Younglives Coordinator (Part-Time) Jobs

Description

Part-Time Position (20 hours/week): $16,000-$23,000

Young Life’s mission is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Young Lives is Young Life’s ministry to teen parents.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and evaluate volunteers in leadership development, spiritual formation and ministry with teen parents.
• Meet regularly with volunteers for on-going training, ministry planning and community building.
• Ensure that all team members are trained and execute Young Lives health and safety policies.
• Mentors and Other Volunteers
• Recruit, train, mobilize and retain mentors, childcare and other volunteers.
• The 5 Cs

Contact Work (building relationships with teen parents)

• Create an effective contact work strategy to reach teen parents.

Club (monthly gatherings for teen parents and Young Lives mentors)

• Plan and implement regular monthly club meetings with excellence.
• Ensure that Young Lives health and safety policies are executed.

Campaigners and Discipleship (small group Bible studies and one-on-one discipleship)

• Create and implement an effective discipleship strategy for teen parents.

Camp

• Engage and lead the community to help in all aspects of Young Lives camping.
• Partner with the respective area director to plan and implement a summer camping strategy for Young Lives .
• Highly encourage, recruit and train mentors to attend camp.
• Recruit childcare workers (nannies) for summer camp.

Committee

• Learn and implement Relationship Centered Engagement (RCE) with the community.
• Comply with volunteer management procedures concerning Young Lives volunteers.
• Administration
• Partner with the committee and area director to secure and raise the area budget and oversee the finances.
• Impart vision for the Young Lives ministry to potential donors.
• Financial Management and Donor Development
• Complete and manage the annual budget.
• With the help of the committee, create and implement a prayer strategy for Young Lives.
• Develop relationships with schools, teen parenting programs, crisis pregnancy centers and other applicable community organizations.
• Regularly communicate and participate with the local Young Life committee.
• Partner with the respective area director to build a sub-committee for Young Lives .
• Ensure the administrative requirements are handled with excellence and in a timely manner.
• Update ministry information in CMI.
• Community Outreach
• Raise ministry funds as determined by the supervisor (e.g., Year 1: Raise $5,000, Year 2: Raise $10,000, etc.).
• Speak to civic and church groups to promote and publicize Young Lives .
• Ensure that all Young Life financial policies and procedures are implemented.

Training

• Meet with a Young Lives regional trainer once a month.
• Meet with the Portland East Young Life (PEYL) supervisor once a month.
• Pursue continuing education for professional development (e.g., trauma training, child development, etc.).
• Pursue opportunities for personal development and spiritual maturity.
• Attend monthly PEYL staff meetings.
• Attend regional monthly Young Lives trainings.

Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel as the job requires.
• Ability to clearly communicate Young Life’s mission and the vision for Young Lives .
• Understand the unique issues faced by pregnant and parenting teen moms.
• Proven relational skills with both adolescents and adults.
• Goal-oriented.
• Ability to clearly communicate the Gospel and train others accordingly.
• Commitment to a growing relationship with Christ.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Self-motivated.
• College degree preferred but not required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Experience working with marginalized and diverse populations — preferred but not required.

How to Apply:

Please submit an online application, including resume and cover letter, via the button below.