Muddy Ranch - Ranch Assistant

Young Life•Antelope, OR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Muddy Ranch is seeking a Ranch Assistant to join their team. This role is part of Young Life's Washington Family Ranch, a working cattle operation in Central Oregon. The Ranch Assistant will contribute to creating an environment where lives are changed by Christ, focusing on faith, family, and relationships. The position involves stewarding the land, livestock, wildlife, and water, and maintaining the ranch to support world-class events and outdoor adventures. Staff live and work on-site, approximately 50 miles from the nearest grocery store. Young Life is a Christian organization with specific requirements for its employees, including professing belief in Jesus Christ and adhering to their Statement of Faith and conduct policies. The role requires representing Young Life positively and professionally within the community and ministering to young people.

Requirements

1 year of ranch or farm experience.
Ability to understand and execute directions from ranch supervisor.
Good problem solving skills.
Some experience with livestock and horsemanship.
Ability to work alone in remote areas.
Experience maintaining ranch fencing systems.
Experience moving irrigation systems such as pivot irrigation, hand line, wheel lines and k lines.
Mechanically minded with the ability to make simple repairs on machinery and equipment.
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.
Be ready, willing and able to fulfill such ministry functions as may be required by the organization.
Refrain from conduct and statements that detract from the biblical standards taught and supported by Young Life.
Abide by all policies and practices of Young Life including, without limitation, those related to religious belief or ministry activities.

Responsibilities

Intentionally provide opportunities for staff to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus and participate in opportunities for growing deeper in your relationship with Jesus.
Develop an annual personal spiritual growth plan with direction from the supervisor.
Complete spiritual formation training and review personal spiritual formation statement on a yearly basis.
Participate in all Young Life Camping training opportunities.
Equip servant leaders who anticipate and respond to the needs of our guests, staff, and vendors through Christ-like service.
Support a department posture of service that anticipates guest needs and responds professionally through intentional decisions and systems.
Help build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors, and neighbors to foster a healthy community.
Build relationships that reflect the character of God with field staff, camp staff, mission services, and teammates to foster a healthy community.
Manage with integrity the finances, people, buildings, and equipment that have been entrusted to our ministry.
Prepare a ranch where lives can be changed by Christ through world class events partnered with Young Life Development.
Steward the specific resources entrusted to your position with a goal of creating abundance through natural ecosystem function.
Maintain pasture fences ranch wide.
Maintain cow barn area including corrals and cattle processing facilities.
Carry out projects outlined by ranch specialist and/or ranch supervisor.
Provide leadership and supervision for interns, seasonal volunteers, and weekend volunteer groups.
Demonstrate a desire to grow through engagement in the Individual Development Plan process and participation in training and development opportunities.
Engage in job specific training opportunities to further your knowledge of your respective field of expertise.
Steward the land, livestock, wildlife, and water, pursuing and maximizing the perfect resource that God created.
Execute regenerative ranching practices as a tool to care for ranch resources.
Respond to the unexpected needs of a guest in a prompt and professional manner.
Represent Young Life positively and professionally within the community.
Work with and minister to the volunteer high school and college-age young people who attend our camp.