Taylor Young Life Student Staff
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for prose.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail.
We need to include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text.
Thus we need to decide which sections have content.
Let's parse the posting:
- Intro: "If you are currently on Young Life staff, please do not apply through this external jobs board..." That's application instruction; remove.
- "Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith. We recommend you read this statement before applying for any position." That's also instruction/requirement; maybe keep as part of Requirements.
- Long paragraph about exclusive Christian purposes etc. That's requirement about belief.
- "Job Specific Working Conditions To be eligible, this person will need to be a current student at Taylor University who is involved with Young Life. This position will be hired for the 2026 - 2027 school year." That's eligibility/working conditions.
- Then "This staff person will lead team of college leaders who are volunteering to do ministry at local high schools." That's role description.
- Then "Ministry Functions" with bullet-like paragraphs: Spiritual Development, Leadership Development, Resource Development, Direct Ministry, Ministry Support, Training, Education, Qualifications Required For The Job.
Under each, there are sentences describing duties.
Thus we can map:
- About the role: maybe a brief summary: "This staff person will lead team of college leaders who are volunteering to do ministry at local high schools." plus eligibility.
- Responsibilities: the Ministry Functions details (Spiritual Development, Leadership Development, Resource Development, Direct Ministry, Ministry Support, Training). Could be a list.
- Qualifications: "Education: Pursuing a college degree." plus "Qualifications Required For The Job: Proven relational skills with both kids and adults. Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality." Also the statement of faith requirement.
- Skills: maybe the relational skills, communication skills, confidentiality.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned. So we should not include those sections.
Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Now we need to format.
We'll produce:
About the role
...
Then Responsibilities
- ... each duty as list items.
We need to preserve all substantive info; we should not lose details. So we need to break down each duty into list items.
Let's extract duties:
From 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.
Leadership Development:
- “Equipping leaders, committee and staff” includes key volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training, supervision and vision casting.
- Meet with your volunteer leaders and area leadership on a regular basis.
- Learn to recruit and train new leaders to build a leadership team that reflects the community.
- Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to other leaders.
- Attend and be involved with area leadership as assigned.
Resource Development:
- “Fueling the ministry” includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding) and TDS team.
- Raise financial support as directed and maintain good donor care practices.
- Communicate ministry updates and progress to personal donor partners.
- Assist with camp fundraisers and attend occasional committee and adult functions as assigned.
Direct Ministry:
- “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners and camp.
- Actively engage in all three levels of contact work.
- Participate in leadership with a team to conduct a Young Life club and Campaigners/discipleship ministry with excellence.
- Participate on a team to implement a summer and school-season camping strategy for a ministry.
- Potentially serve on summer staff or assigned staff at a Young Life property with input and direction from the area director.
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.
- Learn to set yearly ministry and personal goals and objectives; review them on a regular basis.
- Assist in the office administration when necessary and assigned.
- Complete expense reports as necessary in a clear and timely fashion.
- Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.
Training:
- Missionwide Training: None is required or recommended.
- Regional Training: There is no missionwide regional-level training curriculum. At the regional director’s prerogative, certain regional training events may be required.
- Area Training: Work through job assignments under the supervision of the area director or assigned mentor (assignments may be adapted to fit individual needs and the area situation) Receive individualized training supervised by the area director designed to develop personal spiritual maturity and enhance personal character. Give particular focus to an individualized program to learn and gain competency in ministry skills (i.e. The 5 C’s). Become familiar with area strategy and ministry health as assigned by the area director. Receive introduction to personal fund-raising principles, including familiarity with Basic Elements for Part-Time Staff Take advantage of Young Life discipleship experiences (e.g. summer staff, discipleship focus, adventure camping).
Education:
- Pursuing a college degree.
Qualifications Required For The Job:
- Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Also the statement of faith requirement: "profess a belief in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord; and (b) subscribe to the statements and policies required of all Young Life staff, including the Young Life Statement of Faith." plus behaviors: be ready, willing and able to fulfill such ministry functions; refrain from conduct and statements that detract from biblical standards; abide by all policies and practices.
We could include that under Qualifications or Requirements.
We need to decide sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills.
We could put statement of faith under Qualifications (as a requirement). Skills could be relational skills, communication skills, confidentiality.
But we also have education requirement.
Maybe better: Qualifications includes education, statement of faith, and maybe other requirements. Skills includes relational, communication, confidentiality.
Let's craft.
About the role paragraph: combine eligibility and role description.
Eligibility: "To be eligible, this person will need to be a current student at Taylor University who is involved with Young Life. This position will be hired for the 2026 - 2027 school year."
Role: "This staff person will lead team of college leaders who are volunteering to do ministry at local high schools."
Combine.
Now Responsibilities: list all ministry functions items.
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail. We'll create list items for each bullet.
We'll need to be careful not to duplicate.
Let's list all items:
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.
Leadership Development:
- “Equipping leaders, committee and staff” includes key volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training, supervision and vision casting.
- Meet with your volunteer leaders and area leadership on a regular basis.
- Learn to recruit and train new leaders to build a leadership team that reflects the community.
- Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to other leaders.
- Attend and be involved with area leadership as assigned.
Resource Development:
- “Fueling the ministry” includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding) and TDS team.
- Raise financial support as directed and maintain good donor care practices.
- Communicate ministry updates and progress to personal donor partners.
- Assist with camp fundraisers and attend occasional committee and adult functions as assigned.
Direct Ministry:
- “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners and camp.
- Actively engage in all three levels of contact work.
- Participate in leadership with a team to conduct a Young Life club and Campaigners/discipleship ministry with excellence.
- Participate on a team to implement a summer and school-season camping strategy for a ministry.
- Potentially serve on summer staff or assigned staff at a Young Life property with input and direction from the area director.
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.
- Learn to set yearly ministry and personal goals and objectives; review them on a regular basis.
- Assist in the office administration when necessary and assigned.
- Complete expense reports as necessary in a clear and timely fashion.
- Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.
Training:
- Missionwide Training: None is required or recommended.
- Regional Training: There is no missionwide regional-level training curriculum. At the regional director’s prerogative, certain regional training events may be required.
- Area Training: Work through job assignments under the supervision of the area director or assigned mentor (assignments may be adapted to fit individual needs and the area situation) Receive individualized training supervised
for prose. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. We need to include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Thus we need to decide which sections have content. Let's parse the posting: - Intro: "If you are currently on Young Life staff, please do not apply through this external jobs board..." That's application instruction; remove. - "Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith. We recommend you read this statement before applying for any position." That's also instruction/requirement; maybe keep as part of Requirements. - Long paragraph about exclusive Christian purposes etc. That's requirement about belief. - "Job Specific Working Conditions To be eligible, this person will need to be a current student at Taylor University who is involved with Young Life. This position will be hired for the 2026 - 2027 school year." That's eligibility/working conditions. - Then "This staff person will lead team of college leaders who are volunteering to do ministry at local high schools." That's role description. - Then "Ministry Functions" with bullet-like paragraphs: Spiritual Development, Leadership Development, Resource Development, Direct Ministry, Ministry Support, Training, Education, Qualifications Required For The Job. Under each, there are sentences describing duties. Thus we can map: - About the role: maybe a brief summary: "This staff person will lead team of college leaders who are volunteering to do ministry at local high schools." plus eligibility. - Responsibilities: the Ministry Functions details (Spiritual Development, Leadership Development, Resource Development, Direct Ministry, Ministry Support, Training). Could be a list. - Qualifications: "Education: Pursuing a college degree." plus "Qualifications Required For The Job: Proven relational skills with both kids and adults. Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality." Also the statement of faith requirement. - Skills: maybe the relational skills, communication skills, confidentiality. - Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned. So we should not include those sections. Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Now we need to format. We'll produce:
About the role
...
ThenResponsibilities
- ... each duty as list items.