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Job Specific Working Conditions:
Ministry Vision:
BUILD AND DEVELOP consistent relationships with high school students, middle school students and their families, so that every student can be transformed by the hope of Jesus.
HAVE A THRIVING WEEKLY campus club of high school students and a discipleship Campaigners group of by the end of the year. We want to connect and develop our students, encouraging and empowering them to go deeper and teach them how to be like Jesus to their peers and in their community.
BRING middle school and high school students to camp
RECRUIT AND MAINTAIN a total of volunteers. Training and equipping them to reach and love students.
IDENTIFY, ONBOARD, AND EQUIP six committee members to help focus on prayer, food for students, fundraising, finances and leader care.
Essential Duties :
Ministry
Mentors and Other Volunteers
Recruit, train, mobilize and retain volunteer leaders.
Train volunteers in how to work with teenagers experiencing trauma.
Supervise and evaluate volunteers in leadership development, spiritual formation and ministry with teenagers experiencing homelessness, incarceration, trafficking, and/or the foster care system.
Meet regularly with volunteer team for on-going training, ministry planning and community building.
The Five Cs
Contact work
Create an effective contact work strategy to reach underserved youth.
Be active in all three levels of contact work.
Train and engage team on effective contact work.
Club
Plan and implement regular club meetings with excellence.
Train and engage team in leading club.
Ensure that Young Life ONE health and safety policies are executed.
The ability to textualize club to meet the specific needs of underserved youth.
Understanding the demographics of the youth in your club and ensure cultural awareness and sensitivity. (ie; race, gender, sexuality, etc.)
Campaigners and Discipleship
Create an effective discipleship strategy for underserved youth.
Plan and implement regular campaigner meetings with excellence.
Train and engage team in leading campaigners and the discipleship of vulnerable teenagers.
Ensure that Young Life ONE health and safety policies are executed.
Camp
Plan and implement a summer and school-season camping strategy.
Engage and lead the community to help in all aspects of Young Life ONE camping.
Set the example of passionately pursuing vulnerable youth to attend camp.
Highly encourage, recruit and train leaders to attend camp.
Create and implement a prayer strategy for camp.
Accept a summer assignment (camp or other assignment).
Committee
Recruit and retain an active Young Life ONE committee.
Regularly communicate and partner with the committee to carry out the work of the area.
Financial Management and Donor Development
Complete and manage the annual budget.
Impart vision for the Young Life ONE ministry to potential donors.
Partner with committee to secure and raise the area budget and oversee the finances.
Raise personal and ministry funds as determined by supervisor.
Implement Taking Donors Seriously (TDS) procedures.
Ensure that all Young Life financial policies and procedures are implemented.
Guarantee all expenses are within the budget.
Administration
Ensure the administrative requirements are handled with excellence and in a timely manner.
Comply with volunteer management procedures concerning all volunteers.
Meet all area requirements as determined by respective regional director.
Community Outreach
Establish church relationships through regular worship and positive ministry interactions with local congregations.
Speak to civic and church groups to promote and publicize Young Life ONE.
Develop relationships with schools, teen parenting programs, crisis pregnancy centers and other applicable community organizations.
Training and Personal Development
Successfully complete training on how to appropriately work with kids who have experienced trauma.
Participate in Young Life ONE cohort for initial 2 years.
Successful completion of Young Life’s ‘Training Timeline’ experiences.
Adhere to mission training guidelines for staff.
Attend regional training as directed by the regional director.
Attend Young Life ONE trainings as directed by the Young Life ONE national office.
Pursue continuing education for professional development.
Pursue opportunities for personal development and spiritual maturity.
Working Conditions :
Occasional travel.
Education :
College degree preferred.
Completion of training as determined by supervisor.
Experience Required For The Job:
Commitment to a growing relationship with Christ.
Teachability with the desire and willingness to learn about this population of youth and from the youth themselves.
Consistency/Longevity by showing up in the lives of kids regularly as it often takes years of commitment for kids to really start to trust leaders.
Even-tempered, calm composure with ability to keep emotions in check when working with youth who are prone to volatile emotional and physical reactions.
Ability to clearly communicate the Gospel and train others accordingly.
Ability to clearly communicate Young Life’s mission and the vision for Young Life ONE.
Understand the unique issues faced by teenagers experiencing homelessness, incarceration, the foster care system, and/pr trafficking.
Proven relational skills with both adolescents and adults.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Self-motivated.
Goal-oriented.
Proven leadership skills.
Ability to travel as the job requires.
This description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making compensation decisions.
Area Director I
Summary:Through spiritual leadership and proper management, lead in developing a team in the area to carry out Young Life’s mission of introducing kids to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.
Ministry Functions:
Spiritual Development — “Following Jesus” includes prayer and spiritual disciplines, fellowship, growth and health and church relationships.
Develop a yearly personal growth plan that fosters a vibrant spiritual life including time for solitude, retreat, reflection, prayer and a sincere commitment to understanding God’s Word.
Seek and maintain relationships and disciplines, in the context of active participation in a church community.
Actively participate in the spiritual life of the Young Life community.
Lead teams and individuals in spiritual development.
Ensure that all Young Life ministry in the area, is designed and carried out with a dependence on prayer that takes place out of the overflow of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Leadership Development — “Equipping leaders, committee and staff” includes key volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training, supervision and vision casting.
- Partner with Regional director and Committee to cast vision for reaching “every kid” within the defined area.
- Develop consistent gatherings with committee, leaders and staff to build unity and provide vision and direction.
- Create a spiritual leadership plan for volunteer leaders, staff and committee members in the area.
- Recruit and train new staff and leaders to build leadership teams that reflect the community.
- Supervise, develop and evaluate area staff, providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
- Provide quality summer staff, work crew and adult guests for summer camps.
- Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to other leaders.
- Train leaders, team leaders and committee how to work effectively in teams and develop a yearly ministry strategy.
Resource Development — “Fueling the ministry” includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding) and TDS team.
- Provide leadership to the TDS team and committee in finding partners to own the area vision and budget.
- Develop and lead the area’s fundraising strategy and ensure excellence in communication to donors.
- Raise the necessary funds to carry out the ministry vision for the local area, keeping the area consistently in surplus (goal is a one-month cash reserve minimum).
- Build the Young Life brand via public relations as an excellent tool for working with youth in the area.
- Coordinate and conduct quality events which reflect Young Life’s capacity to impact kids and warrant the investment of a participant’s personal and corporate resources.
Direct Ministry — “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners and camp.
- Actively engage in all three levels of contact work.
- Lead or co-lead a model Young Life club; lead/supervise an effective Campaigner ministry with excellence.
- Observe and evaluate each of the schools/ministries in the local area on a yearly basis.
- Develop and implement ongoing plans to maximize Gospel proclamation through camping opportunities.
- Serve on a summer assignment at a Young Life property, other Young Life camp or in another position each summer.
Ministry Support — “Taking care of business” includes accounting, administration, communication (internal), data management and strategic plan.
- Adhere to all Young Life policies and procedures and maintain professionalism concerning office hours, dress, conduct and time management.
- Manage finances with stewardship, accountability and transparency using the mission-wide applications.
- Maintain accurate information on kids, leaders and donors for area records.
- Provide clear, prompt, appropriate and professional communication to everyone involved in ministry.
- Set yearly strategic ministry plan and initiatives to reach every kid; review them on a regular basis.
- Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.
- Accept both short and long-term assignments of projects.
Training:
- Participation in missionwide staff conference every four years.
- Participation in additional training or experiences if deemed necessary (e.g., more urban exposure; Taking Donors Seriously (TDS) training).
- Attend regional training as directed by the regional director.
- Pursue continuing educational opportunities including graduate degrees.
- Participate in programs designed for personal spiritual maturity or personal enrichment.
- Pursue seminars designed to enhance professional skills.
Education:
- College degree preferred
Qualifications:
- Must have completed Core Training —Phase One.
- Proven leadership skills.
- Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
- A call to reach kids with the Gospel.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Working Conditions:
- Will include the extremes of a camp assignment, e.g., heat/cold, dirt, long hours and the physical demands of hiking, horseback riding, boating, etc. Staff person must be able to handle these conditions.
