Student Ministry Leader, North Charleston Campus

Hours:

Full-time, 30 hours/weekly

This position reports to:
Campus Pastor

The mission:

Seacoast Church goes all out in our mission to help others Find God, Grow your Faith, Discover your Purpose, and Make a Difference. Our student ministry exists to grow the faith of the next generation to become engaged members of todays Church. Our Campus Student Ministry Leader develops a relevant environment where students can connect with Jesus, fellow believers, and the church.

• Carry out the Vision of the Seacoast Student Ministry
• Connect
  • Create leadership opportunities for volunteers to meet needs within the campus
    • Recruit, train, and retain leaders in your flow
    • Follow up with all interested adult volunteers, ensure communication and placement in areas of ministry need
    • Regular communication to leaders
    • Provide relational opportunities for leaders to connect and have fun
    • Care for every leader (know the condition of your flock, Prov. 27:23)
  • Connect with parents to build trust in your leadership and trust in the ministry
    • Regularly communicate all campus specific needs to parents
    • Promote, point to, and encourage parent connect registration
    • Counsel parents as needs arise
  • Connect with students to help them get connected to the ministry and connect them to a significant relationship
    • Connect students to a small group and small group leader
    • Regularly have a presence at the school campus (lunches, performances, serving the school, speak at clubs, etc.)
    • Bring additional structure to the spiritual development of MS/HS students through One Nights, small groups, weekend or midweek services, special events, camps, retreats, etc.
    • Assist in transitioning students from Elementary to Middle School to High School to College
    • Effectively follow up with Salvations, First Time guests, next step indications
    • Be on call for miscellaneous needs that arise that may need attention (hospital visits, detention centers, home visits, etc.)
    • Counsel students as needs arise
• Small Groups
  • Assist the Student Pastor in implementing the overall vision and purpose of small groups
  • Responsible for all aspects of ensuring adult and student leaders are connecting with one another and building community through leading a strong, healthy, and growing small group
  • Take ownership of growing the attendance strategically and purposefully
  • Participate in execution of annual small group plan, group leader identification, recruitment, and ongoing leadership training, coaching, and, care of all small group leaders
  • Implement the provided small group curriculum and assist in facilitating leadership care, coaching and structure for each group
  • Think through each week creatively and purposefully to prepare for an effective encounter with God
• One Night
  • PARTICIPATE every second Wednesday with your campus
  • PROMOTE student involvement
  • PREPARE all travel arrangements for your campus
  • COMMUNICATE all campus information
• Events
  • Campus-specific event coordinating, logistics, promotion, and communication
• Day to Day Responsibilities
  • Set up / Clean up environments, purchase supplies as needed
  • Oversee production of necessary elements and environments including audio, video, worship, etc.
  • Interoffice communication: inform staff and campus of all student happenings, requests, responsibilities and details managed
  • Calendar: oversee student ministry calendar, plan and communicate accordingly
  • Process background checks for new volunteers and existing volunteers every three years
  • Process drive form for staff or volunteers who will drive on church business, including transporting students
  • Report attendance numbers of students and volunteers for Weekend services, small groups, and one night weekly to campus admin
  • Manage budget and finances for the student ministry as well as keep detailed records
  • Reconcile monthly credit card statements properly coding each purchase
  • Actively participate in weekly campus meeting, prepare and engage staff with happenings in student ministry; attend one-on-one meetings with campus pastor; attend weekly student ministry meetings
  • Handle all administrative needs that the student ministry requires
  • Attend monthly all staff meeting
  • Support the goals of the Student Ministry by demonstrating teamwork and performing other duties as requested

• Christ Follower (Seacoast Church makes hiring decisions aligned to our religious faith and beliefs)
• A calling to genuinely care and love the students in the church focusing on continued spiritual growth and connecting students into small groups
• Making spiritual health a…