Youth Pastor/Associate Campus Pastor

River Valley Church•Woodbury, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Position Summary As part of the Next Gen Department at River Valley Church, the Youth Pastor is responsible for overseeing all elements of ministry to youth at the campus, from 6th grade through 12th grade. This includes overseeing all things pertaining to Youth services, events, and administration. This position also acts as the lead for all Youth specific interns at the Woodbury campus. As part of the Woodbury campus team, the Associate Campus Pastor is responsible for providing Campus and Team leadership, assisting with Operational oversight of the campus, Pastoral Care, and Connections support, all under the direction of the Campus Pastor. This position is the first go-to when the campus pastor is unavailable.

Requirements

Proficient in administrative and leadership skills
Experience in managing teams and developing others
Strong Interpersonal skills
Proficient in public speaking
Solid sermon-writing skills, including understanding of Biblical exposition skills
Ability to work effectively in a team environment
Ability to raise up leaders (reproduce yourself)
Qualified Candidates should either have ministerial credentials or be working towards obtaining credentials.
At least 3 to 5 years related ministry experience.

Nice To Haves

A four year Bachelor’s Degree is strongly encouraged, with preference given to a pastoral or other ministry-related degree.
Credentials with the Assemblies of God are preferred.

Responsibilities

Be directly accountable to the Lead Youth Pastor
Aid in developing corporate youth strategy; champion the vision
Fill out and submit weekly Youth Reports
Participate and be in attendance at Youth Pastor meetings
Develop and attend all campus youth leader meetings
Responsible for the organization and running of the youth ministry at your respective campus.
Preach for YTH at their campus for the majority of Wednesday night services.
Strategically develop the campus’ youth ministry
Create and develop Leadership Teams for Youth Group that will serve on Wednesdays, at YTH+, and for all outreach and Global Project efforts
Recruit new leaders
Build connections with leaders to increase the longevity of their service and encourage their ongoing growth and development as a leader.
Send out an email to all Youth Leaders with a service agenda and what to expect prior to the Wednesday night youth services.
Send out a weekly recap of Wednesday night youth services to your leadership team every Thursday
Coordinate and plan Wednesday night youth services
Participate in message planning meetings and weekly production meetings when possible
Weekly collaboration with other Youth Pastors on message content to ensure the focus is presented cohesively
Plan the visuals for the message, as necessary
Direct the room and stage set up for Wednesday night service
Act as point person for Wednesday night structure
Key all connect cards into the church database (ROCK) in a timely manner
Develop interns and engage them with an excellent ministry experience
Be available for counseling needs with student leaders, students and their families.
Steward campus budget and submit expense reimbursements as necessary on a monthly basis.
Recruit students, coordinate your respective campus’ signups, and attend as needed large campus-wide youth events i.e. Youth Camp, Minnesota Youth Convention (MYC), Revival Nights, Youth Conference, etc.)
Other Campus-specific duties, as directed by the Campus Pastor.
Lead or co-lead a youth Global Team, as needed.
Attend the weekend service planning meeting
Demonstrate Front Row Leadership by being on time and leading engagement
Pastoral point for any problems or concerns that arise during weekend services
Pastoral liaison for in--service security
Work lobby and serve team areas before and after service, making it a priority to connect and encourage serve team members, leaders, and coaches
Assist in leading pre-service huddle
Be on time and lead engagement for staff, volunteers, and attenders
Be available, as needed, for platform announcements
Provide Campus Leadership in the event the Campus Pastor is unavailable.
Attend all campus deacon meetings
Be intentional about building relationships with the campus deacons, ministry leaders and volunteers
Identify, recruit and help develop new volunteer leaders
Champion and support connections related programming (i.e. Small Groups, Serve Teams, Serve Our Community, and Welcome Home groups)
Identify, recruit, and develop new small group and serve team volunteers and leaders, alongside the Connections Pastor
Lead Core groups, as needed
Pastoral support for Water Baptisms
Pastoral support for Men’s Ministry Events
Pastoral support for Global Project at the campus
Help identify problems, find solutions and handle conflicts within the campus.
Keep Campus Pastor informed and involved as needed.
Pastoral point of contact for all benevolence requests
Be available for Pastoral Care requests (i.e. mentoring and/or counseling meetings, hospital visits, funerals, etc.) from church attendees as needed.
Work with Central staff, as needed, on building needs, repairs, landscaping, HVAC issues, snow removal, etc. under the direction of the Campus pastor
Execute decisions as needed for set up, tear down, and overall execution of various events occurring on and off campus.