Area Director - Newburgh, IN

Description:

Young Life’s Area Director role requires a dynamic, vibrant personality that will help Young Life flourish in the Newburgh community. This person is a highly motivated self-starter with a missional mindset; loves the Lord and has a growing spiritual life outside of the ministry; possesses the perseverance to ask, inspire, and motivate staff, adults, and students in the ministry; must be able to multitask and prioritize what is necessary for the Area at any given time.

Responsibilities:

Spiritual Growth and Responsibilities

• Has a relationship with Jesus Christ and is actively growing spiritually in ways outside of the Young Life ministry.
• 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
• Actively engaged in a local church
• Adheres to Young Life’s policies for staff people.

Volunteer Development/Direct Ministry

• Supervise, lead, train, and collaborate with other staff in the local area
• Able to inspire and cast vision, inviting new volunteer Committee members and leaders into the ministry while giving them ownership and helping them to develop as leaders
• Models and embodies relational ministry (contact work) and earning the right to be heard with students, volunteer leaders, Committee, and donors
• Leads a team and staff to plan and execute programmatic ministry events (Club, Campaigners, Camp, etc) with excellence. These are often evening activities.
• Implements a training program to help staff, volunteer leaders, and Committee members become excellent in their roles
• Executes a Camp strategy that maximizes students’ opportunities to respond and react to the Christian faith. Includes week-long summer camping and weekend camping trips throughout the year as scheduled.
• Spiritually develops local staff, volunteer leaders, and Committee members.
• Oversees the current direct ministry of one high school and two middle schools while creating a plan to open specialty ministries (Capernaum, YoungLives, YL College etc.)

Resource Development

• Provides leadership to the volunteer adult Committee partnering to raise the local area budget of approximately $300,000 as well as maintaining it with stewardship capability
• Helps to develop and execute a financial strategy to achieve budgetary goals. This includes personal fundraising, fundraising events, and gathering area donations
• Partner with Committee and staff to execute large fundraising events such as: One large banquet, a Trivia Night, a Wing-a-Thon, and a Golf Outing
• Is the “Chief Asker, Communicator, and Storyteller”. Has a communication plan for the area to reach new and current parents, students, leaders, school administration, and Committee

National, Divisional, and Regional Responsibilities

• Attends National, Divisional, and Regional trainings as assigned. Travels when necessary throughout the year (see attached travel commitment sheet)
• Attends month-long assignments at Young Life properties in the summer when assigned (approximately 1 out of every 3 years)
• Is an active part of a Regional Event Team throughout the year in charge of planning and executing one of the following: Regional Leader Summit, Fall Camp, or Spring/Fall Staff Overnight meetings.
• Some of these responsibilities require travel, overnight stays, etc. throughout the year.

Qualifications:

• Passionate about the Lord and adolescents
• Strong leader, rallier of people, vision caster
• Experience in supervision, development, and mentorship of people
• Proven relational skills with both students and adults
• Must be a self-starter/initiator
Eager to learn and grow
• - teachable
• Willingness to participate in many evening/weekend events
• Creativity in making events, meetings, and gatherings fun
• College Degree preferred
• Young Life experience (staff or volunteer) preferred

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage (at no cost to you).
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 401(k) matching plan (up to four percent).
• Health club benefit.
• And more!

How To Apply:

Submit an online application, including resume and cover letter