Rapid City - Staff Associate III

Young Life•Rapid City, SD

About The Position

Rapid City Young Life has strong presence and history in the Rapid City and the Black Hills area. Rapid City Young Life started in 2000 and quickly grew impacting thousands of middle and high school kids in the area. It has become a thriving youth program in the area. Rapid City is a population of almost 100,000 people and with the surrounding Black Hills (over 250,000 people) live in the area. It is the home of Mt. Rushmore National Monument, Badlands National Park, Wind Cave National Park and Devil’s Tower Monument. We have golfing, hiking, biking, boating, hunting, snow skiing, snowmobiling, fishing and so much more. Our weather would be comparable to the Denver area and we have over 300 days of sunshine every year. Presently, there are vibrant ministries available for high school students across 3 high schools. We have 5 staff, 30 volunteer leaders, 18 vibrant committee members (many of whom helped launch Young Life 25 years ago in Rapid City), our own facility and a solid foundation of donors. We are excited to launch WyldLife, our ministry for middle-school kids and eager to see whom God will bring to lead this important outreach to middle school kids. We desire a winsome Christ-follower who will not only invite potential leaders/committee/donors to partner with us but train and model out incarnational ministry. We are seeking someone who is called and committed to loving Jesus and reaching middle school kids with the Gospel. We are looking for someone who is humble, teachable and a self-starter. Someone who is compelled by the Holy Spirit to share the hope of Jesus with kids and have a desire to build a team of adults to do the same. The staff person will get the unique opportunity to step into leadership with a seasoned team of staff (our Area Director has been since the beginning and has some rich history and experience doing Young Life in this community) and leaders. They will have great freedom to dream, design and build the WyldLife ministry from the ground up. This person will be tasked with spearheading WyldLife and developing a team of volunteer leaders in the area, plan and execute fundraising events and initiatives with the current staff, participate in direct ministry and develop personal communication and leadership skills.

Requirements

Experience in direct ministry.
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

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.
Assist in training leaders, team leaders and committee how to work effectively in teams and develop a yearly ministry strategy.
Recruit and train new staff and leaders to build leadership teams that reflect the community.
Supervise, develop and evaluate area staff, providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
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.
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.
Learn to plan and execute area fundraising events under the direction of an area supervisor and committee.
Attend committee and adult functions and assist in implementing TDS in the area as assigned.
Direct Ministry — “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners and camp.
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.
Observe and learn strategies of additional club ministries, including special ministry clubs, clubs in schools with special needs and more.
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.
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.
Probable work on personal leadership development in areas of strength, deficiencies or needs in preparation for area director or next position.
Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.