Job Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
Master’s degree in Christian Education and/or Youth Ministry, preferred.
Bachelor's degree with an understanding of human development, or equivalent experience.
Minimum of five years relevant experience working directly with youth, preferred.
Strategic planning skills that involve the knowledge and foresight to bring a project to fruition and ensure long-term needs are adequately addressed by programming.
Budgeting skills that include developing, managing and reporting performance.
Commitment to Jesus Christ and the desire and ability to foster faith development in others, particularly youth and their families.
Commitment to the theology and teachings of the United Methodist Church.
Energetic leadership with strong relational skills with both youth and adults.
Administrative and communication skills to manage a multi-faceted program in a large church setting.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including online.
Ability to pass a background check screening.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Ability to speak in a public forum and to hear in conversations and large gatherings.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee may occasionally have to drive.
Ability to move freely through the church buildings.
Ability to work on feet for up to three hours at a time, set up tables and chairs, lift up to 45 pounds, and participate in indoor and outdoor activities.
Ability to participate directly in youth programming – e.g., playing games, doing outdoor activities, and sleeping in ad hoc settings like school gyms, tents, cabins, etc.