Director of Youth Ministries | Calvary United Methodist Church

Calvary United Methodist Church

3701 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, Tennessee

Calvary United Methodist Church

 

Director of Youth Ministries Job Description

 

To inquire please contact: Elizabeth Stone, SPRC member, hr@calvaryumc.com

 

Purpose: The Director of Youth Ministries coordinates and enthusiastically participates in relational ministry and programming for youth (grades 6-12+) and their families

 

Salary: negotiable based on education and experience; includes health care, retirement benefits, and discounted child care at Calvary Young Children’s School

 

Schedule: Full-time salaried position (~40h per week) with flexibility to meet program needs.

 

Required Qualifications:

  1. A personal and spiritual calling for service in God’s church in youth ministry
  2. Familiarity with United Methodist theology
  3. Some experience in, or demonstrated interested in, working with youth
  4. Enthusiasm, energy, and a “youthful spirit,” able to keep up with teenagers
  5. Excellent communication skills, able to both to build relationships with teens and effectively communicate with in a way that makes programs run smoothly
  6. Highly organized, with the ability to plan large events, manage a calendar, and coordinate volunteers
  7. Able to collaborate and serve on a team; an upbeat, positive, and helpful member of Calvary’s staff, able to contribute to the mission of Calvary as a whole and work together with staff to meet the needs of the congregation
  8. Background devoid of any child or youth related offenses, and a clean pre-employment drug screen

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Member of a United Methodist Church
  2. Youth Ministry Certification
  3. Bachelor Degree
  4. 2+ years of experience working with youth

 

Job Responsibilities:

  1. Be an important and enthusiastic member of our staff
  2. Direct the “big picture” of youth ministry at Calvary
  3. Oversee the budgeting process and expenditures of Youth ministries
  4. Seek ways to involve youth in the larger life of the church.
  5. Be a caring, positive, and non-judgmental mentor for Calvary youth
  6. Foster leadership opportunities for youth and listen to youth input
  7. Maintain connections with youth after high school graduation and serve as a touch point for them when then visit home from college.
  8. Coordinate and empower lay leaders in all regular youth programming based on need and interest, including but not limited to the following:
    1. Sunday morning Sunday school
    2. Sunday afternoon Confirmation (seasonal)
    3. Sunday night youth group (dinner, games, worship, small groups)
    4. Attend Sunday evening choir and music ministry activities with youth
    5. Annual Youth Sunday, in which the youth lead the Sunday morning worship
    6. Annual Youth Auction fundraiser (one Sunday after church)
    7. Organize youth basketball teams
  9. Plan regular annual retreats such as:
    1. Middle School Retreat (usually in the fall)
    2. Senior high retreat (usually in the fall or spring)
    3. Ski Trip or other activity-based fellowship trip (usually in the winter)
    4. Choir Tour (1 week in the summer, coordinated with music minister)
    5. Appalachia Service Project (ASP) (this is a pillar of our youth group experience)