Youth Outreach Pastor

Job Title: Youth Outreach Pastor
Reports to: Lead Pastor
Primary Role: Provide leadership, alignment, and strategy to help as many children and students to take their next steps towards becoming fully devoted followers of Christ.

Hours: 40 hrs

Hillside Church in Dartmouth Nova Scotia is seeking a full-time (40 hr) Youth Outreach Pastor. The Pastor will oversee all our programming for youth aged 12 to 19, oversee the outreach plan for our schools, and will also oversee a portfolio that matches their giftings. This could be overseeing the Worship/Tech Ministries or overseeing the Hillside Kids Ministry.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Youth (50%):
   · Lead the coordination and facilitation of engaging weekly youth group
   · Recruit, train, and lead a group of student and adult leaders
   · Lead outreach programs at local high school (weekly lunch program/student fellowship)
   · Love the students. Pastor and engage in their lives
   · Help to integrate the student ministry into the overall ministry of the church
   · Partner with parents for the effective discipleship of their teens
   · Attend conferences with youth once or twice per year
2. Option 1: Worship Ministries (40%):
   · Planning and leading all aspects related to music for services
   · Recruiting and training musicians & technical team members
   · Services and events coordination
3. Option 2: Hillside Kids (40%):
   · Lead and assist ministry leaders regarding curriculum, leader recruitment and development, scheduling, and encouragement
   · Recruit, train, background check, and schedule Nursery volunteers
   · Participate on teaching rotation (2 or 3 times a month)
4. Ministry Administration (10%):
   · Attend staff meetings
   · Manage Hillside Social Media
   · Manage Hillside Youth budgets