CAMPUS LIFE INTERN

About the role

The Campus Life Intern is a position that requires spiritual and organizational leadership skills, the ability to work with and through other people, and strong communication skills. S/he must embrace and build a team that embodies YFC’s Cultural Attributes: Christ-centered, enduring humility, relentless trust, courageous faithfulness, joyful camaraderie, and kingdom inspired diversity. S/he will seek to implement relational ministry actions to develop Authentic Christ-Sharing Relationships with young people within the context of their YFC ministry model.

Essential Functions

• Ministry Team Development (30%):

  • Create a strong connection between local churches and the ministry site
  • Promote healthy 3 Story team for ministry site
  • Establish necessary support and guidelines to ensure healthy and growing ministry at assigned site
  • Be an advocate in the community for young people
  • Report progress and ministry updates to YFC

• Relational Ministry Action Development (70%):

  • Responsible for managing, facilitating and serving in the Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs)
  • Direct the 3 Story Team at their site in accomplishing the standards outlined in the RMAs found in the Knowledge Base
  • Establish and develop programming materials
  • Train and evaluate ministry site leaders in the implementation of curriculum materials

Spiritual Responsibilities

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within YFC.
• Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at YFC staff meetings, conferences, camps and events.
• Model empathy, humility and care for all people. This includes promoting equity and inclusion in word and in the practice of faith expression.

Knowledge & Skills

• Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
• Participation in YFC’s Blueprint for Leadership
• Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
• Self-Motivator
• Strong moral character and of good repute
• Connect well with youth
• Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
• Manage a team of diverse volunteers
• Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures and ethnicities
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
• Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Fundraising Responsibilities

• All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to—extending invitations to fund raising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.

Qualifications

• Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
• Participation in YFC’s Blueprint for Leadership
• Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
• Self-Motivator
• Strong moral character and of good repute
• Connect well with youth
• Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
• Manage a team of diverse volunteers
• Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures and ethnicities
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
• Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Skills

• Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
• Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others’ need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
• Prioritizes others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
• Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
• Seeks authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds, fosters an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy for those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) for employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics.
• Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the organization.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Varies.