Area Director - North Shore (Chicagoland)

Responsibilities

• Execute Young Life’s mission to “introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith” through the power of relationships.
• Lead all aspects of the high school ministry including supervising a volunteer leader team of college students and young adults.
• Spend significant time each week building relationships with high school students.
• Plan and run weekly programmatic events for students such as Young Life club (large group outreach event) and Campaigners (Bible study).
• Lead the ongoing recruiting and training of college and adult volunteer leaders.
• Lead multiple summer and school season camping trips.
• Assist with college ministry at Northwestern University.
• Raise funds and awareness of Young Life in the area through relationships and large-scale fundraising events.

Qualifications

• A deep love for Jesus and passion for outreach ministry.
• Ability and desire to relate to high school and college students.
• Strong Christian faith, knowledge of God's Word, and ability to lead others to Christ.
• Promised track record of self-starting and taking initiative.
• Ability and desire to maintain a varying schedule that includes evenings and weekends.
• Willingness to live in the local area (this includes the city of Evanston and towns of Wilmette, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Northbrook, Northfield and Glenview).
• Comfortable relating to adults of all ages.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Young Life experience, professional ministry experience, or fundraising/development experience *required*.