Prime Responsibility Chart

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1	Board and Staff Roles and Responsibilities	Governing Board	Senior Pastor	Executive Team	Dept Heads	HR / Finance Pastor	Campus & Other Pastors	HOW THIS CHART WORKS
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3	PERSONNEL							P = Prime Responsibility
4	Add or remove staff positions	P	A	A		A		A = Assistant Responsibility
5	Hire the SP	AP		P				AP = Approval Required
6	Dismiss the SP	P
7	Evaluate SP job performance	P				A		PREMISE: For any given area, only one person has "Prime (or Ultimate) Responsibility" (P). This one-page chart is an excellent way to clarify the boundaries between the Board and the staff, as well as between the Board and the Executive Team.
8	Hire members of ET (Dept Heads)	AP	P
9	Dismiss members of ET (Dept Heads)	AP	P
10	Evaluate ET job performance		P			A
11	Hire & fire pastoral staff		AP		P	A
12	Evaluate pastoral staff job performance				P	A		Update this whenever the Board edits related policy and label it as to version and date.
13	Hire & fire all non-pastoral staff		AP		AP	A	P	This should / could reflect a written document in the Policy Manual.
14	Evaluate other staff job performance					A	P
15	Update employee handbook	AP			A	P
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17	PLANNING							Tracking?
18	Mission, vision, values	AP	P	A
19	Annual strategic plan	AP	P	A
20	Sr Pastor annual goals	AP	P	A
21	Dept Head annual goals		AP		P	A
22	Develop Board policy	P	A		A	A
23	Develop church-wide policy	AP	A	A		P
24	Develop HR policy	AP		A		P
25	Develop standard procedures		A	A		P
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27	FINANCE
28	Annual budget	AP	A		A	P	A
29	Quarterly financial reports					P	A
30	Quarterly campus giving reports					A	P
31	Annual audit	AP				P
32	Buy, sell or encumber real property	AP		P	A
33	Building construction	AP	A	P	A	A	A
34	Building renovation			P		A	A
35	Lower tier non-budgeted expenses			P		A
36	Upper tier non-budgeted expenses	AP		P		A
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38	SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT
39	SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT		A	P
40	Amend Alpine Way		A	P
41	Create theological positions statements		A	P			A
42	Determine teaching & curriculum		A	P
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44	OTHER
45	Amend Articles of Incorporation	P
46	Amend Bylaws	P
47	Launch new campus	AP	A	P
48	Release or close existing campus	AP	A	P
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50	P = Prime Responsibility
51	A = Assistant Responsibility
52	AP = Approval Required
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54	PREMISE: For any given area, only one person has "Primary Responsibility" (P). This one-page chart is an excellent way to clarify the boundaries between the Board and the staff, as well as between the Board and the ET.
55	Update this whenever the board edits the policy and label it as to version and date.
56	This should / could reflect a written document in the Policy Manual.
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