Job Description: Teleios Youth Director

Oct 6

Aletheia Church is a family who exists to see a greater worship of Jesus through disciple making and church planting. The elders shepherd the flock, make disciples, train leaders, and plant churches.

The Teleios Youth Director is responsible for helping Aletheia cultivate a culture of gospel-centered discipleship, biblical maturity, community, and mission among middle and high school students. This role is Part-Time working 20 hours a week, alongside the pastoral team. This role provides relational and strategic leadership for Teleios Youth, developing intentional environments and pathways that help students move from attending church to following Jesus, growing in Christ, serving others, and making disciples. The Teleios Youth Director will provide leadership, relational care, and strategic oversight for Aletheia’s youth ministry while equipping parents and volunteer leaders to disciple students and carry the ministry forward. This position reports directly to the Executive Pastor and works closely with the Teaching Pastor and the rest of the Pastors.

Key Results

How we know this person is successful in their role:

Teleios Youth is healthy, gospel-centered, biblically faithful, and aligned with Aletheia’s mission, vision, and theology.
Students are growing in their love for Jesus, understanding of Scripture, and commitment to His mission and have clear next steps to grow as disciples and disciple others.
Youth gatherings, small group time, events, and other ministry environments are healthy and producing spiritual growth.
Students are developing meaningful relationships with mature Christian leaders and peers.
Parents are informed, supported, and increasingly engaged in the spiritual formation of their students.
Youth leaders are recruited, equipped, supported, and developed.
Emerging student and adult leaders are identified and entrusted with increasing ownership.
Students are being equipped to live faithfully for Jesus at home, at school, and in their communities.
Teleios Youth is increasingly marked by evangelism, service, leadership development, and multiplication, and both local and global missions.
Communication, resources, systems, and ministry rhythms are clear and well-managed.
The ministry operates through healthy leaders and systems, not dependence on the Teleios Youth Director.

Key Objectives

Primary areas of ownership:

Lead and oversee Aletheia’s Teleios Youth ministry.
Develop and implement the Elders’ vision and strategy for youth discipleship.
Establish a clear discipleship pathway for middle and high school students.
Provide primary oversight for weekly youth gatherings, small groups, and discipleship environments.
Recruit, train, equip, and care for youth ministry volunteers.
Partner with parents in the spiritual formation and discipleship of their students.
Establish a unified discipleship philosophy with the Aletheia Junior Director that flows into Teleios Youth environments.
Ensure each youth ministry environment is gospel-centered, biblically faithful, relational, age-appropriate, and missionally focused.
Create clear pathways for students to move from participation to spiritual maturity and disciple-making.
Develop systems that encourage multiplication of students, leaders, and ministry environments.
Identify and develop emerging adult and student leaders who can take increasing ownership of ministry.
Provide care and relational investment in students and families.
Evaluate the health and effectiveness of Teleios Youth and make recommendations for improvement.
Collaborate with Elders, Church Staff, Deacons, Ministry Leads and Parents, as needed.
Ensure clear communication and alignment between Teleios Youth, parents, and the broader church.

Key Responsibilities

Youth Ministry Leadership & Oversight

Translate the Elders’ vision for disciple making into clear strategies, pathways, and ministry practices for students.
Provide leadership and oversight for Aletheia’s Teleios Youth ministry.
Establish annual youth ministry priorities and goals.
Develop a cohesive philosophy for how Aletheia makes and multiplies disciples among students.
Ensure Teleios Youth is integrated into the broader discipleship philosophy and mission of Aletheia.
Cultivate a healthy, gospel-centered culture of spiritual formation, community, evangelism, service, and multiplication.
Regularly evaluate the spiritual health and effectiveness of Teleios Youth.
Maintain a ministry culture where students are known, loved, challenged, and equipped to see a greater worship of Jesus.
Attend weekly staff meetings, collaborating with staff and other ministry leaders.

Weekly Youth Gatherings

Provide primary oversight and direction for regular Teleios Youth gatherings.
Plan and coordinate weekly environments that prioritize biblical teaching, worship, prayer, community, and discipleship.
Develop teaching rhythms and curriculum that are biblically faithful, gospel-centered, and appropriate for students.
Create environments that encourage students to participate, ask questions, build relationships, and grow in their faith.
Ensure weekly gatherings support the overall discipleship pathway rather than functioning simply as events.
Recruit and equip volunteers to serve within weekly youth environments.
Continually evaluate the effectiveness of weekly gatherings and make adjustments as needed.

Small Group Time and Discipleship

Develop and oversee healthy small-group environments for students.
Recruit, equip, coach, and encourage small-group leaders.
Establish clear expectations and rhythms for healthy student discipleship groups.
Help leaders create environments marked by Scripture, prayer, authentic relationships, accountability, and mission.
Encourage leaders to know students personally and invest in their spiritual development.
Identify students and families who may need additional pastoral care, support, or connection.
Develop pathways for students to move into deeper relational discipleship.

Student Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

Develop intentional opportunities for students to grow in biblical knowledge, spiritual disciplines, character, and leadership.
Help students understand what it means to follow Jesus in every area of life.
Teach and model prayer, Scripture reading, worship, service, evangelism, and Christian community.
Encourage students to identify and take meaningful next steps in their spiritual growth.
Equip students to share their faith and engage their friends with the gospel.
Develop opportunities for students to serve within Aletheia and the broader community.
Identify and develop students who demonstrate spiritual maturity and leadership potential.
Create opportunities for students to take increasing ownership of their faith and ministry.

Parent & Family Partnership

Develop healthy and intentional relationships with parents and guardians.
Communicate regularly with families regarding youth ministry opportunities, schedules, expectations, and student needs.
Equip parents to take an active role in discipling their students.
Provide resources and encouragement that help parents lead their families spiritually.
Partner with parents when students experience spiritual, relational, or personal challenges.
Maintain appropriate confidentiality while communicating with parents and pastoral leadership, when necessary.
Help families understand how Teleios Youth fits within Aletheia’s broader mission of seeing a greater worship of Jesus through disciple-making and church planting.

Leadership Development & Multiplication

Recruit, train, equip, and care for Teleios Youth Leaders.
Develop intentional processes for coaching, mentoring, and equipping volunteers.
Provide regular training and encouragement for youth leaders.
Identify emerging leaders among both adults and students as interns.
Empower leaders with increasing ownership and responsibility.
Develop a sustainable leadership pipeline that does not depend solely on paid staff.
Champion multiplication as a natural outcome of healthy youth discipleship.
Encourage students to become disciple-makers and emerging leaders among their peers.

Evangelism, Missions & Service

Develop opportunities for students to engage their schools, neighborhoods, and communities with the gospel.
Encourage students to invite and welcome friends who are disconnected from church.
Develop service opportunities that help students see themselves as participants in God’s mission.
Coordinate and organize mission trips, service projects, outreach events, and other appropriate ministry opportunities.
Equip students to understand and practice evangelism in age-appropriate ways.
Help students connect their faith in Jesus to everyday life, school, friendships, family, and future vocation.

Events, Retreats & Special Initiatives

Provide oversight for youth retreats, camps, mission trips, service projects, and special events.
Develop an annual youth ministry calendar in coordination with the Elders and Staff.
Ensure special events reinforce rather than compete with Aletheia’s overall discipleship pathway.
Coordinate volunteers, communication, logistics, and ministry objectives for youth events.
Evaluate events based on spiritual impact and discipleship outcomes rather than attendance alone.

Safety, Policies & Care

Ensure all Teleios Youth activities follow Aletheia’s child safety, volunteer screening, and ministry policies.
Maintain appropriate boundaries and standards of conduct when interacting with students.
Respond appropriately to relational, behavioral, or safety concerns involving students.
Communicate significant concerns with appropriate pastoral leadership and parents, as necessary.
Help cultivate an environment where students are physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe.

Operations, Budget & Administration

Propose and manage the annual Teleios Youth ministry budget in collaboration with church leadership.
Maintain organized calendars and planning systems for youth ministry.
Coordinate communication among youth leaders, students, parents, and church leadership.
Maintain appropriate records, participation information, and ministry metrics.
Utilize church management systems and digital tools effectively.
Ensure youth ministry initiatives are executed responsibly within the scope of a 20-hour-per-week position.
Manage time and resources in a way that prioritizes discipleship, relationships, and leadership development.

Qualifications

A growing, evident relationship with Jesus Christ and alignment with Aletheia’s mission, vision, and theology.
Demonstrated experience making disciples and helping students grow spiritually.
A genuine love for middle school and high school students.
Experience leading or overseeing youth groups, small groups, Bible studies, camps, retreats, or other youth ministry environments.
Experience recruiting, equipping, and developing volunteer leaders.
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a clear, gospel-centered youth discipleship strategy.
Strong biblical and theological foundation with the ability to communicate Scripture clearly and appropriately to students.
Ability to develop leaders and empower others with increasing ownership.
Strong relational, pastoral, and communication skills.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple ministry priorities.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Elders, Staff, Deacons, parents, volunteers, and ministry leaders.
Ability to evaluate ministry health and identify opportunities for growth and multiplication.
Previous youth ministry or pastoral leadership experience preferred.
Ability to communicate effectively with both students and adults.
Comfortable using church management systems and digital tools (e.g., Planning Center or similar).

Traits & Competencies

Gospel-centered and deeply committed to making disciples who make disciples.
Loves students and genuinely enjoys being with and investing in the next generation.
Relational, approachable, and trustworthy.
Biblically grounded and theologically aligned with Aletheia.
Vision-oriented and able to translate vision into clear action.
Strong leader who develops and empowers others.
Collaborative and able to lead through influence rather than control.
Organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple ministry priorities.
Wise, patient, and emotionally mature.
Clear and effective communicator with students, parents, and leaders.
Adaptable, flexible, and solution-oriented.
High level of integrity, trustworthiness, and accountability.
Passionate about spiritual formation, evangelism, leadership development, and multiplication.
Able to build healthy systems without losing the relational nature of youth ministry.
Able to balance pastoral care, strategic leadership, and hands-on ministry.
Committed to helping students know Jesus, love His Word, belong to His church, and live on mission.

Think this role could be a good fit? We’d love to hear from you. Send your resume and cover letter to kevinbender@aletheiatampa.com to apply.

Aletheia Church