Associate Pastor of Students

Job Summary
The Union Students Associate Pastor serves Union Church in a central role by recruiting, equipping, and pastoring volunteer Student Directors to reach their full potential. They create campus-specific and global strategies as the student team grows to ensure the next generation is united with purpose.

Personal Profile 

• Spiritually passionate
• Servant attitude
• Operates with a spirit of excellence
• Consistent involvement with the pastoral needs of students
• Driven
• Humble and Joyful
• Systematic team building and leadership development
• People-oriented
• Ability to communicate vision
• Administrative skills

Essential Duties & Job Responsibilities

• Develop message content based on the topic of choice to share at Student Night.
• Create a service environment within Student Night that connects students to the growth track, dream team, worship, prayer, build a healthy community, and challenges them to grow as leaders within the church.
• Build teams that involve students and empower them as leaders.
• Enforce the implementation of the Leadership Pipeline within teams.
• Hold regular training, development, and team-building meetings/events focused on the goals of each demography.
• Strategically promote Students within the campus using mediums such as Sunday mornings, Student Night, and Team meetings.
• Actively participate in social media on a regular basis for students and parents to stay connected to student services.
• Intentionally build relationships with affiliated churches through the Union Network.
• Connect with schools within the community in order to enable students to participate in student services.
• Actively follow up with every student that fills out a connection card from a student service.
• Relationally serve students' pastoral care needs and create personal growth plans for students to receive and or experience healing, restoration, deliverance, freedom, and the process of redemption.
• Be the liaison for all Groups systems and structures implemented by volunteers.
• Be the liaison for all Growth Track systems and structures implemented by volunteers.
• Manage expenses and income from the department in accordance with Union Church's financial systems.
• Availability for hosting services, hosting guest pastors, and leading Union network operations.

Key Skills 

• Management experience
• Events coordination experience
• Team-Building
• Coaching and recruiting skills
• A positive approach to problem-solving
• Highly motivated
• Initiator and Self-Starter
• Quick thinker and reactor
• Detail-focused
• Passion for the Lord and the next generation

Benefits & Compensation

Union Church offers a generous compensation package. The salary for this position is commensurate with experience. In addition to the total compensation package, Union Church staff receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, 403(b) retirement plan, paid time off (PTO), and paid holiday days.

For full consideration, please include all required parts of the application including, resume/work history, cover letter, desired salary, and a minimum of three (3) professional references,