Middle School Youth Director

The Middle School Youth Director will engage with our 6th – 8th grade students through Wednesday evening and Sunday morning programming and throughout the week in school involvement. They will also be in charge of monthly group activities, invest in volunteers and parents who are directly involved, and organize camps and larger trips. The Middle School Youth Director will also be a key member of the church staff who helps implement the church’s vision and steps in to assist events/projects that may not be centered around middle school students.

Key Responsibilities:

-Plan and implement Wednesday evening and Sunday morning programming

-Organize monthly events for students

-Organize (including facilitate fundraisers) for summer camp

-Develop and implement strategies for both discipleship and outreach

-Recruit and train a volunteer team of adults

-Build and lead a student leadership team

-Lead or help oversee any middle school small groups

-Support church functions through staff involvement

-Maintain a clean and provide upkeep of the youth room

-Participate in staff meetings

-Submit and work directly with the Youth Director of all youth programs.

-Work closely with the multiple campuses

-Pastoral Care: Rotate with carrying the pastor’s on-call phone and providing pastoral duties when needed.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

-Follower of Jesus in a maturing relationship

-Two plus years of experience in leading youth ministry

-AA or two years of college

-Thorough knowledge of the Bible and ability to teach others

-Able to plan, organize, and implement programming and events

-High level of communication and interpersonal skills

-Proficient public speaker

-Attend church services at VBF on a regular basis

-Be a team player who collaborates with all ministries and staff

-Eager to learn and brainstorm new ideas

Desired Qualifications:

-Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years of college experience

-Musical talent to facilitate or lead worship

-Church staff experience

-3+ years of experience in leading youth or children with a proven track record of growth

VBF Church, founded and led by Pastor Ron Vietti, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. VBF's multiple church campuses are located in Bakersfield, CA, and Kern County, plus sister campuses in Southern California and Nevada.

VBF is a very simple Bible-believing church that desires to teach people how to have a vibrant and living relationship with God through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, who is given to all who receive Him into their lives as Lord and Savior. One of our foremost goals is to provide a comfortable atmosphere in which the individual believer can grow in the knowledge of the Lord and meet other Christians with whom they can identify and have Christian fellowship with. We believe that as the early church in the book of Acts reached out and touched their world with the love and presence of God, we can do the same. Our approach to the spiritual life is a more out-of-the-box style and less traditional in structure.