Flexible as to whether this is worked over the whole year, or February – November.
ROLE
Collaborative support role
alongside Student Soul minister, including offering pastoral care and
administrative support
Room for creativity,
experimentation and adaptation to strengths and passions
Specific goals to be set with
the minister. (These will be aligned with Student Soul goals for each semester
and adjusted as needed, by mutual agreement.)
Pay rate is $21.15 per hour (living wage) + 5% Kiwisaver, reviewed
annually
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
Pastoral presence at Sunday evening services and other key events (such as camp). (Approx. 2 hours per week)
Administrative support
Coordinate roster system for services (setup and pack-down) and aid with the recruitment of people into these roles (where needed)
Help manage social media pages
Develop and maintain student database
Involvement in Sunday evening setup and pack-down (when necessary)
Other administrative tasks as required (including shopping, general office administration)
(Approx. 1.5 hours per week)
Pastoral care and small groups
Provide pastoral care (both proactively and responsively), particularly for female students
Help to develop pastoral care networks, including via small groups and by facilitating connections between students
Assist in the ongoing training and support of small group leaders
(Approx. 3 hours per week)
Team/reporting/supervision
Meet weekly with minister
Attend monthly Student Soul Oversight Team meetings
Bi-monthly supervision
(Approx. 1.5 hour per week)
PERSON
SPECIFICATIONS
Deep personal faith, and commitment
and attention to ongoing spiritual growth
Desire to help young people
develop and grow in Christian faith
Successful experience of
tertiary education (degree may still be in progress)
Team player, with well-developed
interpersonal skills
Pastoral competency (including
listening skills), and passion for others’ flourishing
Able to coordinate (and demonstrate
appreciation of) volunteers
Administrative ability
Proactive around hospitality
and welcome
Ability to set and maintain
appropriate personal boundaries
Commitment and attention to self-care.
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Mental Health (MH) 101 course,
or equivalent, already completed or to be undertaken as soon as possible.
While no formal pastoral
qualifications are required, the successful applicant can apply for
fees-funding for one University paper per year in a related area (e.g., in
2020: Pastoral Care or Spirituality and Mental Health.) (Funding
is for (domestic) fees only: study to be done in their own time.)
Student Soul is an expression of church for young adults here in Dunedin. It was started in 2002 as a way of empowering Dunedin students to live faith-filled, passionate and healthy lives.
Our main focus points are to grow in social energy as a community and to grow in personal transformation as people. We see these as two sides of the same coin. Because on the one hand, doing life together is part of what it means to be human; and on the other, each person is unique and individually significant.
Those two points shape the main idea of our gatherings, on Sunday nights at the Salmond chapel, and at other times too. We get together expecting to grow. We expect to be empowered. We expect to be challenged and stretched. We expect to have encounters with joy.
There’s a number of ways through which people can be involved: through a leadership development stream, music teams, creative service activities on campus; or via attendance at our worship gatherings, small groups, social events, or camps. However it happens, our goal is resourcing spirituality among students; helping you to discover your true worth.
