Lane County Area Campus Sheldon Area Director Campus MS Cal Young​/Monroe Middle Sch

The Campus Life Area Director role is a position that requires spiritual and organizational leadership skills, fundraising capability, the ability to work with and through other people, and strong communication skills. S/he must embrace and build a team that embodies Lane County YFC's Core Values:
Relational evangelism, Teachability, Follow Through, Healthy Conflict, Balance of work and rest, healthy marriage or singleness, and Team centric ministry. S/he will seek to implement regular relational ministry actions (RMA's) to develop Authentic Christ-Sharing relationships with young people in the context of the YFC model.

An Area Director is a key part of the leadership team. S/he is primarily responsible for, but not limited to, overseeing ministry in a specific geographical area encompassing multiple ministry sites for the chapter. This includes oversight of ministry sites, shepherding through the supervision of the ministry staff and their leadership development, resourcing the staff as they implement effective ministry, development of future ministry sites, community collaboration and fund development.

• Direct and guide the ministry team in your area through the 5 Essentials and National Ministry best practices
• Manage current ministry staff team through individual supervision and regular area staff meetings
• Work collaboratively with any operational Community Support Team (CST) to advance ministry in the community
• Develop current ministry sites health and growth
• Regularly evaluate ministry effectiveness while helping sites and site leaders grow
• Volunteer oversight for your area; work with site directors to develop a recruiting, training and retention plan for volunteers and volunteer teams.
• Potentially work with other area directors and oversight of volunteer intake process
• Build deep community relationships in and around current ministry sites.
• Provide ministry resources for trips and events while spearheading events or assist during these events
• Consistently involved in local ministry with lost teens
• Some administrative functions involved (reporting, scheduling, etc.)

• Work with the Ministry Director in developing vision for ministry expansion in your area
• Assist in laying the foundation for effective ministry in that particular new ministry site
• Assist in the hiring process of staff for each ministry site
• Support and train new ministry staff in community development and ministry in their first year
• Build a strategic community collaboration plan for new sites

• Build a culture of people development within the chapter
• Invest in direct reports’ growth and development
• Aid new ministry staff in their journey through the initial YFC onboarding process
• Participate in the wider movement for your continued personal growth (regionally & nationally)
• Oversight of any internship programs for investment in raising up young leaders Donor Development
• Be involved in all team-oriented fundraising efforts
• Win, keep and lift donors
• Walk with the Ministry Director and CST in the process of pursuing significant donors
• Develop local support to assist with current and new ministry sites
• Assist site directors in developing local community involvement

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within YFC.
• Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at YFC staff meetings, conferences, camps and events.
• Model empathy, humility and care for all people. This includes promoting equity and inclusion in word and in the practice of faith expression.

YFC employees will have an opportunity to be commissioned or licensed as a minister of the Gospel through the established Youth for Christ process, and/or ordained by an outside body recognized by Youth for Christ USA.

Willing to demonstrate and/or possesses the following:

• Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and…