule: Rotational Sunday schedule (7a - 1:30p); Monday - Friday (8 hours daily); Flex day when working Sunday
Position Summary
The Facilities Director at ACAC will steward our 130-year heritage while managing our unique blend of historic and modern buildings. This role requires a visionary professional who can listen attentively to the Lead Pastor's direction and translate it into strategic facility plans that honor our past while serving our future.
The ideal candidate will:
The ideal candidate will:
- Demonstrate passionate stewardship of ACAC's historic buildings and grounds
- Develop and implement comprehensive facility plans aligned with ministry vision
- Foster a collaborative relationship with our urban community partners
- Create and maintain welcoming, safe, and functional spaces that reflect our spirit of hospitality
- Ensure that our facilities make a positive first impression on guests, congregants, and staff
This position offers the opportunity to preserve architectural heritage while enhancing spaces that further our ministry mission in a vibrant urban setting.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and execute facility plans aligned with ACAC's growth trajectory and ministry vision
- Establish capital spending priorities, replacement timelines, and annual reserve recommendations
- Serve on the Parking Garage Committee to ensure alignment with campus-wide planning
- Function as key liaison to the Board of Trustees on facility matters
- Collaborate on innovative strategies to leverage building use by external organizations
Operational Excellence
- Ensure all campus buildings and grounds, including furniture and assets, receive proper maintenance
- Create and implement preventative maintenance plans for all structures and equipment
- Maintain safe, comfortable, and welcoming environments throughout all facilities
- Establish and maintain a trusted network of vendors and service providers
- Lead campus security initiatives and protocols
Team Development
- Lead, develop, and supervise the Facilities Team to effectively support ACAC ministries
- Identify growth opportunities for existing staff and create development pathways
- Recruit, train, and coordinate facility volunteers to expand impact and engagement
- Foster a culture of teamwork, service excellence, and creative problem-solving
Project Management
- Create detailed project plans for renovations, remodels, and improvements
- Manage projects from conception through completion, including contractor coordination
- Develop and manage annual departmental operating and capital budgets
- Ensure compliance with policies, local regulations, and safety standards
Ministry Support
- Work collaboratively with ministry leaders to enable effective programming
- Support strategic partnerships with external ACAC ministry collaborators
- Respond flexibly to special projects as assigned by ACAC leadership
Competencies
- Strategic Thinking - thinking conceptually, imaginatively, systematically, and opportunistically with regard to the attainment of individual, departmental, and organizational success in the future
- Building Collaborative Relationships - the ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
- Planning - accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals
- Process Management - able to figure out the process necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities
- Results Orientation - the ability to focus on the desired result of one's own or one's unit's work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.
- Managing Change - the ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change
- Decisiveness - the ability to make difficult decisions in a timely manner.
- Diversity - interacts with all kinds and classes of people equitably
Required Qualifications
- BS level degree
- A minimum of 5 years of related experience
- A minimum of 3 years of managing direct reports
- A demonstrated record of success related to the duties of this position
- Experience with PC and Macintosh computing environments
Physical Requirements
- The position functions in a normal office environment that requires the ability to successfully interface with standard office equipment such as computers, printers, copiers, fax, telephones, etc.
- Sitting, standing, walking, and climbing stairs are typical activities in this role.
- The ability to lift at least 50 lbs without assistance
- The ability to traverse ladders and stairs without assistance
- Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) and hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds) are required.
Health and Wellness Benefits
- Medical Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Comprehensive dental and vision insurance
- Employer-paid and voluntary life insurance options
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
Paid Leave and Work-Life Balance
- Paid vacation and personal leave hours
- Paid holidays and floating days off
- FMLA (Family and Medical Leave) when applicable