Douglas County Associate Area Director

Located in Douglas County, this role offers the best of Colorado living with a blend of suburban comfort and outdoor adventure. Home to Castle Rock and just minutes from the Rocky Mountains, the area boasts endless opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, and exploring, with the South Platte River nearby for world-class fly fishing. You’ll be within easy driving distance of Colorado Springs and several premier Young Life camps, including Crooked Creek Ranch and Frontier Ranch, making it an ideal setting for both ministry and recreation.

With access to renowned destinations like Rocky Mountain National Park and some of the country’s best ski resorts, Douglas County provides an exceptional quality of life alongside strong professional benefits.

In cooperation with the area director and through spiritual leadership and good management, implement the necessary actions in his/her area to carry out Young Life’s mission of introducing kids to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. Recruit, train and deploy others to have an effective Young Life ministry.

• Spiritual Development — "Following Jesus" includes prayer and spiritual disciplines, fellowship, growth and health and church relationships. Develop a yearly personal growth plan that fosters a vibrant spiritual life including time for solitude, retreat, reflection, prayer and a sincere commitment to understanding God’s Word. Seek and maintain relationships and disciplines, in the context of active participation in a church community. Actively participate in the spiritual life of the Young Life community.
  
  Lead teams and individuals in spiritual development. Ensure that all Young Life ministry in the area, is designed and carried out with a dependence on prayer that takes place out of the overflow of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Leadership Development — "Equipping leaders, committee and staff" includes key volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training, supervision and vision casting. Assist in casting the area’s vision for reaching "every kid" within the defined area. Assist in developing consistent gathering times with committee, leaders and staff to build unity and provide vision and direction. With the area director, create a plan for the spiritual leadership of volunteer leaders, staff, and committee members.
  
  As directed, supervise, evaluate and develop specific staff and volunteer leaders, providing resources and experiences needed to implement the area vision. Cooperatively provide quality summer staff, work crew and adult guests for summer camps. Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to other leaders. Assist in training leaders, team leaders and committee how to work effectively in teams and develop a yearly ministry strategy.
• Resource Development — "Fueling the ministry" includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding) and TDS team. As directed by the area director, manage part of the local area budget according to TDS principles. As directed, help develop and provide some leadership for the area’s fundraising strategy and ensure excellence in communication to donors. Assist in raising the necessary funds to carry out the ministry vision for the local area and take on some major donor relationships as directed by the Area Director.
  
  Help build the Young Life brand via public relations as an excellent tool for working with youth in the area. Assist in coordinating and conducting quality events which reflect Young Life’s capacity to impact kids and warrant the investment of a participant’s personal and corporate resources.
• Direct Ministry — "Proclaiming and modeling" includes contact…