Youth and Children's Ministry Lead

We are seeking a gifted and passionate Youth & Children’s Ministry Worker to lead and develop our young people and will play a key role in discipling young people, supporting their spiritual growth, and engaging with their families as part of the wider church community. We have a number of gifted volunteers who work with the children and young people and we are now at a stage where we believe it is the time to invest more in our young people by being available for them at a key time in their lives.

Job Summary

The successful applicant will oversee all of the work undertaken with children and young people. They will also be a member of the Church Leadership Team. The post holder will focus on adding value to, and expanding on, what is already being carried out by Church members.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To personally model the Christian life in such a way that it draws others to do the same. • To co-ordinate a programme for young people geared to encourage a lifelong commitment to and relationship with Jesus Christ. • To exercise active pastoral concern to all who fall within this area of responsibility. • To represent the needs and views of the children and youth to the wider Church or enable where appropriate, the young people to do this themselves. • To encourage and support the existing and potential leaders so that they too can help young people to come to and then grown in faith. • Enable young people to play a significant part in helping the Church to fulfil its desire to be at the heart of the community. • To facilitate the training of volunteers to engage in sustained outreach to young people within the community. • To work in partnership with the Church leadership to produce a strategic plan for the on-going children and youth ministries of the Church. • To fulfil any other reasonable responsibilities deemed appropriate by the Church Leadership Team.

About you

A committed personal faith in Jesus Christ and an ability to work out the implications of that faith in a professional children’s and youth work context. • Having been baptised as a believer. • Agreement with the vision & values of our church http://www.hillypark.uk/vision-values • It is essential that the person appointed would worship at and be a member of Hillingdon Park Baptist Church. • Approachable and discerning. • Willing to work in partnership with other organisations, both Christian and secular. • A proven ability to establish and develop relationships with young people, families, Church leaders, members and the wider community. • A willingness to work flexible hours

What We Offer

• Up to 35 hours per week with flexible scheduling, though core hours will include Sundays and youth events. • Salary: £28,000 per annum (based on 35 hours per week). • Annual leave: Five weeks plus bank holidays. • Contributory pension scheme • A supportive and respectful working environment. • Regular supervision meetings and mentorship opportunities. • Access to relevant training, including safeguarding – Level 2 & Level 3 (mandatory every three years).

Our Church and Community

This Church exists to enable people to enjoy fellowship with God, to become more like Christ and, by the use of its abilities and resources, to serve Him in the local community and beyond. We believe that our church is not a building but a Family of people. We are trying to live as Jesus Christ would in a rapidly changing world, and are seeking to find ways of expressing His life in our community and beyond. We are a Baptist Church belonging to the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and are members of the Evangelical Alliance. We believe in expressing the visible unity of Christ’s church. We engage ecumenically locally and with other faith networks. Our worship styles vary, sometimes we are lively, sometimes quiet but always we are seeking to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Sunday services

Currently our services are at 9.30am and 11am. The 9.30am services are more reflective and include worship, a message and prayer; this is followed by an all-age service at 11am which is livelier and includes activities for all ages to get involved with. At present, our children and young people are fully involved in our services. Between the services tea and coffee is served and this is a chance to catch up with each other.

Children & Young People during the week

• Wednesday afternoons 1pm – 2.45pm (Term-time) Tadpoles – a stay and play group for pre-schoolers with their parent or child minders,

• Friday evenings in the church: Friday Kids for those aged 5 up to Year 5 - 6pm – 7.30pm Friday Youth for School years – 6 to age 18 - 8pm – 9.30pm

• Sunday Evening Revive - A Bible Study Group for those aged 13+ meets in various locations on alternate Sunday evenings.

Full job description and application pack available on request by emailing secretary@hillypark.org.uk