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About the Role

The Assistant/Associate Pastor & Director/Senior Director of Pastoral Care & Leadership Development is responsible for the pastoral care and leadership development of Redeemer Downtown congregants, lay-leaders, and staff. This role involves developing processes, policies, and training for pastoral care and leadership development programs, overseeing staff, and supporting mercy ministry functions. The overarching emphasis is on shepherding and training leaders in line with the church's vision.

Responsibilities

Develop processes, policies, and training for effective pastoral care of congregants and leaders.
Maintain a visible presence in worship services, coffee hours, and congregational events through teaching, worship leading, prayers, and scripture reading.
Collaborate with pastoral staff, elders, and the counseling center on pastoral care issues.
Provide individual and group counseling.
Oversee the diaconate and mercy ministry as the pastoral liaison.
Attend session meetings and interface with the Session on discipline cases.
Participate in the rotation of ‘Pastor-on-Call’ duties.
Collaborate with staff to recruit, equip, mobilize, and train leaders.
Provide Gospel Coaching/shepherding of leaders for personal spiritual formation and professional development.
Help lead basic and advanced leader training sessions.
Support and participate in leadership and teaching of RAMP, Gotham, and emerging leaders cohorts.
Teach cohorts and classes, develop teaching content, and help write weekly studies.
Oversee the Director of Community Life to develop systems for group care and group multiplication.
Collaborate with other directors for overall community formation, public faith culture, and to assume responsibility for group and leader growth.
Mentor and direct intern/resident(s) toward vocational development and city ministry skills.
Provide insight and expertise in development of content and execution of leader training meetings.
Serve as a member of the content committee to ensure consistency of Redeemer Downtown content and curriculum.
Oversee the leadership development committee and the content committee.
Preach at 10 am and 5 pm services (approximately 6 Sundays a year).
Lead worship at multiple Sunday services as needed.
Perform pastoral and elder duties (baptisms, communion, marriage, etc) as called upon.

Requirements

Must become a member of Redeemer Downtown / Metro NY Presbytery.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Dependable, team player with ability to take initiative and demonstrate strong communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Previous team / department leadership and counseling experience required.
Demonstrated experience in recruiting and developing leaders.
Demonstrated strength in preaching and teaching required.
Must be able to manage multiple projects and to work collaboratively within the structure and framework of the Redeemer Downtown team.
Embrace Redeemer’s vision of being a gospel-centered, city-positive and movement-minded church in New York City.
Candidate should be aligned with the core theological principles of Redeemer and the Presbyterian Church in America including the Westminster Standards (Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms).
This position is open to teaching elders ordained in the PCA.
Minimum four years of college and a theological degree from an accredited seminary or equivalent.
Master’s degree preferred.
Minimum 10-15 years pastoral experience.
Understanding of pastoral care processes in a ‘large’ church (500+ congregants).
Minimum 5 years experience overseeing Pastoral Care practices and processes.

Skills

Organizational skills
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Problem-solving skills
Decision-making skills
Leadership development
Preaching
Teaching
Counseling

Location

New York City

Work Type

Full-Time
In-Office
Hybrid

Experience Level

10-15 years pastoral experience
5 years experience overseeing Pastoral Care practices and processes

Education Level

Master's degree preferred
Theological degree from an accredited seminary or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

$120,000 - $160,000/ year

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Paid time off
Fully paid Medical Plan Premiums for employee-only coverage and nominal costs for dependent coverage
Fully paid Dental insurance premiums, with dental buy-up plan option
Fully paid Vision insurance premiums
403b Retirement, plus company contribution
Redeemer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and basic life insurance
Voluntary accident, life, and AD&D policies for employee, spouse, and children
Redeemer-funded HSA and HRA with elected high-deductible medical coverage
Optional Limited Purpose FSA for dental, vision, and dependent care costs
Transit / commuter benefit
Counseling benefit

About the Company

Redeemer Downtown is a church with a vision of being a gospel-centered, city-positive and movement-minded church in New York City.

Equal Opportunity

As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help review applications and identify candidates whose qualifications align with the requirements of the role. AI can assist us in evaluating skills, qualifications, experience, or certain keywords. These tools support, but do not replace, human review and decision-making.
While interviewers may record and transcribe interviews using AI tools, we do not utilize AI to evaluate or analyze interview videos. Recording of interviews is done solely for the purpose of note-taking or transcribing the conversation, and human review is conducted of the notes prior to connecting them with an applicant's file.
The organization does not utilize Automated Employment Decision Tools to conduct video analysis of any recorded interviews, and is fully compliant with New York City Local Law 144.