Associate Regional Director - Northeast Texas Region Latino Mininstry
Company: Young Life
Location: Dallas
Posted on: November 6, 2024
Job Description:
Associate Regional Director - Northeast Texas Region Latino
Ministry
Apply locations: Dallas, TX
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago
Job requisition id: JR101512
Young Life requires all employees to sign a Statement of Faith. We
recommend you read this statement before applying for any
position.
Job Specific Working Conditions:
Young Life Northeast Texas Region is prayerfully seeking an
Associate Regional Director to join our fun-loving, collaborative,
"kid-first" leadership team. The Northeast Texas Region is known
for its trailblazing work serving under-resourced populations and a
diverse group of kids, through focus ministries. Current ministry
in active areas includes high school, WyldLife, Young Lives,
Capernaum, and Young Life College.
This role will supervise six to twelve areas, with a focus on
ministry to kids in Latino communities. Key attributes of success
in this role will center around healthy supervision of thriving
areas, the growth of volunteers, and creative outreach to highly
Latino communities. The ideal candidate will be Biblically rooted;
possess experience growing healthy ministry in Latino communities,
and be culturally agile and comfortable leading and communicating
in diverse spaces (ethnic, socioeconomic, generation). They will be
a patient coach, teacher, and cultural-translator; and (most of
all) have a heart centered in Christ.
Come dream about how to take Young Life deeper into the communities
of Dallas and surrounding areas! Trailblazers, creative-thinkers,
and strategists are encouraged to apply!
- Proven spiritual leader, committed to Young Life's statement of
faith.
- Proven leadership in developing diverse staff and
ministries.
- Commitment to healthy, intentional supervision.
- Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
- Ability to raise a high level of personal support.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Must be able to supervise at a distance but also travel as the
job requires.
- Young Life experience strongly preferred.
- Position will reside in greater Dallas area.
- Spanish-speaking strongly desired.
- Connections to Dallas Latino community or experience in
community relations strongly desired.
- Has the potential and capacity to function as a regional
director.
Associate Regional Director
Summary:Represent the regional office in carrying out the regional
function to ensure good Young Life ministry in that region, as well
as knowing and upholding all Young Life policies and
procedures.
Ministry Functions:
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 region 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, teambuilding and
training, supervision, and vision casting.
- Assist regional director in casting vision for reaching "every
kid" within the region.
- Assist regional director in developing diverse leadership and
ministries.
- Work with the regional director to recruit, interview, hire,
and place staff within the region.
- Supervise, develop, and evaluate staff, providing resources and
experiences needed to implement the vision.
- Facilitate departures when necessary and as assigned.
- Assist regional director in the development and implementation
of regional trainings.
- Conduct assignments or events as assigned by the regional
director, including leadership weekends, recruiting days, staff
development, leader training, and more.
Resource Development - "fueling the ministry." Includes events,
major donor care, public relations (branding), and TDS team.
- Help areas develop committees. Communicate regularly with
committee and TDS chairs within the region.
- Help develop and lead the region's fundraising strategy,
ensuring excellence in communication to donors.
- Raise the necessary funds to carry out the regional ministry
vision with the Regional Director.
- Ensure a TDS plan including vision statement and strategy and
financial master plan is implemented and reviewed for each area
under your direct supervision.
- Expected to raise a portion of the person budget as agreed upon
with the RD.
- Work with Development staff to identify potential donors for
mission-wide efforts.
- Coordinate and conduct quality events which reflect Young
Life's capacity to impact kids and warrant the investment of a
participant's personal and corporate resources.
- Work with the area committee to develop good community and
church relationships.
- If appropriate, recruit, develop, encourage, and sustain a
diverse regional committee.
Direct Ministry - "Proclaiming and discipling." Includes contact
work, club, campaigners, and camp.
- Assist in the development of new areas, and identify interested
adults to help the ministry to grow.
- Visit area as needed or assign, including routine and emergency
crisis visits.
- Observe and evaluate local areas to ensure Young Life ministry
is carried out with excellence.
- Assist the RD to ensure a regional plan is in place to grow
Young Life in the region, including multi-cultural and specialized
ministries.
- Maintain ministry contact with kids to the extent it is
necessary to be effective in this role.
- Provide networking opportunities to offer additional camping
experiences using non-Young Life camps and discipleship
experiences.
Ministry Support - "Taking care of business" Accounting,
administration, communication (internal), data management, and
strategic plan.
- Maintain professionalism concerning office hours, dress,
conduct, and time management.
- Provide clear, prompt, appropriate, and professional
communication to everyone within the scope of ministry.
- Develop an appropriate system for reporting, expense report
responsibilities, and the use of regional funds using Young Life
accounting applications.
- Set yearly strategic ministry plan growth and initiatives to
grow the ministry; review them on a regular basis.
- Implement and support regional initiatives, such as a student
staff, program, multi-cultural advance, and Forward.
- Accept both short and long-term assignments of projects.
Education:
- College degree preferred.
Qualifications Required For The Job:
- Completion of Core Training - Phase One.
- Must be able to supervise at a distance.
- Proven spiritual leader.
- Proven leadership in developing diverse staff and
ministries.
- Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Has the potential and capacity to function as a regional
director.
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