Youth Ministry Director at Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma

Young Life • Fort Sill, OK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Youth Ministry Director leads and oversees the overall Young Life Military program, known as Club Beyond, at a military installation. The program is ecumenically focused and outreach oriented, serving military teens by building relationships, providing a safe and welcoming community, and helping them develop friendships, hope, resiliency, and a sense of identity and purpose grounded in God’s love. Staff are expected to live near the community where they will serve and to embrace the military culture and the frequent turnover among teens, families, chaplains, and volunteers.

The role involves developing relationships with teens and adults in the local community, military installation, and chapel community; reaching unchurched teens; discipling Christian teens; and equipping volunteers to lead hands-on middle- and high-school Christian youth programs. The position requires a relational, incarnational approach and adherence to Club Beyond’s values: Christ-centered leadership, an exclusively military focus, ecumenical perspective, strategic partnerships, professionalism, and excellent stewardship. The organization is hiring for both full-time and part-time staff across U.S. and international locations; the listed salary and benefits are specified for full-time staff.

Requirements

• Deep love for Christ and for lost teens.
• Competent communication 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.
• Commitment to a relational ministry approach.
• Energetic.
• Small event planning skills.
• Strong initiative.
• Must live near the community where the ministry is conducted.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of three years of youth ministry experience preferred.
• College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop healthy relationships with adults and teens, and build relationships with the local community, military installation, and chapel community.
• Serve as an incarnational role model and develop community outreach to unchurched teens.
• Provide discipleship to Christian teens.
• Lead and equip volunteers to deliver hands-on middle- and high-school Christian youth programs.
• Work effectively amid frequent turnover among teens, families, chaplains, and volunteers due to the high military operational tempo.
• Respect and embrace the community’s military culture.
• Live out Club Beyond’s Core Value Statement, including Christ-centered leadership, an exclusively military focus, an ecumenical perspective, strategic partnerships, professionalism, and excellent stewardship.

Benefits

• Full health coverage, including dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Expense reimbursement for office- and ministry-related mileage.
• Training and career development built into the job.
• Full-time base salary range of $45,000 to $60,000, based on education and experience, responsibility, and fundraising levels.
• Cost of Living Adjustment may be available depending on location.
• Annual national funding provided: $16,667.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed