Middle School Director at Mission Church

We are a growing and thriving church who desire to help people find and follow Christ. Our core values are to Gather, Grow, and Go as a body of believers. We Gather together to encourage one another and worship, we Grow intentionally in our walk with Christ, and we Go missionally to share the Gospel to the ends of the earth. No matter the stage of life you are in, we have something for everyone!

Job Description

About the Middle School Director:

The Director Level exists to provide ministry leadership through vision casting, volunteer recruiting, ongoing discipleship of volunteers, and promoting value-based movement engagement.

The Middle School Director’s Responsibilities Include:

1. Building Volunteer Teams for the weekend church experience:
   1. Create and mobilize mid-week and Sunday strategies to invite students and adults to gather differently through volunteering (sg leaders, communicators, tech, and more)
   2. Onboard volunteers through form and background check process
   3. Weekly discipleship one-on-ones with volunteers
   4. Multiply small groups
   5. Schedule Sunday teams
   6. Connect volunteers to their next step on the growth track
2. Partnering with parents:
   1. Connect with parents outside of the weekend church experience
   2. Communicate, market, and grow family engagement, while using age specific resources
3. Communicating:
   1. Have the ability to prepare and teach a 12-15 minutes message
   2. Grow as a communicator
   3. Prepare and cast vision for Team Nights
4. Events:
   1. Plan for, staff and attend 2 camps, 2 large events, 4 medium size events, 4 small events
5. Grow ministry:
   1. Middle School ministry is 4% of Mission Church total attendance on a Sunday
   2. Volunteer and student ratio is 1:8
   3. Retain families and reach new families through innovation

What You Bring:

The following describes many of the characteristics of the ideal candidate for the Middle School Director:

Education & Experience

1. Under-grad degree preferred
2. 3 years of ministry experience

What the Director values:

1. Principles – The Staff Principles remain increasingly true in the life of a Director
2. Location – The 10 is where a Director lives and invests their life
3. Unity – Believes in, fights for and engages the values of Gather, Grow & Go
4. Discipleship – Committed to developing others and being developed
5. Self-Leadership – Is intrinsically motivated to consistently learning and getting better

What the Director possesses:

1. Grit – Is not constrained by hours and is willing to do whatever, whenever to advance our mission
2. Strategy – Builds and executes a plan for ministry growth towards church’s Mission, Vision and Values
3. Vision Casting – Compels volunteers toward belief and participation in our Gather, Grow, Go values
4. Leadership Development – Develops people toward greater levels of leadership, and is being developed toward greater levels of leadership
5. Recruiting – Invites people to join their ministry proactively, naturally and intuitively

How To Apply