​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, study, prayer, and worship.
• Ensure that all Young Life work is designed and carried out with an awareness of and in alignment with Young Life’s Mission, Vision, Values and Methods.
• Develop strong spiritual disciplines and accountability considering possible distance supervision and travel schedule.

Human Resource Delivery

• Build a strong relationship with international field, first by listening to the needs of each division and develop a plan to prioritize the needs.

o Advise, coach, and support leaders on HR processes, procedures and policies to drive standardization when possible and best practice in a global canvas.

• Lead, shape, and advance Young Life’s culture and core mission. Be the visible, present “Culture Carrier.”
• Cross-cultural collaboration and communication and be on the lookout for the “new” HR best practices as learnt from International innovations. (Contribute and grow what we already know and are doing by discovering what has not been exposed yet which is working).
• Enhance cross-cultural collaboration, communication and knowledge sharing throughout the various divisions.
• Support leaders in the entire employee life cycle including hiring, onboarding, terminations, offboarding, and conflict resolution processes

o Assist field with standardization of talent management process, behavioral based interviewing, and supervision related tool usage aligning with the different cultures.

o Provide coaching on the performance improvement process (PIP) and crucial conversations in support of reviews as required to support supervisors across cultures.

o Lead internal investigations in partnership with Service Center based SMEs (i.e. legal or audit).

o Support of employee relations matters in a timely manner demonstrating care through facilitation, advisement, and coaching leaders and staff.

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ - Manage and administer employee relations, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ensuring proper retention of documentation ​ ​ ​ appropriate to the country of origin.

• Working with the Division Lead Team, HR will provide strong problem to the field leadership (G’s, SVPs and VPs) through research, relevant SME expertise, and solutions.
• Support leaders in building team cultures that foster a sense of belonging for all staff and where teams are both inclusive and diverse (generationally, ethnically, Country of origin and gender).
• Understand the data – qualitative and quantitative – and work with leaders to develop strategies and action plans to progress diversity, equity and belonging for each Division.
• Support the performance management and compensation processes as we move to bring clarity and understanding to the global ministries. (i.e., calibration, performance evaluations, reporting and performance/pay differentiation).
• Provide performance management coaching to leaders for both improved and sustained performance and for development planning standard practices with appropriate cultural nuances to serve in the best way.
• Manage communications between Service Center-based subject matter experts/COEs and mission leaders to deliver key messages and to ensure flawless execution of program rollouts that affect international. Identify local country point of contact to ensure understand and proper support is present.
• Provide leadership coaching on workforce strategy and pipeline potential.
• Support successful execution of on boarding and off boarding for leaders.
• Proactively partner and collaborate across the Global HR Talent Organization, share information and provide thought leadership and a solution-oriented mindset.
• With a holistic understanding of the YL mission & values and a collaborative approach, recommends, designs, implements and evaluates to maximize the KNOWN strategy.
• Strong understanding of or leaning on external experts to assist in areas such as local employment, labor laws, and other critical compliance matters
• Driving a “Total Mission First” mindset to ensure leaders and teams are working in an increasingly integrated way.
• Lead and support the international mission with the use and understanding of Workday providing change management support, regular use, identifying changes needed and timely communicate to the HRIS team, etc.

Other Duties

• Regularly support and encourage the spiritual needs of Young Life staff and volunteers through sharing God’s Word and your testimony
• Engage in times of Bible study with fellow staff and volunteers
• Engage in times of prayer with fellow staff and volunteers
• Consider and incorporate God’s call to evangelism into every aspect of your responsibilities

Job-Specific Working Condition​s

• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience and location.
• International travel 50%
• Remote work acceptable

Note:​ This description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making compensation decisions.​

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required, masters preferred.

Experience Required for the Job

• 12+ years in a global HR generalist role or equivalent with progression of scope and responsibility, including team leadership experience required.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience serving as a Young Life staff member or volunteer required.
• Significant expertise in HR technical proficiencies and core HR international competencies with experience in performance management, talent development, talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, coaching, employee development and driving sustainable process improvements.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information and maintain confidentiality with a strong sense of integrity and ethics.
• Strong influential leadership skills and able to get things done without formal authority.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and make decisions in a manner consistent with position requirements, local labor law and Young Life’s mission statement and values.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to execute initiatives in a timely manner with high quality.
• Demonstrated ability to build and strengthen positive relationships within operational teams, the Service Center HR team, and legal partners, peers, and leaders across the mission.
• Strong business acumen, leadership, integration, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Continuous learner that is up to date on HR best practices and is able to complement current practices and processes, as well as implement new ways of thinking and doing things to help enable the mission.
• PHR, SPHR certification desired.

Personal Skills, Attributes and Disciplines

• Actively pursuing a relationship with Jesus.
• Seek and maintain relationships and disciplines in the context of active participation in a church community and develop a vibrant spiritual life that includes time for solitude, reflection, Bible study, worship and prayer.
• Motivate and achieve results through prayer, integrity and strong supervision.
• Commit to the highest standards of personal conduct, and personal and business integrity.
• Collaborate and work together to meet commitments to supervisor(s), peers, staff and volunteers.
• Build productive, collaborative relationships and thrive comfortably in dynamic environments where strong leadership and a “can do” attitude will make the difference.
• Demonstrate exceptional business acumen, emotional intelligence, and outstanding communication skills (a good listener who is pragmatic, straightforward, articulate and open).
• Has a sense of urgency - A driver; owns the results; fast-paced; high capacity.
• Solution Focused - Achieves alignment; simplifies the complex; leans into challenge; takes action.
• Possess a global mindset that allows for effective work in diverse cultures.
• Skilled at equipping and building teams that reflect the worldwide body of Christ.
• Possess qualities consistent with the Young Life Values:

o The Gospel — living according to and communicating the whole gospel of Jesus Christ.

o Scripture — acting under the authority of Scripture and relying on the Holy Spirit to empower our ministry.

o All Kids — reaching adolescents of every ability and all economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds through innovative approaches.

o Ecumenical — collaborating with followers of Christ from various traditions and local churches.

o Diversity — welcoming those whom God calls to our mission — men and women of all ethnicities and abilities who are committed to the common purpose of introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.

o Health — Encouraging our staff and volunteers in their personal and spiritual health so we may minister out of a consistent and growing relationship with Christ and His followers.

o Stewardship — observing the highest standards of stewardship of all the resources placed in our trust.

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