Description:

A staff associate’s role is to come alongside the staff within an area to help it grow, which may mean starting a new ministry and developing new relationships with adults in the community or providing stability for an already established ministry.

This is a three-year commitment to be trained to become an area director or for another fitting role within Young Life. After two years in the role, we will conduct an evaluation to ensure a third year fits with the progress we have seen from you and your potential toward a future role with Young Life.

The job involves working nights, weekends, and likely will require serving on a summer assignment at one of our Young Life properties for a month in the summer. We strive to ensure our staff put in place healthy boundaries for themselves and work an appropriate number of hours, but this job does require unconventional working hours.

Being on Young Life staff means you take on the mindset of a missionary. Missionaries are often sent to a new location and then establish a new home and build roots within a community to build relationships and earn the right to share the Gospel. Therefore, the location where you will be placed on staff for your role as a staff associate is prayerfully determined by the region. You may be placed in any of our open positions within the region (all of North Carolina excluding the greater Charlotte area).

Responsibilities:

• Spiritual Leadership:​​ “Following Jesus” includes prayer and spiritual disciplines, fellowship, growth and health, and church relationships.
• Leadership Development:​ “Equipping leaders, committee, and staff” includes key volunteer care, recruiting, team building and training, supervision, and vision casting.
• Resource Development:​ “Fueling the ministry” includes events, major donor care, public relations (branding), and working with a fundraising team.
• Direct Ministry:​ “Proclaiming and modeling” includes contact work, club, Campaigners, and camp.
• Ministry Support:​ “Taking care of business” includes accounting, administration, communication (internal), data management, and strategic plan.

Training

• Core Training — Phase One (New Staff Training, Leadership I, Leadership II, Apologetics, and one Winter Training course are to be completed in the first two years.)
• You will be in a training cohort with other staff associates from across the region. These cohorts will meet for overnight trainings in different cities throughout the region up to six times throughout the school year.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred).
• Two or more years of experience as a volunteer Young Life leader.
• Deep love of Christ.
• A lifestyle that demonstrates living above reproach.
• A passion to reach lost and disinterested adolescents.
• A commitment to reaching all adolescents regardless of their abilities, race, or socio-economic status.
• Professionalism.
• An ability to self-lead by setting goals and executing in a way that achieves those goals.
• High integrity.
• Leadership.
• Self-discipline.
• High capacity.

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!

Notes:

We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year. If your application is considered for an interview, you will have a phone interview, and then if you move forward in the hiring process, you will have an in-person interview. Placement will then be decided within the region. Then your personal fundraising will begin alongside a coach. You can expect to be hired to your new area on August 1.

How to Apply:

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