CA523 YoungLives Coordinator

Skill Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated
• Goal-oriented
• Proven leadership skills

Essential Duties

• Spiritual Development
• Prayer and spiritual disciplines
• Fellowship, growth and health
• Church relationships
• Lead teams and individuals in spiritual development
• Ensure all Young Life ministry is designed and carried out with a dependence on prayer
• Leadership Development
• Volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training
• Supervision and vision casting
• Meet with mentors, childcare and other volunteer leaders on a regular basis
• Aid in recruiting and training mentors, childcare and other volunteers to build leadership teams
• Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to mentors, childcare and other volunteers
• Train and lead a team of mentors, childcare and other volunteers in developing a yearly ministry strategy
• Resource Development
• Events, major donor care, public relations (branding)
• TDS team
• Raise financial support as directed and maintain good donor care practices
• Communicate ministry updates and progress to personal donor partners
• Develop strategic relationships with key adults in the community
• Become a respected Young Life steward to the community for both kids and adults
• Partner with respective area director to build a sub-committee for YoungLives
• Regularly communicate and participate with the local Young Life committee
• Develop relationships with schools, teen parenting programs, crisis pregnancy centers and other applicable community organizations
• Direct Ministry
• Contact work, club, Campaigners and camp
• Actively engage in all three levels of contact work
• Lead a team to plan and implement a regular outreach meeting with excellence
• Lead Campaigners meetings with excellence as assigned by the area director
• Lead a team to implement a summer and school-season camping strategy for YoungLives
• Serve on a summer assignment at a Young Life camp each year
• Serve on a summer assignment at a Young Life property, other Young Life camp or in another position each summer as directed by supervisor
• Ministry Support
• 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
• 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

Qualifications

• Commitment to a growing relationship with Christ
• Ability to clearly communicate the Gospel and train others accordingly
• Ability to clearly communicate Young Life’s mission and the vision for YoungLives
• Understand the unique issues faced by pregnant and parenting teen moms
• Prominent 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