Campus Life High School Ministry Director/Coordinator

Position Summary

Position Purpose:

Direct ministry in the local high school by fostering the following five essentials:

Widespread Prayer

Loving Relationships

Faithful Bible Teaching

Collaborative Community Strategy

Adults Who Empower

Key Objectives:

Deliberately engage with many Christians to intercede on behalf of the ministry site-prayer must strategically permeate all values, areas, and actions of your daily ministry.

Consistently pursue high schoolers and engage them in life-long relationships with Jesus using the following seven Relational Ministry Actions which are Campus Life’s Specialized skill set to move loving relationships forward:

· Appointments

· Building times

· Contacting

· Clubs

· Small Groups

· Student Leadership

· Summer Youth Camps

Accurately handle Biblical truth, regularly coaching High Schoolers to apply it in their lives. Focus on competent preparation and relevant presentation

Intentionally work together with local churches, agencies, and other partners to provide sustainable youth and family ministry

Strategically develop leaders to reach young people from every people group. Campus Life staff build and lead teams of Christian adults (and students) who are committed to investing in the relational ministry process with lost teens

Essential Job Functions and Duties:

Camp: Residential and Wilderness Camping Ministry

South Central Minnesota Youth For Christ owns and operates Prairie River Camp—www.prairierivercamp.org An important part of this job is to be an active participant in planning and executing three weeks of summer camps.

Office Work Daily

Check e-mail

Respond to phone calls

Plan your schedule

Weekly

New student information for your use

Plan out High School Ministry

Meet with Ministry Director

Monthly

Monthly ministry reports

Monthly receipt letters

Monthly support letters

Quarterly

Newsletter Information

Supervision

Youth For Christ Impact online reporting-weekly

Contact with supervisor-weekly

Attend weekly South Central Minnesota Youth For Christ ministry staff meeting

Evaluation yearly

Funding Responsibilities

Participate in community fundraising events ( only when appropriate)

Maintain positive budget account and write a periodic support letter

Training

Attend training events if possible

Fundraising Responsibilities:

All Youth For Christ regular full time employees will be given the opportunity to be involved in the Stewardship functions of South Central Minnesota Youth for Christ (hereafter SCMYFC, or YFC.) These opportunities could include fund raising events, circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, and other opportunities as provided.

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

· Administrative abilities

· High level of spiritual and emotional maturity

· Passion for the evangelism and discipleship of urban youth

· Strong interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills

· Ability to manage and minister to people

· Ability to work in the “YFC culture”

· Ability to lead and motivate people

· Experience with computer hardware and general office equipment

· Motivated “self-starter”

· Ability to prioritize based on integrity and values over outcomes

· Teachable and can take input from supervisors and peers

Ability to learn mission and relationship based fundraising techniques

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. It is an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults fosters healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by Enduring Humility, Relentless Trust, Joyful Camaraderie, Courageous Faithfulness and Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Willing to demonstrate/or possesses the following:

Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others’ need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
Prioritizes others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence*, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
Seeks and fosters authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds and an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy of those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

2 + years

Fundraising Responsibilities

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC/USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to— extending invitations to fund raising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.

On the Job Training: As Directed by Supervisor

Benefits

Salary: $ 35,000.00

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation / Sick Days

Travel Requirements: Minimal travel

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

YFC is classified as an Association of Churches and as such our hiring practices reflect that designation. As a religious nonprofit organization, YFC incorporates within each leader role, the requirement to model, teach, share and live the faith. The relationship between YFC’s mission and each of its leaders is its lifeblood and as such does at all times and in all instances reserve the right to make employment decisions based upon a person’s religious beliefs, personal character and lifestyle consistent with our understanding of the Bible or with our overall goals and requirements for Christian ministry.

We seek to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for growth, development, promotion, training and compensation.

We will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the organization.

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