Head of Younger Generations

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What Success Could Look Like 

Within the first two to three years, we would expect to see: 

• A clear and joined-up New Wine Younger Generations strategy across Kids, Youth, Young Adults and Discipleship Year. 

• Measurable progress towards New Wine becoming a younger and more diverse movement. 

• Strong leadership and greater collaboration between the four ministry areas. 

• Established year-round networks for Kids and Youth leaders, with meaningful engagement beyond Festival. 

• A broader and increasingly diverse range of churches and leaders actively participating in New Wine Younger Generations activity. 

• Regular Kids and Youth training and gathering opportunities across the country. 

• Kids and Youth provision increasingly integrated into New Wine Leadership Days. 

• A recognised and well-attended Kids and Youth Leaders Stream at Leadership Conference. 

• A successful second pilot of the Kids and Youth Minister Project, with a clear model for future development. 

• A growing number of churches looking to New Wine for relationships, training, encouragement and resources in Kids and Youth ministry. 

• Stronger pathways connecting Kids, Youth, Young Adults and leadership development. 

• Greater alignment between Festival ministry and New Wine’s year-round network. 

• Accessibility embedded across our Younger Generations programmes and events, with demonstrable progress in removing barriers to participation. 

• Strong partnership with the Accessible Church team and increasing confidence among our leaders and volunteers in accessible ministry. 

• A broader range of emerging leaders being identified, developed and given opportunities to contribute. 

• Individual ministries remaining strongly connected and accountable to New Wine centrally. 

• Increasing levels of restricted and external funding supporting Younger Generations work. 

Person Specification 

Essential 

Leadership and Ministry Experience 

• Significant experience of leadership within children’s, youth, young adult or wider church ministry. 

• A strong understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing Kids and Youth ministry within the UK local church. 

• Experience of leading, managing and developing people. 

• Ability to provide strategic leadership while also understanding the practical realities of ministry delivery. 

• Evidence of developing teams, ministries, projects or networks beyond their existing scope. 

Strategic and Organisational Skills 

• Able to turn vision and strategy into clear plans and deliverable priorities. 

• Strong organisational and project leadership skills. 

• Comfortable working across several interconnected areas of responsibility. 

• Able to establish goals, monitor progress and evaluate impact. 

• Able to use insight and evidence to understand participation and identify areas for development. 

• Able to manage competing priorities while maintaining a clear strategic focus. 

Diversity, Accessibility and Participation 

• A demonstrable commitment to creating ministry environments in which people from different backgrounds and with different needs can participate and flourish. 

• An understanding of the importance of accessibility within children’s and youth ministry. 

• Able to listen well to experiences and perspectives different from their own. 

• Able to identify barriers to participation and work collaboratively to find practical solutions. 

• A commitment to widening leadership opportunities and developing a diverse range of emerging leaders. 

Network and Relationship Building 

• A natural relationship builder with the ability to connect with a wide range of church leaders and ministry practitioners. 

• Experience of building partnerships, communities or networks. 

• Able to influence and lead people beyond direct line-management relationships. 

• Comfortable representing an organisation publicly and building relationships nationally. 

Communication and Training 

• A strong communicator in both written and spoken contexts. 

• Confident facilitating meetings, training and gatherings. 

• Able to communicate vision and inspire others to participate. 

• Able to work effectively with senior church leaders as well as grassroots practitioners. 

Personal and Spiritual 

• A practising Christian with a strong personal commitment to Jesus and the local church. 

• A commitment to New Wine’s vision, values and Word and Spirit DNA. 

• A collaborative and empowering leadership style. 

• Emotionally intelligent and able to build healthy working relationships. 

• A commitment to developing others and releasing leadership. 

• Demonstrates integrity, humility and good judgement. 

• A strong commitment to safeguarding and creating healthy ministry cultures. 

• A personal commitment to New Wine’s ambition to become younger and more diverse and to create space for everyone.