Coordinator For Youth Ministry

Position Title: Coordinator for Youth Ministry
Reports to: Youth Pastor
Status: Full-time, Support Staff (40 hours/week)
Schedule: Monday-Thursday, Wednesday evenings, Sunday mornings

Job Purpose and Goals:

The position exists for the two-fold purpose of providing a high level of coordination of people and activities in support of the Youth Ministry team at Lincoln Berean Church and to extend the productivity of the team directors. This role requires exceptional planning, follow-through, financial acumen, and coordination of communication.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Event Planning

• Logistics for events outside of LBC including, research, scheduling, making reservations, communication, etc.
• Coordinate details for weekly events (Student Ministry Night on Wednesday nights and Activate on Sunday morning)
• Assist with details for larger events such as: Summer Camp and Missions Trips

Oversee Check-in Team

• Build relationships with volunteers
• Be present at check-in to support volunteers and interact with students
• Recruit and train volunteer team that facilitates check-in on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings

Database Management

• Become a pro at using Ministry Platform to:
  • Maintain student information
  • Enter new students
  • Create and maintain events for registration
  • Report and communicate with staff and families
• Create and maintain events for registration
• Report and communicate with staff and families
• Enter new students
• Maintain student information

Administrative Assistance

• Shelby: enter purchases and check requests for all Youth staff electronically
• Purchase supplies and maintain inventory for the office and/or events
• Respond to emails and phone calls from parents, students, and staff at LBC
• Attend and take notes for Youth team L10’s (weekly team meeting)
• Espace: create and manage room reservations at LBC
• Assist with the Youth Ministry financials and budget

Education, Skills, and Background

• Love to Serve – Jump into any spot as needed. No task is too big and no task is beneath you.
• Detail Oriented – Retains details and foresees potential conflicts that may need attention
• Great Smile – Not that you are always smiling – but you are an easy person for people to talk to whether it’s about a late registration (again) or a more serious issue they want to talk about with a Pastor
• Has a growing relationship with Jesus Christ
• Tech Savvy – Ability to learn and navigate various programs quickly
• Highly Organized – A must for events, weekly programming, supplies and resources
• Flexible – Able to easily switch between routine, weekly tasks and random ones
• Self-Starter – demonstrated capacity to anticipate needs before they arise; demonstrated capability in forming systems of administration
• High School Diploma / Associate Degree

Abilities and Commitments

• Self-Awareness: you know your personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits; seeks feedback; gains insights from mistakes; is open to criticism; is not defensive.
• Christ Centered: you build your life and ministry around Jesus, with an open heart allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and inspire.
• Team Oriented: you love building a team, being able to work across teams and to partner with other ministries, using the skills and gifts of others to create a better final product.
• Trustworthy: honest and considers confidentiality a priority.
• People Savvy: you relate well to all kinds of people and cultures – inside and outside the church as well as cross culturally; can build rapport, constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact.

Must make Lincoln Berean Church their home church and participate in the life of the community (Life Group).

• At Lincoln Berean Church, we fully expect each staff member to be actively engaged in following Jesus and believe that if this commitment to Jesus is present, it will be evident in a staff member’s personal life, family relationships, and ministry. In working at Lincoln Berean Church, every staff member must be aware of and embrace the responsibility to represent the:
  • Church’s Mission: To glorify God by seeking to present every person complete in Christ.
  • Doctrine: What We Believe at Lincoln Berean Church - Committed to truth
  • Staff Core Values: Healthy Drive, Teachable, People Savvy, Radical Candor and Hopeful
  • Life Groups: The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone – we are better together!
• Staff Core Values: Healthy Drive, Teachable, People Savvy, Radical Candor and Hopeful
• Life Groups: The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone – we are better together!
• Church’s Mission: To glorify God by seeking to present every person complete in Christ.
• Doctrine: What We Believe at Lincoln Berean Church - Committed to truth

Measured by:

• Annual Review by your manager
• A 30-60-90 day review by your manager
• Input from staff and volunteers