NEXT GEN PASTOR

A position leading the Next Gen Department at Transformation Church. This position is to provide leadership and management to TC's Children's, Youth, and Internship ministry teams and the people they minister to, providing them with the best opportunity to become fully mature followers of Christ.

The Next Gen Pastor will be teachable and have a strong commitment to self and staff development. Viable candidates must give evidence of the ability to lead and appropriately hold accountable individuals, groups and teams that produce measurable results against the predetermined goals and objectives. A participative, collaborative, team-oriented culture is the desire of the church, and this leader must be characterized by these same values.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

HEART (PASSIONS + PURPOSE):

• Demonstrates a stable, mature Christian walk, reflecting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23)
• Strong desire to maintain a healthy relationship with God that exemplifies a disciplined plan of personal worship to include: prayer, Bible study, and financial giving tithes and offering
• Steward of both the church and your personal finances, relationships, time and health well
• Maintain consistent relationship with and submit to the leadership of Lead Pastors
• Emotional health and balance to handle multiple, fast-paced projects simultaneously
• Passion to provide God's healing to those who come to TC and those out in the community
• Exhibit eagerness, passion, and a burden for the next generation.

HANDS (RESPONSIBILITIES + DUTIES):

Champion every age group from birth-college in the following ways:

•  Develop and implement a holistic family discipleship strategy for preschoolers, children, students, interns and parents/guardians.
• Recruit, train and multiply staff and volunteer leaders.
• Provide discipleship resources for TC Kids, TC Youth, and Formation Internship ministries.
• Incorporating pastoral care into the ongoing organizational life of the organization for both staff and partners 
• Model a “leaders of leaders” mindset, providing support in the development (recruiting, training, supervising) and nurturing of Next Gen ministry staff and volunteer leaders.
• Consistent assessment of teams and programs to ensure effectiveness of department
• Lead a team in the development of infrastructure to insure the existence of a solid Next Gen department for all church attendees, both ground and global.
• Review all curriculum and programming used by the church's children's ministry, youth ministry, and internship and ensure it is consistent with the church's core values, culture, and beliefs.
• Establish a long-term vision for how the church engages children, youth, and interns (college age adults).

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

• Helps the Department Directors (DD) and their teams interpret, understand, and carry out the Lead Pastor's vision and strategic intent
• Tracks strategic initiatives by monitoring progress towards meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, analyzing data, ensuring follow-through on the part of key players, and sustaining momentum needed to drive these initiatives
• Prepares and facilitates cross-departmental engagements to ensure organization objectives are achieved
• Clarifying the urgency and priority of action items for department staff
• Keeping track of all the decisions, action items, owners, and timelines agreed to in meetings for later follow-up
• Manage division budget and stewardship of finances

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Coaching and development in leadership and organizational culture.
• Lead weekly team meetings (1:1 or group settings) in a timely fashion, with agenda in mind to include major announcements/updates and leadership development training, as needed
• Overseeing the staffing, development, evaluation, and education of staff members of the Next Gen department.
• Quarterly reviews for all direct reports, including occasional Mile Markers, Performance Improvement Plans, and Corrective Action
• All other duties, as needed

HEAD (RESPONSIBILITIES + DUTIES):

• Ordained or licensed as a pastor
• At least 5 years of ministry experience
• Exceptional tact and discretion with confidential information
• Exemplary organizational skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to sudden changes and new initiatives 
• Coaching and Teaching Ability 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Creativity and innovative thinking about ministering to the next generation.
• Vision and organizational skills necessary to work effectively within the context of a large church with multiple staff members and ministries
• Trained and knowledgeable in the practice of biblical counseling and current in best practices of biblical counseling