Responsibilities:

I. Ministry Training/Spiritual Formation

Spiritual Life and Formation

• Develop and maintain relationships and disciplines, in the context of a church community, that lead to a vibrant spiritual life.
• Staff will be accountable to their team for a daily devotional life.
• Lead teams and individuals supervised in their own spiritual development.
• Ensure that all Young Life ministry in Hong Kong is designed and carried out with a dependence on prayer that takes place out of the overflow of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Mission-wide Training

• Attend and complete requisite mission-wide training and position specific training.

Divisional/Regional Training

• Training may be supervised SVP designed to develop and strengthen executive leadership capability and personal discipleship. Participate and contribute to Divisional training events

II. Direct Ministry

Club

• Oversee development of Young Life Clubs as applicable and observe and support field staff intheir campus ministry.
• Ensure regular Club gatherings for each ministry are conducted with excellence.

Contact Work

• Maintain personal active ministry contact with students to be effective in this role.

Campaigners

• Model excellent Young Life ministry through your own Campaigner group.
• Ensure the development and growth of Campaigner groups across the city.

Camp

• Develop and implement summer and school year shared adventure strategies to achieve mission wide objectives with excellence.

III. Leadership Development

RTD (Recruit, Train and Deploy)

• Cast vision for reaching “every kid” across Hong Kong.
• Recruit, interview, hire and place staff and volunteers within the region.
• Develop and cultivate a prospective list of future Young Life staff, Matthew 9:38 List.
• Supervise, develop and evaluate staff, providing resources and experiences needed to implement the vision.
• Facilitate departures when necessary.
• Participate in regional leadership gatherings and the implementation of a leadership development strategy for Hong Kong (leadership retreats, recruiting strategy, leadership pipeline).
• Develop and mentor team leaders.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with key adults in the community (principals, pastors, parents, committee members, etc…)

IV. Resource Development

• Recruit, develop, encourage and sustain a diverse regional board to support and partner in achieving regional objectives.
• Develop and lead the region’s development strategy, ensuring excellence in communication with partners.
• Coordinate and conduct quality events (banquets) which reflect Young Life’s capacity to impact kids and warrant the investment of participant’s personal and corporate resources.
• Work with board and development staff to identify and cultivate individual, corporate, and institutional partners (foundations, churches, etc…) for the advancement of the mission.

V. Support and Administration

Personal Development

• Tailor plan for personal leadership development in areas of strength, deficiencies or needs in preparation for promotion.
• Maintain professional integrity (i.e. office hours, dress, communication, conduct and time management as agreed upon with supervisor.)
• Set and review yearly strategic ministry plan and initiatives to grow the mission of Young Life in Hong Kong.

Systems

• Maintain accurate information systems and use of Salesforce, YL Connect and YL systems.
• Ensure effective marketing, promotion, and communication processes are in place and Assist in marketing and creation of event promotion materials, newsletters, and communication pieces.
• Participate in the development and execution of an area communication strategy.

Administration

• Supervise Administrative suite to ensure compliance with all local laws and authorities in regards to tax, insurance, accounting, audit and donor relations.
• Interface with mission-wide offices to facilitate communication and implementation of all Young Life leadership initiatives, policies and procedures.
• Manage finances and adhere to budgeting guidelines with stewardship, accountability and transparency using mission-wide applications.

VI.Other

Camp Assignments

• As assigned, participate in camp assignments in the US, internationally and/or locally.

Divisional Events

• Implement and support Divisional and mission-wide initiatives and as directed, engage in divisional events, trainings, fundraising projects, etc…

Working Conditions:

• Flexible and Variable, irregular hours and locations.

Qualifications:

​Education:

• Masters degree required.

Preferred Experience and Demonstrated Qualities:

• 5-10 years experience in related ministry leadership with proven leadership development track record
• Proven relational skills with both students and adults and broadly diverse audiences
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong strategic planning with ability to design and manage culturally relevant events and marketing to achieve results
• Ability to recruit, motive and inspire team members
• Strong drive, self-starter, and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong interpersonal and relational skills with an ability to manage diverse, cross-cultural networks
• Proven decision making and critical thinking
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• Visionary leader capable of recruiting and building teams of stakeholders.
• Creative and innovative.
• Strong character and principled leader.
• Driven and self-motivated with excellent time management skills to meet deadlines.

How To Apply:

To better help us serve you in your inquiry process, please take a moment to email evelyn@hongkongyounglife.org.