About The Role
The role of Children & Youth Pastor is to oversee the vision for St Mary’s young people: To create a place of ‘home’ for children aged 0-11 and young people aged 11-18 where they are secure, heard, discipled and comfortable to invite friends, as well as leading the way in outreach to children, young people, and families. To enable parents and carers to share their Christian faith with their children and young people and encourage them in their Christian faith.
The Diocese of London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults through the use of the Safer Recruitment practice guidance. This role is subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.
• Develop a Children & Youth ministry at St Mary’s church.
• Support and encourage young people to grow in their faith, knowledge of the bible, understanding of being a disciple of Jesus, awareness and capacity to live a Spirit-led life, and to become active members of their local church family.
• To take a lead and responsibility for our work with children and young people from age 0-18s
• Develop & co-ordinate a voluntary team to run St Mary’s Kids team
• Working with the church leadership and members of church in growing links with local schools, nurseries and organisations working with children and young people to provide faith and outreach opportunities. These could include initiatives such as a Toddlers group; holiday clubs or other events.
• To ensure that effective administration and record keeping is maintained for all aspects of the work
• Pastor volunteers within children & youth.
• Oversee all child protection and risk assessments, organising training and DBS checks for children and youth ministry at St Mary’s in liaison with St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer.
• Passionate about teaching children and young people about Jesus
• Committed Christian
• Ability to recruit and train volunteer teams
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Team player – able to work within a team and participate at team meetings/ events
• Proficient MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Proficient ChurchSuite skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Self-motivated
• Flexible attitude to work and ministry
• Good interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Budget management
• Experience in working with children
• Understanding of the DBS and current child protection process
Desirable
• Sense of humour
Equal Opportunities
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME) and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.