Katy Richmond Metro

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• 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 Gods 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 metro 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.

• Partner with Regional director and Committee to cast vision for reaching every kid within the metro area.
• Develop consistent gatherings with committee leaders and staff to build unity and provide vision and direction to the metro area.
• Create a spiritual leadership plan for volunteer leaders staff and committee members in the metro area.
• Recruit and train new staff and leaders to build leadership teams that reflect the community.
• Supervise develop and evaluate metro area staff providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
• Supervise develop and evaluate metro staff providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
• Provide quality summer staff work crew and adult guests for summer camps.

• Lead the TDS team and metro committee. Oversee development and management of the metro budget.
• Develop and lead the metro areas fundraising strategy and ensure excellence in communication to donors.
• Raise the necessary funds to carry out the ministry vision for the metro area. Ensure that all areas in the metro area are consistently in surplus (goal is a one-month cash reserve minimum).
• Build the Young Life brand via public relations as an excellent tool for working with youth in the metro area.
• Work with Development staff to identify potential donors for missionwide efforts create a plan for cultivating potential donors not only to solicit gifts but to create long lasting ministry relationships.

• Possibly lead or co-lead a model Young Life club; lead/supervise an effective Campaigner ministry with excellence.
• Ensure that the metro clubs are model Young Life clubs in contact work club ministry and Campaigners and ensure they represent the diversity of the area supervised.
• Observe and evaluate each of the schools/ministries in the local area on a yearly basis.
• Develop and implement ongoing plans to maximize Gospel proclamation through camping opportunities.
• Serve on a summer assignment at a Young Life property other Young Life camp or in another position each summer.

• 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 mission-wide applications.
• Maintain accurate information on kids leaders and donors for area records.
• Provide clear prompt appropriate and professional communication to everyone involved in ministry.
• Lead in the development of a metro area vision statement field development tool (FDT) priority prospect list strategy and financial master plan. Ensure that the plan is working. Annually review this plan.
• As assigned accept both short and long-term assignments including but are not limited to serving on task forces writing assignments leading regional training and leadership events.
• Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts experience and area needs.

• College degree preferred.

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

• Experience as a successful area director I or (preferably) area director II.
• Completion of Core Training Phase One
• Proven relational skills with both kids and adults.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

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Metro Areas: Katy Tri County Katy West Houston Richmond Fulshear Katy Richmond Capernaum