Developing Catholic Leaders (DCL) Catholic Relations

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Job Specific Working Conditions:

This is a part-time position 10 hours per week.

Spiritual Development Following Jesus includes prayer and spiritual disciplines fellowship growth and health and church relationships

Seek and maintain relationships and disciplines in the context of active participation in a parish community.

Actively participate in the spiritual life of the Young Life community.

Assist teams and individuals in relational and incarnational ministry and spiritual development.

Leadership Development Equipping leaders committee and staff includes key volunteer care recruiting team building and training supervision and vision casting

Meet with volunteer leaders and area leadership on a regular basis.

Learn how staff recruit and train new volunteers to build a leadership team that reflects the community.

Learn and model excellence when it comes to what Young Life calls contact work club Campaigners camping and committee.

Develop a greater understanding of personal calling giftedness and ministry as a vocation.

Resource Development Fueling the ministry includes events donor care public relations

Assist staff in communicating ministry updates and progress with the areas donors.

Observe and learn to network and develop strategic relationships with key adults in the community including: principals pastors parents potential committee members and others as assigned by the area director.

Assist with current camp fundraisers and in planning fall fundraisers.

Direct Ministry Proclaiming and modeling includes contact work club Campaigners and camp

Actively engage in contact work with students and adults as directed by the area director.

Help lead a team to plan and conduct a new or existing Young Life club and Campaigners ministry with excellence.

Help lead a team to implement a summer and school-season camping strategy for a ministry.

The area director may encourage the intern to: minister to local Catholic teens build relationships with Catholic adults (including clergy and school administrators) recruit Catholic students and adults to volunteer with Young Life and help launch Young Life ministries in Catholic parishes and schools.

Ministry Support Taking care of business includes accounting administration communication (internal) data management and strategic plan

Adhere to all Young Life policies and procedures and maintain professionalism concerning office hours dress conduct and time management.

Manage finances with stewardship accountability and transparency using the missionwide applications.

Maintain accurate information on kids leaders and donors for area records.

Provide clear prompt appropriate and professional communication to all involved in ministry.

Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts experience and the areas needs.

Training

Actively engage in training provided by local area leadership to learn and gain competency in ministry skills (e.g. Young Lifes contact work club Campaigners camp and committee).

Become familiar with area strategy and ministry health as assigned by the area director.

Although personal fund-raising is not required in this role interns will be introduced to personal and area fund-raising.

When not serving at camp a 1-hour weekly phone call Zoom call or in-person meeting will be set up between the intern and an internship advisor from Catholic Relations for regular intentional conversations about vision calling giftedness and ministry as a vocation. Interns will be required to attend a Murdock Vision & Call retreat the first weekend of October.

Education:

College degree preferred or degree in process.

Working Conditions:

Will include the extremes of a camp assignment i.e. heat/cold dirt long hours and the physical demands of hiking boating etc. Staff person must be able to handle these conditions.

Qualifications Required for the Job:

Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.

Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Age 18-26 according to grant requirements.