This process is designed for workgroups where multiple staff members are working at the same location and all or most of the staff in the workgroup are employed by Reliant. The process for placing Reliant employees at a staff level may be different when Reliant staff members work at a ministry alongside other staff the ministry partner employs. Reach out to your Program Team with questions. |
Determining what staff level a Missionary Role should be in? Click here to go to the Job Evaluation Tool. |
Review the missionary job description and role requirements and place the position within the correct range.
Job Evaluation ToolTo aid in placing the Missionary Role in the correct Staff Level, click the green button below to create a copy of the Staff Level Job Evaluation Tool. - Refer to the current Missionary Job Description when using the tool.
- Follow the instructions in the document to evaluate the job role in each area/factor.
- When complete, share the document with insert emails/names.
After you share the completed Job Evaluation Tool with the applicable Program Team, someone from that team will contact you about next steps. |
More Resources for Job Evaluation
Consider the following domains for the job responsibilities:
- Responsibility/Impact
- Skills/Know-How
- Effort/Problem-Solving
Responsibility/Impact - The extent to which the actions and decisions affect the church or ministry
- Freedom to Act - how much authority the job has to make decisions without referral to others
- Nature of Impact - the nature of the role’s impact and influence on church/ministry results (primary, shared, or contributory)
- Magnitude (Area of Impact) - the scope or depth of the impact on the church/ministry
Skills/Know-How - Skills, knowledge, experience, education, and special training required for the role
- The depth and breadth of knowledge and skills needed to be effective in the role
- The requirement to undertake managerial functions, such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling resources; knowledge is applied in an integrated way to achieve goals
- The interpersonal and communications skills needed for successful interactions with individuals and groups
Effort/Problem-Solving - The level to which know-how is used in facing and solving a problem (degree of initiation, creativity, and analysis)
- Thinking Environment (Freedom to Think) - the scope within the job to identify and address the problems it typically faces; the thinking environment depends on the absence or presence of policy, procedure, supervisor, or other guidance
- Thinking Challenge - reflects the complexity of the problems typically encountered, ranging from simple, repetitive issues to complex and novel situations