Director, Office of the President

The Director, Office of the President serves as a close, trusted extension of the President of Leading The Way, stewarding the daily rhythm, priorities, and readiness of the President’s office. This role provides high-touch executive support, coordination, and discernment to ensure the President is well-prepared, well-informed, and well-supported in all ministry, leadership, and external commitments.

While this role does not carry formal supervisory authority, it operates with a high degree of trust, confidentiality, and influence. The Director, Office of the President must exercise exceptional judgment, anticipate needs, manage complexity calmly, and represent the President’s priorities with clarity and discretion.

This role helps ensure the Office of the President functions smoothly, proactively, and in alignment with the mission and values of the ministry.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Executive Partnership & Daily Stewardship

• Serve as a trusted, close partner to the President, supporting daily priorities, decision flow, and execution
• Lead management of the President’s calendar, global travel, meetings, and logistics with sound judgment and discretion
• Orchestrate the daily rhythm of the Office of the President to ensure readiness, continuity, and follow-through
• Prepare and deliver concise daily briefings, highlighting priorities, schedule considerations, and upcoming commitments
• Protect the President’s time by filtering requests, prioritizing engagements, and recommending alternatives when appropriate
• Anticipate challenges, assess risks, and proactively surface solutions or alternative paths forward

Executive Support & Communications

• Act as the first point of contact for written correspondence, phone calls, and visitors to the executive office
• Draft, prepare, and manage the President’s correspondence, including letters related to thank-yous, and general ministry communication
• Coordinate or perform transcription of sermons and talks; update and maintain sermon, illustration, and archival files
• Greet and host executive office guests with professionalism, warmth, and discretion
• Provide logistical and administrative support for Board and executive-level meetings, including: drafting agendas, preparing and collating materials and reports, recording and distributing minutes, and tracking and following up on action items
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee complex domestic and international travel; regularly accompany the President on trips as needed to ensure seamless execution of logistics, scheduling, communications, and on-site support

Coordination & Collaboration

• Coordinate with staff, ministry leaders, vendors, partners, and the LTW development team to schedule meetings and ensure logistical readiness
• Work collaboratively with other executive office personnel to ensure alignment, coverage, and continuity of responsibilities
• Assist in planning and executing ministry events hosted by the Office of the President
• Travel to speaking engagements and other ministry events, both domestic and international

Financial & Administrative Support

• Gather receipts and prepare expense reports
• Organize and maintain both digital and physical filing systems for executive correspondence, records, and key documents
• Plan and execute complex domestic and international travel, including accompanying the President as needed and coordinating flights, accommodations, transportation, and on-site logistics

Additional Responsibilities

• Handle sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion
• Represent the President’s priorities, voice, and values appropriately in daily interactions
• Assist with additional administrative or operational duties as assigned in support of the President and the ministry

Qualifications

We are seeking a self-driven individual with a discerning spirit, a servant’s heart, and exceptional attention to detail. Trustworthiness, integrity, emotional maturity, and confidentiality are essential to success in this role.

In addition to these attributes, the following qualifications are required:

• A mature Christian faith and an evident passion for the ministry of Leading The Way
• Significant experience providing executive-level administrative or operational support to a senior leader (President, CEO, Founder, Senior Pastor, or equivalent)
• Excellent organizational skills and attentive to detail
• Must have the ability to handle and maintain confidential information
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills, with an ability to read the room and engage professionally with people at all experience levels and nationalities
• Strong research skills and social media experience
• Embody an executive-level presence in all professional environments
• Possess the personal qualities of honesty and integrity; self-starter; highly motivated
• Understanding of cultural flashpoints and undercurrents
• Great flexibility to deal with unexpected issues or events
• Experience booking domestic and international travel
• Effective verbal and written communications skills, possessing a strong grasp of the English language and grammar
• Advanced computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Must live in the Metropolitan Atlanta area within a reasonable commuting distance of LTW headquarters
• Ability to travel 30%+ including international travel for multiple weeks at a time
• Must subscribe to Leading The Way’s Statement of Faith

Desired Characteristics of Applicants

When LTW reviews applicants for an open position, we look for certain characteristics we believe are important to maximizing the ministry of LTW and fully utilizing the spiritual gifts and talents as individuals.

• Christian. We believe that to contribute to our mission it is essential that a person maintain a vibrant Christian faith.
• Called. Work at LTW is not just another job; it is the work of God and an employee should sense the call of God on his or her life work within the ministry.
• Competent. In addition to being a Christian and having a sense of calling, a person must be fully competent to perform all the duties of the position.
• Committed. Because of LTW’s high standards and its belief in good stewardship, it is essential that all employees manifest a high level of commitment to their job responsibilities and the ministry as a whole.

Additional Information

Compensation at Leading The Way includes:

• Salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Group term life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• After one year, eligibility to participate in 403(b) retirement plan—currently LTW contributes 9% of salary to plan and matches a portion of employee contributions
• Vacation, holiday, personal, and sick pay

Leading The Way’s employees come from a broad range of church backgrounds. Nevertheless, employees are expected to be a member in good standing of a church whose doctrinal convictions and statement of faith are not in conflict with LTW’s. To make sure everyone understands our theological foundations, we require that all employees subscribe to LTW’s Statement of Faith, avoid public statements conflicting with the Statement of Faith, and seek to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the beliefs set forth in the Statement of Faith. 

LTW is both an equal-opportunity employer and a Christian, nonprofit, religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, parental status, or disability of an otherwise-qualified individual. The status of LTW as an equal-opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment, which is central to our stated religious purpose and day-to-day operations.