Young College Staff Associate - Kalamazoo, MI

YL College Staff Associate

Summary:

Through both formal training and field ministry experience, learn to provide college and university students the opportunity to meet Jesus Christ, grow in their relationship with Him and use their talents to serve Jesus in this world.

Essential Duties:

Spiritual Development — "Following Jesus" includes prayer and spiritual disciplines, fellowship, growth and health and church relationships.

• Commit to understanding God's Word and practicing spiritual disciplines including retreat and reflection times.
• Actively participate in a church community and the spiritual life of the Young Life community.
• Assist in leading the area and individuals in spiritual development and prayer.
• Help 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.

• Cast the vision for campus ministry and maintain healthy ministry teams by recruiting, mobilizing and retaining teams of staff and volunteers.
• Recruiting
• Assist in recruiting, developing and empowering college-aged students to carry on the work of the ministry in a way that is unique to their campus yet consistent with the mission and values of Young Life.
• Mobilizing
• Assist in developing a student leadership team that creates opportunities for college-aged individuals to discover Jesus, build community and live out their faith in service.
• Retaining
• Help model excellent contact work, club, small group ministry, camping and service opportunities.
• When appropriate, help lead regular gatherings to cast vision, train and empower staff, leaders and committee to uniquely lead on their campus utilizing Young Life College College's Reach, Build, Launch strategy aligned with the mission and values of Young Life.

Resource Development — "Fueling the ministry" includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding) and TDS team.

• Create a team of people for personal support through prayer and financial contribution.
• Raise financial support as directed.
• Develop relationships with key adults in the ministry community (e.g., members of local churches, professors).
• Complete Personal Stewardship e-learning course and work with trained fundraising coach as required by regional director and college/area director.
• Help conduct quality events that display Young Life College's impact and warrant investment of resources.
• Maintain major donor relationships that provide a personal touch to each major donor multiple times annually to update, thank, and "ask" on behalf of Young Life.

Direct Ministry — "Proclaiming and discipling" includes contact work, club, Campaigners-i.e. small group ministry, camp.

• Participate in creatively planning and implementing a regular outreach meeting — Young Life College club.
• On a regular basis, meet with student leaders to provide guidance and encouragement.
• On a regular basis, pursue and meet with non-leadership students in their environments for the purpose of relational outreach ministry.
• Lead a small group.
• Prepare to lead a summer Young Life College mission trip or serve on a Young Life summer camp assignment as determined by director.
• Utilize proven Young Life College methods to carry out a plan for relational evangelism on the campus.
• Be available to serve on assignment two out of every three years as directed by the regional director or divisional office. In alignment with the Everyone on Assignment Policy, the assignment could be a three to four-week assignment in the summer or during the year, an International Assignment, a Young Life…