Summary

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

Principal Characteristics:

Spiritual Growth and Responsibilities

• Has a relationship with Jesus Christ and is actively growing 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 two full time and one part time staff who each serve as team leaders.
• 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.
• Cares for and develops staff and leaders who are building relationships with students,
• Helps plan and execute programmatic events including bible studies, outreach related activities, leader meetings and committee meetings. These are often night time meetings.
• Implements a training program to help staff and volunteers become excellent in their roles and with students.
• 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.
• Grasps the idea of “relational ministry” and earning the right to be heard in the community.
• Spiritually develops local staff, volunteer leaders, and Committee members.
• Oversees the current direct ministry of four high schools while creating a plan to open specialty ministries (Capernaum, YoungLives, etc) and ministry in schools not reached.

Resource Development

• Provides leadership to the volunteer adult committee partnering to raise the local area budget of $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 week long food booth at the local Fall Festival, a Trivia Night, 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

• Pursues National, Divisional, and Regional trainings as assigned. Travels when necessary throughout the year.
• Attends month-long assignments at Young Life properties in the summer when assigned.
• Is an active part of a Regional Dream Team throughout the year. This is a group of staff who either put on an event or enhance strategy in the Region.
• Some of these responsibilities require travel, overnight stays, etc. throughout the year.

Qualifications:

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

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Flexible paid time off; Health Club Reimbursement; 401(k) matching and pension plan