YOUTH DISCIPLESHIP NextGen SPECIALIST

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Texas Baptists is a convention of more than 5,300 Baptist churches. Active membership at a church supportive of Texas Baptists is a condition of employment. Texas Baptists makes all employment decisions based on its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs while otherwise complying with all federal, state, and local employment laws. The BGCT is dedicated to fair hiring practices and only relies on lawful exemptions to employment laws to the extent necessary to protect its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs.

BASIC FUNCTION

The Youth Ministry Specialist is a member of the Discipleship & NextGen Team, and is responsible for planning, conducting, and evaluating strategies to assist churches in their Youth Ministries under the guidance of the team director. This includes, but is not limited to, the program areas of Sunday School, discipleship, parent / family support, and ministry calling. Significant statewide travel required.

Requirements :

RESPONSIBILITIES / TASKS

1. Be a resource to Texas Baptist churches, pastors, youth ministers, family ministers, and lay leaders to provide strategies that foster the development of healthy Youth Ministries.

2. Cultivate and support statewide and regional networks of Youth Ministers for personal support and professional development.

3. Provide training for Youth Ministers that equip them to train their own church leadership and to serve as conference leaders on behalf of the Discipleship team as needed. In particular, these events have proven to be effective and should be evaluated for continued effectiveness each time they are used :

a. Conclave NextGen

b. Discipleship Collective

c. Youth Ministry Certification

d. Youth Ministers Retreat

4. Work with church and associational leaders to plan and implement training events and conferences for Youth Ministry and Family Ministry.

5. Connect churches with ministries and needs in the area of youth discipleship specialization.

6. Work with the rest of the Discipleship & NextGen Team and Center for Church Health on common events and emphases in collaboration with other center leadership.

7. Oversee the “Called Students” emphasis for those who may be called to vocational ministry. Work alongside other TXB staff leadership to encourage the expansion of events, training, and consulting related to helping the younger generation experience a call to serve the Lord through vocational ministry roles.

8. Facilitate Youth Ministry Certification while cooperating with the cohort offerings from other Discipleship specialists. Collaborate with Texas Baptists universities and seminaries to provide partnerships between TXB Certification and higher education programs.

9. Provide supervision to Super Summer as a liaison between Texas Baptists and the Super Summer Coordinator.

10. Respond to requests for information and training from Area Representatives and Directors of Missions appropriately and timely.

11. Serve as a support and resource for pastors, ministers, and search committees who need guidance in filling youth ministry staff positions. Serve as a support and resource for youth ministers who are seeking places of service.

12. Provide direction and supervision of direct reports; provide professional growth and development; develop and communicate goals and objectives; monitor, evaluate, and provide constructive feedback and direction to direct reports; conduct annual performance and ongoing evaluation.

13. Ensure that the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of all direct reports are defined and effectively communicated to a level of thorough understanding.

14. Provide leadership and clear direction to align staff performance with the organization’s mission, vision, values, priorities, and strategies.

15. Process mail and other correspondence accurately and timely.

16. Prepare and proofread letters, memos, spreadsheets, and other correspondence accurately and timely.

17. Answer phones promptly, take accurate messages, and respond to requests for information timely.

18. Attend meetings and participate in training as required.

19. Maintain compliance with the Baptist General Convention of Texas policies and procedures. Maintain compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

NOTE : These requirements represent minimum levels to perform the job on a satisfactory basis. Candidates must have the ability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the job.

• In-depth understanding of a comprehensive field of knowledge, generally acquired through earned bachelor’s degree in a related field. Master’s degree preferred and 10 years or more proven, applicable experience.
• Active membership in a church supportive of the BGCT during employment.
• Ability to relate positively, influentially, and sensitively to a broad spectrum of persons in a variety of multi-tiered relationships and settings to include but not limited to clergy, laity, institutional staff / faculty, various Baptist organizations, churches of all sizes, cultural identities and worship styles, board and council members, Baptists of Texas and beyond.
• Proficient ability to plan, administer, and report budgets.
• Ability to provide strategic and logistical planning and facilitate meetings, conferences, workshops, and retreats as required.
• Ability to effectively manage personnel; requires administrative skills to include but not limited to staff selection, development, motivation, scheduling, and evaluation.
• Excellent listening skills, interpersonal skills, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent demonstrated leadership skills necessary to appropriately influence people to achieve a desired outcome.
• Ability to travel to various geographic locations, including travel by car, and some overnight and weekend stays.
• Proficient client management skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Proficient ability to exhibit detail-oriented skills necessary to understand and manage a wide range of information from a vast amount of entities.
• Proficient ability to speak, read, and write English.
• Ability to speak clearly and make self-understood in face-to-face interactions; to articulate with accuracy on the telephone.
• Ability to hear and receive verbal instructions, answer phones, and proficiently communicate in situations with some background noise.
• Ability to concentrate on fine detail with some interruption; ability to focus attention on tasks for 45-60 minutes at a time continuously.
• Ability to understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts; ability to remember verbal and written tasks / assignments from a few hours to long periods.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, vendors, churches, committees, organizations, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to multi-task.
• Professionalism in the workplace includes professional and accurate communication with others.
• Commitment to Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally, with an understanding and commitment to Baptist distinctive.
• Proficient working knowledge and ability to use various office software including, but not limited to, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Google Email, and Internet skills.
• Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and / or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and / or 10 pounds continuously to move objects.
• Work deals mostly with areas such as preparing and reading data and figures, reports; visual inspection involving small details. Although important, depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are not as critical as the ability to distinguish small details and markings very near to the observer.
• Ability to grasp, push, pull, carry, or otherwise manipulate objects; ability to perform tasks requiring action of muscles or groups of muscles and foot and / or hand-eye coordination.