Next Gen Director

Alive Church; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Alive Church in Tampa is seeking a passionate Next Gen Director to lead Alive Kids and Alive Youth, developing age-appropriate programming and a healthy culture. You will recruit and empower Dream Team volunteers and partner with parents so families feel cared for, with Sundays, Wednesdays, and camps as engagement points.

The role requires strong faith, superb organization, and the ability to manage events, budgets, and leadership development across multiple age groups in a full-time, in-person

Qualifications

• Growing personal relationship with Jesus and alignment with Alive Church beliefs.
• Clear calling and heart for kids, students, and families.
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and lead volunteers.
• Strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills.
• Budgeting and reporting abilities.
• Emotionally healthy, team-minded leader.
• Commitment to child safety; background check and safety training required.
• Availability for weekend services, Wednesdays, camps and events.
• Preferred: 3+ years leading kids or student ministry; multi-campus experience; Bible college or ministry training.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain a healthy, life-giving culture across Alive Kids and Alive Youth.
• Develop fun, Bible-centered programming for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school students.
• Recruit, train, and lead Next Gen Dream Team volunteers with onboarding for new leaders.
• Develop a student leadership team to help create and run the student ministry.
• Partner with parents through coaching, resources, and encouragement.
• Oversee youth gatherings, summer internships, and key events, including Youth Summer Camp.
• Steward the Next Gen budget and submit monthly reports and life change stories.

Skills

Volunteer leadership

Budgeting

Reporting

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Child safety compliance

Education

Bible college or ministry training

Job description

Alive Church is looking for a passionate, organized, and Spirit-led Next Gen Director to lead Alive Kids (infants–5th grade) and Alive Youth (6th–12th grade). At Alive, we believe the next generation is the now generation.

This role will build healthy Next Gen culture, develop age-appropriate programming, raise up Dream Team volunteers and student leaders, and partner with parents so families feel cared for. The ideal candidate has a genuine heart for kids and students, leads volunteers well, and sees every Sunday, Wednesday, and camp as a chance for a generation to come to know God.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and sustain a healthy, life-giving culture across Alive Kids and Alive Youth.
• Develop fun, Bible-centered programming for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school students.
• Recruit, train, and lead Next Gen Dream Team volunteers, with an easy onboarding path for new leaders.
• Develop a student leadership team that helps create and run the student ministry.
• Partner with parents through coaching, resources, and encouragement.
• Oversee youth gatherings, summer internships, and key events, including Youth Summer Camp.
• Steward the Next Gen budget and submit monthly reports and life change stories.

Qualifications

• A growing, personal relationship with Jesus and full alignment with the beliefs and values of Alive Church.
• A clear calling and genuine heart for kids, students, and families.
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and lead volunteer teams and develop young leaders.
• Strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills, including budgeting and reporting.
• Emotionally healthy, team-minded leader who honors authority and handles conflict well.
• Commitment to child safety; must pass a background check and complete required safety training.
• Availability for weekend services, Wednesday evenings, camps, and key Next Gen events.

Preferred: 3+ years leading kids and/or student ministry; experience across multiple campuses or age groups; Bible college or ministry training.

This is a full-time, in-person position based in Tampa, Florida. Some evenings, weekends, and special events may be required.

As a staff member of Alive Church, the successful candidate must understand, support, and protect the mission, values, culture, and biblical foundation of Alive Church.