Youth Pastor (GS Central)

Youth Pastor (GS Central)

EmGen - Birmingham, West Midlands (Hybrid)

The Youth Pastor (GS Central) will lead, disciple and nurture the spiritual, emotional and social development of young people (11-18) who attend GS Central, helping them to grow in their faith of Jesus Christ and integrating them into the life of the wider church. 

They will also ensure that all youth ministry activities are carried out in a safe and welcoming environment that prioritises the safeguarding and well-being of all young people. 

They will be responsible for planning and delivering a weekly programme at GS Central as well as recruiting, envisioning, and raising up a team of capable, passionate, and committed volunteers and leaders.

They will prepare the content of the weekly programme ensuring cohesion with the wider vision and values of Gas Street Church, with the responsibility of helping to implement the vision of Gas Street Youth with a remit for growth and future development. 

Key areas of responsibility:

• Create a welcoming and inclusive environment where all young people at GS Central are pastorally cared for and feel seen, heard, valued and safe.
• Plan and lead a Sunday and mid-week programme that inspires faith, fosters discipleship and builds a strong sense of community amongst young people. 
• Organise and lead social events that will create environments for young people to invite friends, have fun, build relationships and make memories
• Recruit, train, equip and lead the team of volunteers; empowering them to use their strengths and gifts to outwork the vision for GS Youth
• Champion young people within the church; ensuring their voice is heard and their input valued, and encouraging and facilitating opportunities for them to take on leadership and ministry responsibilities within our church and gatherings
• Lead a weekend away and other annual events for all young people connected to Gas Street Church, working closely with the Youth Pastors at other locations. 
• To help foster a culture of intergenerational worship and connection
• Undertake administrative tasks including maintaining appropriate records and volunteer rotas, undertaking risk assessments and ensuring health and safety, and safeguarding compliance 
• To lead team nights, imparting a clear vision
• Communicate effectively and regularly with parents and carers
• To generate and oversee social media content for Gas Street Youth
• Oversee Youth budget for GS Central and centralised events
• Contribute to Worship for Everyone gatherings
• To ensure that Gas Street’s Safeguarding policy is implemented in liaison with the Head of Safeguarding.
• Other general support to the Gas Street Team as needed
• Additional ad-hoc projects and support as agreed with the line manager and Exec Team.

Person Specification:

• A heart and passion for the worship of Jesus Christ 
• A deep passion and desire to work with young people and to see them grow spiritually in the love and worship of Jesus and in their love for one another and their community 
• Ability to engage and inspire young people, build trust and gain respect 
• Experience of youth work in a church setting
• Someone that can demonstrate the exercising of spiritual gifts 
• Exceptional leadership and management skills 
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills 
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Excellent administrative skills 
• Be flexible and innovative, able to adapt to changing circumstances and to develop new ways of working 
• Ability to juggle a broad range of responsibilities 
• An open heart and a ‘can do’ attitude 
• Good time management skills with proven ability to prioritise workload 
• Good computer skills
• Work within Gas Street’s values and work cooperatively across the organisation
• Personal walk with Jesus underpinning a lifestyle of integrity 
• There is a genuine occupational requirement that the post-holder be a practising Christian 
• This role will require an enhanced DBS check 

Working requirements: 

• Full-time, permanent role (37.5 hours per week) 
• 25 days annual leave 

+ statutory bank holidays

+ three additional days at Christmas

+ three retreat days across the year (one per term) 

• Attend Gas Street Church 
• Attend weekly staff meeting
• Evening and weekend flexibility as required

Closing date 22 August 2025

Interview date TBC