Mission Staff-Wyldlife Madison County

Young Life•Cazenovia, NY

13h

About The Position

Madison County Young Life is seeking a relational, organized, and mission-minded individual to join the team as a Part Time WyldLife Team Leader. The ideal candidate is someone who loves Jesus, enjoys working with middle school students and volunteers, communicates well, and is passionate about helping create welcoming spaces where students feel known and valued. We are looking for a leader of leaders and someone to build relationships with parents and the community. The candidate will be asked to raise personal financial support to supplement the area budget. Responsibilities include recruiting, training & supporting volunteer leaders, building meaningful relationships with students, coordinating and executing a regular schedule of club, campaigners, camp, & contact work with students. This candidate would be a part of a three-year WyldLife team leader cohort with three zoom calls each year with other staff around the nation. This role could either be to be the team leader of Cazenovia WyldLife program or to develop a new WyldLife ministry in the Morrisville-Eaton or Canastota communities. This job would be part time, approx 10 hours per week.

Requirements

Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith.
Profess a belief in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord
Subscribe to the statements and policies required of all Young Life staff, including the Young Life Statement of Faith.
Employees and volunteers of Young Life, during working and nonworking hours, shall be ready, willing and able to fulfill such ministry functions as may be required by the organization
Employees and volunteers of Young Life, during working and nonworking hours, shall refrain from conduct and statements that detract from the biblical standards taught and supported by Young Life
Employees and volunteers of Young Life, during working and nonworking hours, shall abide by all policies and practices of Young Life including, without limitation, those related to religious belief or ministry activities.
Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Recruiting, training & supporting volunteer leaders
Building meaningful relationships with students
Coordinating and executing a regular schedule of club, campaigners, camp, & contact work with students
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.
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.
Assist in training leaders, team leaders and committee how to work effectively in teams and develop a yearly ministry strategy.
Raise financial support as directed and maintain good donor care practices.
Communicate ministry updates and progress to personal donor partners.
Observe and learn to network and develop strategic relationships with key adults in the community, including: principals, pastors, parents, potential committee members as assigned by the area director.
Assist with camp fundraisers.
Actively engage in all three levels of contact work.
Lead a team to plan and conduct a new or existing Young Life club and Campaigners/discipleship ministry with excellence.
Lead a team to implement a summer and school-season camping strategy for a ministry.
Serve on a summer assignment at a Young Life camp each year.
Adhere to all Young Life policies and procedures and maintain professionalism concerning office hours, dress, conduct and time management.
Manage finances with stewardship, accountability and transparency using the mission-wide applications.
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.
Actively engage in training provided by area leadership.
Individualized training supervised by the area director designed to develop personal spiritual maturity and enhance personal character.
Individualized program to learn and gain competency in ministry skills (e.g., The 5 C’s).
Become familiar with area strategy and ministry health as assigned by the area director.
Introduction to personal fund-raising principles including familiarity with Basic Elements for Part-time staff.