Location: East Scotland Division

Working Hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Interview Date: To be confirmed

We are passionate about engaging, equipping and inspiring young people to become followers of Jesus who, through their discipleship transform their culture, standing for social change and justice.

We are looking to recruit a committed and practising Christian with a passion to develop and deliver Children and Youth ministry provision in Salvation Army contexts across East Scotland.  We seek to equip and inspire young people to become passionate followers of Jesus. We take our inspiration from the first disciples to follow Jesus, and those who have come along since. We hear Jesus’ simple call to ‘follow’ and seek to equip young people across the division to understand and contextualise this call for themselves. We hold this calling alongside the distinctives of The Salvation Army. Central to our faith formation must be a focus on holiness and action: in all we do, we will point young people towards holiness, and send them out to be transformative agents, as disciples of Jesus in our tradition of social change and justice.

As the successful candidate you will

To provide practical knowledge and expertise in the development and delivery of youth and children's ministry provision – with specific responsibility to equip, enable and empower local corps and centres to raise leaders and young people who are disciples of Jesus in our tradition of social change and justice.

To be successful you have:

• A degree with relevant youth work qualification and/or excellent knowledge and experience in the  discipleship of young people, leadership and mission amongst young people and their leaders.
• Experience of mentoring & supporting young people & youth leaders
• The ability to think and reflect theologically around mission and discipleship with experience of working with young people to develop their faith. 

• Experience of Salvation Army/Church programmes

• The ability to work flexible hours, including evenings & weekends, with occasional residential work
• Full driving licence

This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian and be in good standing in their corps / church and with a broad knowledge of the Salvation Army.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile attachment on the left.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement.

Appointment subject to Satisfactory References, Proof of right to work in the UK and Scottish Disclosure/PVG.

As a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Please note that we do not consider C.V's. Promoting equality in the workplace.