Youth Pioneer

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in this role.

We are looking for an adventurous and dedicated Youth Pioneer, keen to take up an exciting new challenge within a vibrant and creative Market Town, creating Church with and for young people in collaboration with a supportive local church and diocese team.

This is an exciting time for our diocese as you will lead a new youth-focussed worshipping community as part of a growing network of Youth Hubs across Herefordshire and South Shropshire. If you are passionate about youth work, schools ministry and introducing young people to Jesus and you are looking for an opportunity to make a tangible and lasting difference in young people’s lives then we would love to hear from you

Leominster Priory is an Inclusive Church committed to welcoming all and we are committed to supporting this new and emerging ministry in our community. Your role will be a combination of developing and growing a team of local volunteers, enabling young people to explore and grow in faith and creating church with young people where they are able to grow as leaders. You will need to understand youth work in a rural area and be able to discern contextual approaches to mission. You will work alongside local communities and young people and be part of a team committed to seeing local church thrive. Above all you will have the opportunity to innovate and create, seeing God do something new in a beautiful part of the world with young people who are at the start of a journey with Jesus

**Job Purpose**:
To initiate and lead a youth-focussed new Worshipping Community in collaboration with local parishes and Missional Youth Church Network, within a vision of wider schools engagement, schools ministry and community work. To oversee the Leominster Youth Hub and enable youth ministry to grow in the surrounding areas, working in partnership with local churches.

Youth Hubs will have a focus on:

- Reaching young people with the Gospel
- Developing new young active disciples
- Forming of New Worshipping Communities
- Growing Young Leaders
- Developing new volunteer leaders and teams

**Dimensions**:
Overseeing the development of Leominster Youth Hub, supporting youth ministry in the surrounding areas within Leominster and Kington & Weobley Deaneries (collaborating with local churches) and the development of local leadership teams to support this work.

**Accountabilities**:

- Working alongside the Leominster Leadership Team, develop a programme of work that builds faith pathways based on local opportunities and in collaboration with existing ministry and youth and children’s leaders in the Leominster area.
- Develop a new youth-focussed Worshipping Community, enabling discipleship and development of young and adult leaders with the support of Missional Youth Church Network.
- Communicate and collaborate with key local stake holders. These will include young people aged 11-18, schools in the area including Earl Mortimer College, clergy/leadership teams/PCCs and local community leaders
- Oversee and manage the Youth Hub Youth & Community Worker.
- Enable young people to actively lead and direct the development of the Youth Hub.
- Work alongside Missional Youth Church Network to begin to prayerfully build understanding, team and vision for the Learning Journey and Missional Youth Church within the Leominster Hub area.
- Build and develop a local youth ministry leadership team and support the growth of volunteer teams and commissioned leaders within the Hub area. Initiate and facilitate training opportunities for the development of local leaders.
- Keep accurate records and work towards the identified outcomes of the local Youth Hub, submitting monthly reports. Work collaboratively with the Cinnamon Trust and the Church Army Research Unit in order to enable evaluation and research for shared learning within the diocese and nationally. Work alongside the Diocesan Communication Team to share learning and good news stories.
- To be part of the Leominster Leadership Team (meeting weekly) for support and collaboration and to regularly meet with Leominster Team Rector as local Oversight Minister.
- To be part of local and diocesan learning community networks in order to collaborate and enable the sharing of good practice and strategic development of Pioneer Youth Ministry within Hereford Diocese.
- With the support of the Line Manager, to set aside time for reflection and personal faith and professional development as appropriate. Undertake outside Pastoral Supervision, coaching and Spiritual Accompaniment as appropriate, modelling ministerial development for local leaders.

Do you feel called to be part of this journey? If you would like to speak further about this and Youth Hub roles in Hereford Diocese, please get in touch.

For a conversation, please contact

Pay: £30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking