Youth Ministry Director at Joint Base Lewis-McChord JBLM, Tacoma, WA
About The Position
This role involves leading and overseeing the overall Young Life Military program, known as Club Beyond, which is ecumenically focused and outreach oriented. The position aims to provide a safe space for military teens to develop friendships, experience laughter, build hope, and generate resiliency by creating a community where they experience the truth of God's love and purpose. The ministry is incarnational, meaning staff live alongside the community they serve. This role requires active engagement with the military community, understanding its culture, and working within an environment that experiences high turnover among teens, families, chaplains, and volunteers due to the military's operational tempo. A key aspect of the role is to live out the Club Beyond Core Value Statement, which emphasizes a Christ-centered community with an exclusively military focus, using incarnational methods and an ecumenical perspective, leveraging strategic partnerships, and valuing professionalism and stewardship.
Requirements
- A deep love for Christ and for lost teens.
- Competent communicator with youths, parents, and senior military leaders.
- Teachable heart.
- Willingness to make a three-year commitment.
- Willingness to raise part of the budget through personal support.
- Committed to a relational ministry approach.
- Energetic.
- Small event planning skills.
- Strong initiative.
- Must live near the community where ministry will be conducted.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of three years' youth ministry experience preferred.
- College degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Actively develop healthy relationships with adults, as well as kids, and build vibrant relationships with the local community, the military installation, and the chapel community.
- Be a role model (incarnational) and assist with developing community outreach to "unchurched" teens, discipleship to Christian teens, and leading and equipping volunteers to do "hands-on" middle and high school Christian youth programs.
- Work well in an environment that sees (due to high military operational tempo) a high degree of turnover among teens, families, chaplains and volunteers.
- Be respectful of and embrace a community that is deeply influenced by a military culture.
- Live out the Club Beyond Core Value Statement.
Benefits
- Full-time salary based on experience, responsibility, and fundraising levels.
- Full health coverage (including dental, vision and life insurance).
- Expense reimbursement (mileage for office and ministry related travel).
- Training and career development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
