Associate Regional Director || Western CO

About the role

The Associate Regional Director role is an opportunity for a leader who brings both vision and joy to ministry. We are looking for someone who feels deeply called to the mission of Young Life and has a proven track record of helping areas grow healthy leaders, teams, and culture. This person should love building relationships, creating environments where people can laugh, have fun, and thrive together, and lead with both excellence and integrity. The Associate Regional Director will oversee seven to ten ministries across Western Colorado, investing in staff and volunteers while helping each area build healthy teams, strong culture, and sustainable ministry that reaches more kids.

Responsibilities

• Represent the regional office in carrying out the regional function to ensure good Young Life ministry in that region.
• Know and uphold all Young Life policies and procedures.
• Spiritual Development:
• 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 region, 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:
• Aid in casting vision for reaching “every kid” within the region.
• Aid in developing diverse leadership and ministries.
• Work with the regional director to recruit, interview, hire and place staff within the region.
• Supervise, develop and evaluate staff, providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
• Facilitate departures when necessary and as assigned.
• Aid in the development and implementation of regional trainings.
• Conduct assignments or events as assigned by the regional director, including leadership weekends, recruiting days, staff development, leader training and more.
• Resource Development:
• Help areas develop committees. Communicate regularly with committee and TDS chairs within the region.
• Help develop and lead the region’s fundraising strategy, ensuring excellence in communication to donors.
• Raise the necessary funds to carry out the regional ministry vision with the Regional Director.
• Ensure a TDS plan including vision statement and strategy and financial master plan is implemented and reviewed for each area under your direct supervision.
• Expected to raise a portion of the person budget as agreed upon with the RD.
• Work with Development staff to identify potential donors for missionwide efforts.
• 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.
• Work with the area committee to develop good community and church relationships.
• If appropriate, recruit, develop, encourage and sustain a diverse regional committee.
• Direct Ministry:
• Aid in the development of new areas, and identify interested adults to help the ministry to grow.
• Visit area as needed or assign, including routine and emergency crisis visits.
• Observe and evaluate local areas ensure Young Life ministry is carried out with excellence.
• Aid the RD to ensure a regional plan is in place to grow Young Life in the region, including multi-cultural and specialized ministries.
• Maintain ministry contact with kids to the extent it is necessary to be effective in this role.
• Provide networking opportunities to offer additional camping experiences using non-Young Life camps and discipleship experiences.
• Ministry Support:
• Maintain professionalism concerning office hours, dress, conduct and time management.
• Provide clear, prompt, appropriate and professional communication to everyone within the scope of ministry.
• Develop an appropriate system for reporting, expense report responsibilities and the use of regional funds using Young Life accounting applications.
• Set yearly strategic ministry plan growth and initiatives to grow the ministry; review them on a regular basis.
• Implement and support regional initiatives, such as a student staff, program, multi-cultural advance and Forward.
• Accept both short and long-term assignments of projects.

Requirements

• Completion of Core Training — Phase One
• Must be able to supervise at a distance.
• Proven spiritual leader.
• Proven leadership in developing diverse staff and ministries.
• Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Has the potential and capacity to function as a regional director.