Alpha Regional Coach and Youth Specialist

The Alpha Ministry has expanded over the years to include the Alpha Youth Series,  courses on marriage, parenting, and prayer. We aim to serve the church in its mission to see the world transformed through the power of Jesus.

Alpha New Zealand https://www.alpha.org.nz/

 Job Purpose

The Regional Coach and Youth Specialist – Wellington & Surrounds plays a key role in equipping and supporting churches, course leaders, and volunteers to run Alpha and related resources effectively. This role leads the national implementation of Alpha’s Youth Strategy, building strong relationships across church networks and denominations (both with those already using Alpha and those yet to engage). The successful candidate will deliver high-quality coaching and training, both online and in person, for individuals and groups. They will actively listen to churches’ needs, assess their goals, and provide tailored support and input to help advance Alpha’s mission in the region.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Align all decisions and activities with Alpha’s mission and vision.

• Build and nurture strong relationships with churches, course leaders, and volunteers.

• Deliver high-quality training on all Alpha resources, tailored to each church and community context while maintaining Alpha’s core principles.

• Provide targeted coaching to support leadership development, volunteer pipeline growth, technical setup, and deeper product knowledge.

• Lead and implement Alpha’s National Youth Strategy for the wider Alpha team

• Develop and deliver engaging training and coaching tailored to youth contexts, fostering environments where young people can explore faith in a safe and relevant way.

• Record all interactions and feedback in Salesforce, ensuring information is accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with the Church Engagement Framework (CEF).

• Offer feedback to management to improve how Alpha serves and equips churches.

• Maintain strong product knowledge across all Alpha resources (training provided) and consistently develop expertise.

• Support Alpha NZ, International, and Asia Pacific events, to achieve shared goals.

• Meet weekly and monthly targets for coaching and training sessions.

• Participate in Alpha NZ team meetings, retreats, and ongoing training sessions, as well as allocated Alpha Int’l and Asia Pacific meetings, providing feedback to the team.

 Skills and Attributes:

• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills: both online and in person.

• Strong understanding of youth culture and church youth ministry, with the ability to engage and build trust with young people, youth leaders, and church teams.

• Strong time management/organisational skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities.

• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a team.

• Flexible, adaptable, and positive in approach.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage and build relationships at all levels.

• Technical competency with tools such as Microsoft 365, Excel, PowerPoint, Canva; experience with Salesforce CRM system is advantageous (training provided).

• Passion for Alpha and experience with church and non-profit ministry is highly valued. 

Other Expectations:

• Occasional evening and weekend work. 

• Represent Alpha at conferences and denominational gatherings

• Regional, national and possible International travel as required. 

• Participate in regular performance reviews, held twice a year.

Alpha International & Asia Pacific calls and attendance Required:

• Prayer Meetings

• Alpha Youth Series Update

• Alpha Series Updates

• The Marriage Course Updates

• Church Engagement framework Updates

• Leadership Conference in Kuala Lumpur

• Global Church Leaders Meetings/Conference

• When and if required technical updates are also to be attended.

 Job Requirements

• Right to work in New Zealand

• Reports to the Team Leader

• Place of work: Remote (home/community based)

• Office hours Monday to Friday, 9am – 4:30pm

• Contracted hours of 37.5 hrs. per week.

• Occasional evening and weekend work is required.

• National, regional and potential international travel is required.

• Full licence and access to a warranted and registered vehicle.

Benefits:

• $25 monthly contribution to mobile phone expenses

• 4% contribution to Kiwisaver

• Laptop

• Mileage and reasonable expense reimbursement