Student Ministry Leader, North Charleston Campus

• 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 priority; taking a Sabbath every week, lead and participate in a small group, attend an entire service weekly, regular communication with a mentor or pastor, read the Word to connect with God, and serve in your community

• Excellent public communicator with the ability to develop volunteer leaders, delegate, and achieve results

• Live and drive Seacoast cultural values to Love God. Love People. Make it Better. And Have a Good Attitude.

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