Job Description
Take primary responsibility in the leadership of Sunday Kids Connect Ministry across our two morning services and the Friday night Ignition youth group. Disciple kids & young people in their faith so as to enable them to grow as followers of Jesus.....
5 days per week
Commencement: January 2026
Harbourside Presbyterian Church
Coffs Harbour, NSW.
ABOUT US
At Harbourside our passion is to see people come into a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Our desire is to grow as followers of Jesus as we seek to reach our city and reach the world with the good news about Jesus.
We meet at one site in the CBD of Coffs Harbour and have two morning services and one evening service each Sunday. We have around 500 people who regularly attend services at Harbourside, and we have a staff team of six, including three full-time pastors and one ministry trainee.
OVERVIEW OF POSITION
A full-time position (5 days a week) exists for a mature, Christ-centred individual, with a deep passion for kids and youth to know Jesus, to lead our Kids and Youth ministries at Harbourside.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- To take primary responsibility in the leadership of Sunday Kids Connect Ministry across our two morning services and the Friday night Ignition youth group.
- To disciple kids & young people in their faith so as to enable them to grow as followers of Jesus.
- Identify, train and mentor new and current kids and youth ministry leaders.
- Cooperate with other Presbytery churches as required in planning and running Presbytery Youth Camps.
- Participate in wider church leadership and pastoral team responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- A clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ reflected in a committed Christ-centred lifestyle.
- Experience in serving in and leading both kids and youth ministry.
- Ability to work effectively with a small staff team, have a Reformed/Evangelical outlook in your Christian faith and hold to a complementarian framework in your ministry practice.
- Theological training (or a willingness to undertake theological study).
- Current NSW Working with Children clearance (or a willingness and ability to obtain and maintain same).
- Willingness to complete training in and be compliant in the Breaking the Silence Policy and Code of Conduct of the Presbyterian Church of NSW.
- Current full driver’s licence and access to a motor vehicle.
- Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
Remuneration is based on the Schedule for Pastoral Assistance as a Pastoral Assistant (Supervised) of the Presbyterian Church of NSW depending on theological qualifications.
For more information, please email the Session Clerk (see below).
To apply for the position please forward your application, current CV and full contact details of two referees to:
Ian Nisbet, Harbourside Session Clerk via the 'Apply to this Job' button below.
Applications closing date: 28 November 2025.
Do Applicants need to have Permission to work in Australia?
”Coffs Harbour is a beautiful place to live. With its coastal lifestyle and being located between magnificent beaches and stunning rainforests, it’s no wonder it was once voted one of the world’s most liveable cities! However, life is about more than just these things.
Jesus said that he came that we might have life…and have it to the full. At its very heart life is all about Jesus. Jesus came into this world and lived and died and rose again that we might know God’s love and forgiveness and the new life that he offers each one of us.
Here at Harbourside our passion is to see people come to know God through faith in the Lord Jesus. Our desire is to grow as followers of Jesus as we seek to reach our city and reach the world with the good news of what Jesus has done.