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Job Title: Lead Student Pastor

Reports to: Family Life Pastor

Status: Full Time – Salary Position

Summary of Contribution:

• Provide spiritual and strategic leadership to DC Student’s staff team.
• The Lead Student Pastor will also give hands on leadership to the ministry at Sand Lake (main campus), providing relational and pastoral care to kids, families and volunteers.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and support to the Student Ministries Staff at all campuses.
• Develop each member of the Student Ministry Team personally and professionally.
• Recruit high-capacity leaders into the ministry.
• Lead through building leaders of leaders.
• Champion the Student Ministry Team vision: To see our students be known, know Jesus, and make Jesus known.
• Helping create strategic pathways for students to grow in their faith while setting strategies to grow the ministries to meet the church’s needs.
• Implement a compelling, relational ministry strategy to disciple “church kids” and reach those who have not yet put their faith in Christ.
• Oversee weekly programming for ministry to middle school and high school students across our 3 campuses.
• Give hands on leadership to our Student Ministry at our Sand Lake Campus in partnership with our Sand Lake Student Pastor.
• Passion and proven ability to teach God’s word to students in large and small group settings.
• Passion and proven ability to develop others, including staff, in their teaching gifts.
• Stay current on cultural trends and issues facing students and their families and be able to provide biblical guidance and perspective.
• Be an ally to parents in discipling their students by providing resources, counsel and support.
• Be a champion of healthy, team building, servant-leadership culture.
• Oversee the budgeting process for the Student Ministries Team across all campuses.
• Oversee the stewardship of ministry funds.

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strength in relationship building.
• Strong time management skills and organizational skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient or some experience in Microsoft Products (Office 365).
• Planning Center Online experience.

Experience Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in ministry, education or relevant field.
• Several years of experience in full-time student ministry/leadership.
• Experience in administration, coordination and event planning.
• Experience in teaching curriculum development.
• Experience in recruiting, training and managing teams.
• Experience leading vocational staff.

Core Competencies:

• Catalytic Leader: A catalytic leader models servant leadership empowers and positions others for growth and wins and actively builds a culture of Leadership Development.
• Innovator: An innovator fosters and initiates innovative ideas, methods, and solutions.
• Equipper: An equipper actively pursues the development of others through the provision of resources, next step opportunities and feedback.
• Strategic Thinker: A strategic thinker is proactive, understands and clearly defines the “end goal” of an organization/ministry and establishes short- and long-term strategies that will actualize that end goal.
• Collaborative Leader: A collaborative leader works effectively, both within a team and among diverse teams or departments, to create an environment where ideas and decisions are jointly developed, owned, and executed.

Benefit Package:

We offer benefit package that is competitive with current market value based on the position hired for and an applicant’s experience and education.

Brief:

We are looking for an individual that displays the competencies above but also exudes high character. This individual holds themselves to a biblical standard that is above reproach and honors God in their words and actions. They work to achieve and maintain a high degree of chemistry with all they interact with.