MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Job Details

About the role

The role of Middle School Student Director/Pastor at Real Life Christian Church is to build leadership teams that create environments and foster relationships with students and families, equipping both students and parents for living Jesus > everything discipleship model now, and preparing students to carry their faith beyond their time in Middle and High School.

Responsibilities

• This person must be highly relational, energetic, dynamic, and relevant to today’s student culture.
• They must be passionate about seeing students and parents develop a solid foundation in Christ.
• Needs to demonstrate the ability to create, plan, execute, and evaluate successful events.
• Need to be pastoral: Knowing students and leaders. Connecting new students to other students and leaders, being aware of needs, and caring for the whole flock as well as leaders.
• Needs to be a leader of leaders: Executing a program to recruit, onboard, and develop adult leaders to disciple students, understanding that the impact of the ministry is reliant on 1- God. 2- Adults knowing and discipling kids at a low ratio (ideal is 5-1)
• Needs to be administratively adept: Executing weekly gathering, preparing material and getting it to leaders, regular events promoted to rally kids and their friends to, camps 2x per year, serving opportunities, student leadership teams, and parent meetings all need excellent communication and promotion with parents and students. Follow-up with newcomers is also a must.

Personal Responsibilities

• This individual must demonstrate a shepherd’s heart for people and model biblical priorities by being committed to:
• Spending regular time in God’s Word and prayer.
• Faithfully supporting the ministry of RLCC by giving regularly.
• Must demonstrate spiritual maturity and a growing relationship with Jesus.
• Displays a balance of humility and drive to build God’s kingdom.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Must have proven experience in student ministry.
• Must exhibit strong leadership skills with high school and middle school students, as well as adult volunteers
• Must be able to communicate relationally with large and small groups
• Must provide relevant, interesting, creative, and appropriate programming skills—large groups, small groups, worship team
• Must place a high value on the quality of production – décor, music, setting, feel, background music, staging, food, etc. and have the ability, creativity, and leadership to execute
• Must be a team player; able to work well with the people within this ministry, as well as the other ministries and staff
• Must relate well to a diverse group of students
• Must possess good technical skills—computers, sound, lighting
• Must have a high energy level and the physical ability to be active with students
• Four-year degree is preferred.
• Must possess strong administrative skills for executing all areas of the program
• Musical talent—vocal, guitar, etc. is preferred

Organizational Relationships

• Reports to: Lead Pastor and Executive Director
• Staff reporting to him: None at this time