Student Ministry Director

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World.

Resurrection has an opening for a Student Ministry Location Director in our Ministries & Programs division! The position is part-time, exempt and is located at the Overland Park campus 8412 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS 66212. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary

The Student Ministry Director provides leadership, vision, program development and direction for the ministries and programs geared toward middle school and high school students at the Overland Park location. As a member of the Student Ministries Team, the Director partners with the Lead Director, the other location directors and the Student Ministries Team to develop a strategy for engaging all students in ministries and programs that support our purpose of building Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious students are becoming deeply committed Christians.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Churchwide

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Student Ministry Specific

• Develop and maintain healthy and supportive relationships with students and families by communicating with them regularly in person and through a variety of mediums.
• Provide and encourage leadership and direction for outreach and evangelism by maintaining an active and visible presence in the community and following up with students and families.
• Provide spiritual leadership, looking for opportunities to disciple and encourage students to grow in Christ.
• Prepare, rehearse and teach Scripture exegeted for the lives of students through multiple mediums and strategies.
• Care for students and their families regarding spiritual questions and concerns, directing them to further pastoral or professional care when necessary.
• Recruit, manage, motivate, and equip volunteers and students by building effective teams through identifying high-capacity leaders and equipping them for ministry.
• Develop, modify or participate in ministries, events, camps, retreats and programs to meet the needs, fulfill the potential, and accomplish the vision of the Church of the Resurrection.
• Collaborate with other areas of ministry to design and deliver programming including robust worship and service experiences.
• Provide direction to students through continual assessment and evaluation, holding ministry accountable to key metrics and benchmarks that not only track activity, but ultimately yield quantitative and qualitative spiritual growth, engagement and participation.
• Create and manage assigned budget.
• Participate in intergenerational church sponsored events, providing leadership where needed.
• Attend staff meetings and other scheduled meetings when needed.
• When able, partner with other like-minded organizations in the community to better serve students and families.
• Resolve conflicts and complex challenges.
• Tend to administrative duties as needed including keeping ministry areas neat.
• Provide reasonable and timely responses to colleagues, supervisors, students, parents and volunteers including during non-working hours.
Other duties as assigned

Competencies

• Team Building – forms highly effective teams, whether supervised or informal, where individuals with diverse skills achieve ambitious goals.
• Developing Others – coaches, encourages and resources individuals and teams to discover their calling and meet career and church goals.
• Adapting – remains flexible and modifies behaviors quickly to help the church meet the dynamic needs of congregants and employees.
• Problem Solving – makes good decisions quickly, solves problems effectively to help move the church forward.
• Catalyzing Growth – overcomes inertia by discovering new solutions and casting vision for innovation that will elevate the church’s effectiveness.
• Collaborating – shares knowledge, builds partnerships and promotes a culture of thinking from the users’ perspective while working across divisions to meet shared goals and objectives.
• Communicating – develops and delivers clear communications (verbal and written) that meet the unique needs of different audiences.
Community Partnering – understands the community in which we serve, establishes community relationships and represents the church in the broader community.

Position and Location Specific Expectations

• Communicate with parents and students weekly.
• Resource and coordinate a youth group and two discipleship groups (middle school, high school Sunday School and possibly Confirmation) for students that meet weekly.
• Recruit and support 10-12 adult mentors to support Discipleship and Youth groups.
• Engage students in all-church events in meaningful ways including creating space for students in worship.
• Offer at least one student ministry event every other month, whether coordinated with the other locations (ex. Retreats, Cross-Location Serve events, etc.) or designed by Resurrection Overland Park.
• Visit students (contact time) and families on a regular basis (ex. school, club or sporting events, home visits, meals or coffee).
• Participate in student ministry summer activities including organizing periodic events or groups at your location.
• Participate in at least one serve trip.
If available, attend student ministry team meetings, impact staff meetings, church briefing and other relevant meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Proven Results in growing programs (preferably in a church setting) and implementing systems that engage students and families in spiritual formation and discipleship with clear entry points and pathways that lead them toward deep commitment.