Capernaum Coordinator

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Job Specific Working Conditions

• 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.
  
  

Capernaum Coordinator

Summary

Essential Duties:

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.
• With the Area Director lead teams and individuals in spiritual development.
• Ensure that all Young Life ministry under your leadership 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.

• Partner with local area director and committee to cast vision for reaching “every kid” within the defined area.
• Develop subcommittee to represent the specific needs of teens with disabilities and their families and to raise the funding needed for this arm of the ministry in this area.
• Develop consistent gatherings with subcommittee and Capernaum leaders to build unity and provide vision and direction.
• Create a spiritual leadership plan for Capernaum volunteer leaders and subcommittee members.
• Recruit and train new leaders to build leadership teams that reflect the community.
• Train leaders and drivers in the physical care of kids with disabilities.
• Provide quality summer staff, work crew and adult guests for summer camps.
• Model excellence in contact work, club, Campaigners and camping to other leaders.
• Train leaders, team leaders and committee how to work effectively in teams and develop a yearly ministry strategy with the local Area Director.
  
  

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

• Provide leadership to the subcommittee in finding partners to support the Capernaum area vision and budget.
• Develop alongside the Area Director a fundraising strategy for Capernaum and ensure excellence in communication to donors.
• Build the Young Life brand via public relations as an excellent tool for working with youth in the area.
• Work alongside the Area Director to conduct quality events which reflect Young Life’s capacity to impact kids and warrant the investment of a participant’s personal and corporate resources.
• Effectively communicate the needs and successes of the local Capernaum ministry to the area committee as directed by the Area Director.
  
  

Direct Ministry — “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners and camp.

• Actively engage in all three levels of contact work.
• Lead or co-lead a model Young Life club; lead or co-lead an effective Campaigner ministry with excellence.
• 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 as requested.
• In order to gain access to kids with disabilities, develop relationships with school administration, parents and school aides.
  
  

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.
• Maintain accurate information on kids, leaders and donors for area records.
• Provide clear, prompt, appropriate and professional communication to everyone involved in ministry.
• Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.
• Accept both short and long-term assignments of projects.
  
  

Training

• Meet weekly with supervisor.
• Participation in additional training or experiences if deemed necessary (e.g., more urban exposure; Taking Donors Seriously (TDS) training).
• Attend regional training as directed by the regional director.
• Participate in programs designed for personal spiritual maturity or personal enrichment.
• Pursue seminars designed to enhance professional skills.
• Every local Capernaum coordinator will receive the same missionwide training as equivalent traditional staff.
  
  

Education

• College degree preferred.
  
  

Qualifications

• A vital, growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Desire and proven ability to work with a team.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task, adapt and be flexible.
• Must have completed Core Training —Phase One.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Proven relational skills with both kids with disabilities and adults.
• A call to reach kids with the Gospel.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  
  

Working Conditions

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