Resident leader

Act Five is seeking 2 full-time Resident Leaders for the  Program Year. With a flexible move-in date during the summer of 2026 and an official start date for staff training in mid-August 2026, the contract runs through to the end of May 2027, plus some follow-up requirements through to September 2027.*

* Opportunities to extend this contract to a second year will be considered at the end of your first term in this role.

The job posting will remain listed as long as the job remains unfilled. Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

• Resume
• 1-page articulation of faith as related to Act Five’s mission, vision and story – See Our Story Page.

Act Five facilitates the Christian discipleship of young people, preparing them for rooted & engaged lives, helping them discern next steps. Through intentional community, thoughtfully crafted travel and courses, engagement in the city and more, we are excited by how young people have been shaped through this place over our first seven years.

Based out of Hamilton, ON, Act Five is moving toward its 8th program year starting September 2026
. Act Five operates out of a large home in a downtown Hamilton neighbourhood, running a Gap Year Program for 18-20 year olds and a Residency Program for those aged 21 and up.

The Resident Leader (RL) position works specifically with our 8-month Gap Year program, which is geared toward rooting emerging adults (18-20 year olds) in a community home, while leading them into new places and new experiences that are facilitated to deepen their walk with Christ, grow their understanding and practice of the Christian life, and prepare them for future pathways. Students, staff and residents live together in community, while students work through courses, complete field placements, engage missionally in the city, go on several trips, and benefit from intentional mentorship.

The Act Five Resident Leader (RL) role is a unique live-in position for someone looking for a formational experience & opportunity to disciple young adults aged 17-20 in an intentional Christian community while learning and adventuring alongside students and residents. In this, RLs develop a range of soft and hard skills: leadership skills, program planning and facilitation, conflict resolution, pastoral care, community building, hospitality, discernment, and mentorship.

This role is carried out as part of a Program Team with a high level of support offered. RLs do life alongside Act Five students through the ordinary days of living in intentional community, while also experiencing – and facilitating elements of – all that the Act Five program offers.

• A preferred move-in date during the summer of 2026
  * so as to
  (a) make 75 Blake St home,
  (b) become immersed in Act Five’s rhythms, and
  (c) participate in the planning of the Act Five year.
  
  * This is TBD for 2026 given summer renovation plans.
• A required participation in a Staff & Board Retreat from May 7-9, 2026 (Location TBD). There may be further requirements to join 1-2 orientation dates/weekends throughout the summer.
• Latest move-in date is August 16, 2026 to allow a week to settle in before the work begins.
• Full-time work begins with staff training on August 24, 2026.
• The minimum commitment for this position is from August 16, 2026 through to May 31, 2027
  * RLs may be invited to continue for an additional year.
  
  * There are extended follow-up commitments with graduates through to September 2027.

Resident Leaders assist in running the Gap Year program by living in community at 75 Blake St, mentoring students, facilitating rhythms of the Act Five home, participating in select program activities, attending to critical situations, and having opportunities to lead elements of the program. In this, RLs encourage students’ personal, vocational, and spiritual growth.

Residence at the Act Five home is required for the position, as is shared overnight and select weekend on-call responsibilities, and travel on various trips including but not limited to 3 wilderness trips & a 3-week cross-cultural trip…