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 Youth Pastor & Team Support
 Rising Generations Pastor
 St Peter’s Church
 Irregularly, sometimes to local schools
 Full time (Sunday – Wednesday & Friday)
 Yes

 November 2025
 £24,000-26,000  FTE – dependent on experience

 Role context

The vision for St Peter’s Brighton is to play our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the transformation of society
and the revitalisation of the Church. Each member of staff plays a key role in contributing to our vision. Our mission is
bigger than any individual task but together our work contributes to the bigger picture. As a Christian organisation
our faith is an integral part of our working culture.

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate individual, eager to work in a dynamic environment with a
strong can-do attitude to join our team as Youth team Pastor & Team Support

 Role purpose

The purpose of this role is to see young people (11-18) across Brighton come to know Jesus and develop a deep and
long relationship with Him. The way that this manifests in this role is through Youth Team development (recruitment
of volunteers, leadership pipelines and opportunities), through overseeing Youth activity (Friday Youth, Sunday
morning Younger Youth, evolving current rhythms), and ensuring St Peter’s Church is a space that 11-18s are able to
engage with church, as well as being key relationship-holder with parents/carers of young people. Additionally, the
role will provide a consistent and ongoing support to volunteer and staff team in recruitment and onboarding
systems and processes to ensure a robust and accessible channels to enable our ministries to thrive.

 Key responsibilities

Faith and Discipleship

•  Support and encourage young people to grow in their faith, deepen their knowledge of the Bible, and

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understand what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
Inspire and equip young people to live Spirit-led lives and become active members of their local church
family.

Youth Ministry Leadership

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Lead, support, and develop the existing Youth Ministry through dynamic, engaging programmes and
activities.

•  Reach, recruit, raise, and release a Youth Team who pastor young people across our church community.
•  Build strong relationships with those involved in working with children and young people across the

church and wider community.

•  Work collaboratively with the Family of Churches to ensure unity and alignment across Youth Ministry

goals

 Key responsibilities

 Programme and Events

•  Help plan and deliver the St Peter’s termly Youth Programme, including administration and ad hoc tasks.
•  Support the running of weekly Youth gatherings on Fridays, including Younger Youth, Older Youth, and ‘All-In’

nights.

•  Organise and lead youth trips such as the Youth Weekend Away and enable young people to attend Focus

and other key events.

•  Be an active member of the St Peter’s Sunday worship and larger events including Christmas  and Easter

Services and St Peter’s Village at Focus

 Safeguarding and Compliance

•  Ensure all activities are fully safeguarded and risk assessed in line with church policy.
•  Be an active member of St Peter’s Safeguarding & Pastoral Team.
•  Support safer recruitment and onboarding for the Rising Generations team.
•  Oversee administration, budgeting, and safeguarding processes, ensuring best practice in all areas.

 Team Development and Volunteer Support

•  Recruit, support, and line manage volunteers to deliver programmes and special projects.
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Invest in and develop team members, helping them to grow in skill, faith, and leadership.

 Schools and Community Engagement

•  Actively support and help develop schools outreach work as part of the Family of Churches.
•  Strengthen partnerships between the church and local schools to extend the reach of youth ministry.

Role Scope
Budget management (where relevant)
People management
Key relationships – internal
Key relationships – external

 Youth Ministry budget incl. large youth events.
 Volunteers & LDY cohort.
 Staff team
 St Peter’s Family of churches, schools

Essential and desirable skills, knowledge and experience required for the job
Essential

•  A committed Christian with a vibrant personal faith and lifestyle consistent with the values and beliefs of St

Peter’s Church.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to connect with young people from diverse backgrounds.

•  Experience of leading or actively serving in youth ministry within a church or Christian organisation.
•  A passion for seeing young people encounter Jesus, grow in faith, and become disciples.
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•  Experience in recruiting, developing, and leading volunteers or teams.
•  Organisational skills with the ability to plan and deliver multiple activities, events, and trips.
•  Understanding of safeguarding principles and experience applying them in youth or church settings.
•  Ability to work collaboratively within a staff team and across different ministries.
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Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required by the role.

Desirable

Formal training in theology, youth work, or a related field (e.g. CYM, St Mellitus, or equivalent).

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•  Experience of schools work or community outreach with young people.
•  Experience managing budgets and basic administrative processes.
Familiarity with Church of England structures and culture.
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•  Experience in mentoring or pastoral support for young people.
•  Understanding of the wider family ministry and how youth work fits within the life of the local church.

Working environment
We have a fast-paced working environment where we strive for excellence in everything we do.   It is an exciting and
challenging place to work and is full of variety. We aim for a ‘can do’ environment where innovation and creativity is
encouraged alongside serving others.  Staff community is warm and engaging with lifelong relationships being built.

Work expectations

•  Full-time – 35 hours per week.
•  25 days holiday per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
•  The role will  need to be available to work key dates such as weekends away, evenings and key events should

there be a need.

•  The  role  holder  must  be available  to  work  at  a  selection  of key  events at  St  Peter’s which  could  include
Christmas services, Easter services and Annual Parochial Church meetings when required and ad hoc Sundays
•  Available  to  work  at  Focus  (the  church  weekend away in  the  summer, one  week duration)  plus  Summit

(January) and the Leadership Conference. (May)

•  Attend Tuesday morning staff meeting.
•  Attend any necessary department meetings.
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•  This position is  subject to a  Genuine Occupational Requirement, requiring the candidate to actively support

It is anticipated that staff members will be active members of St Peter’s including Sunday services

and uphold the Christian values of the Church.