Description:

Cabarrus County is one of the fastest growing communities in the greater Charlotte area. Without a doubt, the county will look different in 10 years than it currently does, yet it still manages to maintain its local flare. As a former mill town, the community certainly values its history, culture, and “low and slowness,” but it isn’t afraid of revitalization.

The community will benefit from someone who is excited about creating a vision for growing ministry while also maintaining the distinguishable difference that makes Cabarrus County unique from Charlotte. The county is large in geography and features many different subcultures within itself.

Mount Pleasant, historic Concord, and Kannapolis feel more like a break from the fast pace of Charlotte but are constantly under construction with new coffee shops, restaurants, and apartment complexes. As Cabarrus County draws closer to Charlotte, it feels more like a suburb community of the city, boasting a 15,000-home neighborhood in Highland Creek which is next to Concord Mills — the largest shopping mall in the state. Harrisburg is also a rapidly growing community that is bursting with ministry opportunity and potential. Its charm is undeniable, giving someone all the nearby benefits of a major city, but also providing land, limited traffic, and a low-key evening sitting on your back porch.

We currently have Young Life in eight schools, but there is potential to grow into 13+ more ministries in the area. This is a multi-staffed area with a large college as its pipeline for volunteer leaders.

Responsibilities:

Within the first three years ...

• Transition well to the area being a listener, learner, and leader as the “new person.”
• Work alongside the committee to create a vision and strategy that reaches the whole area.
• Build relationships with the committee, key leaders in the community, and the top 30% of the area donor list.
• Begin the foundation for a flagship club run by the area director.
• Work with the committee to raise a budget that is larger than the actual needs in order to be positioned for growth.
• Create a training and equipping plan for current and new leaders.
• Create a funding model for taking kids to camp from all socio-economic backgrounds.
• Recruit, train, and develop WyldLife leaders and open a new middle school ministry.
• Take 300+ kids to weekend camp, 150+ to summer camp.

Qualifications:

• Two or more years of successful area director work within Young Life.
• Energized by recruiting leaders.
• A vision for all kids (differing races, socio-economic status, and abilities).
• High character that is deeply rooted in his or her relationship with Christ.
• An entrepreneurial spirit and is self-motivated.
• Able to have a vision, create goals, and execute toward those goals.
• Great chemistry with others.
• Previously and successfully supervised other staff members.
• Eager to work with, teach, and develop college students.

Benefits:

• ​Medical, dental, and vision coverage (at no cost to you).
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 401(k) matching plan (up to four percent).​​
• Health club benefit.
• And more!

How to Apply:

Please submit an online application, including resume and cover letter, via the button below.