Discipleship & Ministries Pastor

Are you passionate about helping people encounter Jesus, belong in community and grow in their faith?

Do you have a heart for leading, developing and empowering teams and volunteers?

Do you want to be part of a team that is building a healthy church and making a difference in our community?

Our Hills Campus team are currently looking for a Discipleship & Ministries Pastor to join the team at our Sydney – Hills location. This role will be responsible for supporting the Campus Pastor and campus leadership team in looking after the health and growth of the Hills campus congregation, ensuring people encounter Jesus, belong in community and grow as purpose-filled Jesus followers. This role is responsible for the service experience, pastoral care, hospitality and discipleship pathways at the Hills campus, leading, developing and empowering staff and key volunteers.

Other aspects of this role include: 

Weekend Engagement (Service Experience)

• Lead the people experience of weekend services, ensuring every person is welcomed, connected, and cared for from carpark to auditorium.
• Lead, develop, and support Service Leaders and team leaders responsible for executing the people side of services.
• Equip Service Teams and Community Teams, ensuring teams are equipped, rostered, and led with excellence.
• Ensure a consistent and life-giving service experience across all weekend services and campus events.
• Regularly review the weekend experience and implement improvements. 

Campus Strategy & Support

• Support the Campus Pastor and campus leadership team in creating, facilitating, and implementing ministry strategy that forwards the mission at the campus.
• Collaborate with ministry leaders to align departmental plans with the campus vision and national strategy, ensuring initiatives are resourced and implemented at the campus.
• Provide leadership support across campus rhythms, including planning cycles, team meetings, communication, and reporting.
• Carry delegated leadership responsibility for the campus as required, including in the absence of the Campus Pastor. 

Pathways Support

• Lead Pathways across weekend and midweek discipleship, including New People, New Christians and Growth Hubs, creating growth environments where people develop as purpose-filled Jesus followers.
• Facilitate Faith Milestones experiences at the campus, including Alpha, Baptisms, Baptism Masterclasses, and the Pathways Stand, working with Service Leaders to ensure they are staffed, equipped, and delivered well.
• Equip volunteer teams to deliver Pathways environments and Growth Hub classes that grow and mature the congregation.
• Ensure clear and connected next steps so people move from first visit through to belonging and growth, using data and feedback to refine effectiveness.

Groups & Communities

• Lead the strategy, care, and development of groups and communities across the campus.
• Provide vision, oversight, and support across Connect Groups, Cultural Communities, Men’s, and Sisterhood.
• Support and develop Connect Group and Community leaders for effective discipleship, care and healthy group life.
• Ensure gatherings, celebrations, and community events are well organised, resourced, and aligned with the mission.
• Develop systems for tracking the health, growth, and impact of groups and communities.

Volunteer Engagement

• Create a unified strategy for volunteer onboarding, serving experience, and leadership development.
• Lead the volunteer onboarding journey end to end, ensuring new volunteers are welcomed, placed on a team, trained, and connected.
• Partner with team leaders to identify volunteer needs, and to recruit, train, and inspire volunteers.
• Foster a culture of service and belonging, ensuring volunteers are equipped, supported, and appreciated.
• Develop a volunteer leadership pipeline, providing opportunities for growth and spiritual development.

Ideally, the successful candidate will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Theology, Ministry or a related field, or equivalent experience (Master’s preferred)
• Minimum 5 years in pastoral ministry, including oversight of multiple ministry areas in a large church environment
• Demonstrated experience leading, developing and holding accountable a team of staff and key volunteers, including recruiting, training and releasing volunteer leaders
• Experience designing and delivering discipleship pathways, Connect Groups and pastoral care, using data and reporting to measure ministry health
• Working knowledge of Hillsong’s Statement of Belief, culture and ministry structure, and the ability to teach Christian discipleship
• Understanding of child safe, mandatory reporting and Work Health & Safety obligations for church programs, events and volunteer teams
• Current Working With Children Check (NSW) – required prior to commencement

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply today!

Applications close: 27 November 2026, 11.59pm AEDT