​Essential Duties:

Spiritual Development

• 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 Values and Methods.
• Develop strong spiritual disciplines and accountability considering possible distance supervision and travel schedule.

Talent Management

• Experience leading, developing, and executing global talent and leadership development strategies and programs.
• Leadership in development of teams, both within HR, but also cross-functional teams across the mission and external (facilitators, external program evaluators and curriculum designers).
• Critical thinking – ability to understand and translate external trends and organizational talent needs for the mission of YL.
• Strategic Project Management – ability to create and deploy strategic, mission wide programs from conception to fruition.
• Knowledge, skills, and experience in the execution of executive talent management initiatives and development.
• Supporting and partnering with the executive program Developing Kingdom Leaders (DKL). Analyzing data surveys and themes with each cohort, debriefing with DKL team to bring continual excellence to the program.
• Ability to lead and negotiate in-kind funding for programs in HR, DKL & Leadership & Learning.
• Outstanding interpersonal, communications and presentations skills; ability to effectively convey information.
• Experience leading, managing and influencing others, exceptional team building skills, being an example for the mission of YL.
• Highly collaborative approach, with the ability to quickly build strong and trusted relationship across different levels in the mission of YL
• Collaboration - Engage with field, camping, international, and mission services leaders to understand talent requirements, set strategies where appropriate
• Partner well with HR - VPs, Sr Directors, Directors and staff for a posture of high service to the mission staff and leaders.
• Embracing and leading a culture that is inclusive and diverse.
• Help to design best practice on-boarding that transfers across the global mission of YL.
• Responsible for the engagement survey partnership and the work that transpires from the survey.
• Responsibilities include coaching leaders, managing performance processes, and supporting tailored on-boarding plans for leaders.

Talent Acquisition

• Oversee and manage a full-cycle talent acquisition and selection process.
• Manages the TA team, bringing team building, development and a broader connection to the whole HR team.
• Engage with field, camping, international, and mission services leaders to understand hiring requirements, set realistic expectations and educate on the recruiting process.
• Leverage social media, internet sourcing, referral sources and other technical means to generate qualified leads and create strong and diverse candidate pipelines for both immediate and future vacancies.
• Develop and execute candidate sourcing plans, maintaining strong relationships with supply sources.
• Track, analyze and report on recruitment and selection metrics to ensure effectiveness of recruitment strategies and supply sources.
• Serve as a project team member on staffing projects related to staffing growth initiatives.
• Provide leadership coaching on workforce strategy and pipeline potential.
• Support the delivery of mission-wide hiring and onboarding training where appropriate.
• Driving a “total Mission First” mindset to ensure leaders and teams are working in an increasingly integrated way.
• Candidate Pipeline – leading a strategy that is inclusive brings diverse in candidates into the mission.

Job-Specific Working Condition​s

• Role permits remote work.
• Preferred Locations: Major US cities or Colorado Springs.
• 20% travel may be required.
• The anticipated salary for this position can range from $92,071-$127,506 depending on relevant experience and education. ​

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; master’s preferred.

Experience Required for the Job

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience leading teams
• Talent Management experience preferred.
• Executive Development experience preferred.
• Young Life experience preferred.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have skills managing and developing budgets.
• Must have experience managing outside vendor relationships.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, manage own time and take ownership of work.
• Able to multi-task and meet deadlines while maintain high quality of work.
• Adaptable, flexible, and works with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with a strong sense of integrity and ethics with the ability to handle confidential information.
• Solid expertise in HR technical proficiencies and core HR competencies with experience in coaching, employee development and driving process improvements preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix team environment with the ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to execute initiatives in a timely manner with high quality.
• Ability to influence without formal authority and consultative method.
• 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.
• Strong leadership, integration, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience in performance management, process management, coaching and mentoring preferred. ​ ​

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.

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:

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