Fiji Area Director I

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Purpose of the Position

Through spiritual leadership and sound management, lead and develop a team in your Young Life area to carry out our mission of introducing young people to Jesus Christ and cultivating genuine discipleship.

Essential Duties

Area Ministry Functions

A. Spiritual Development

Focus on spiritual development: practice prayer and spiritual disciplines through the use of Scripture, individual and communal prayer, worship, fasting, etc. Gather for fellowship to build the area teams (committee, staff, and leaders). Facilitate the building of faith and ministry through fun, inspiration, and teaching. Promote growth and health in Young Life ministry, spiritually, emotionally, and socially. Develop positive ministry relationships with local congregations. Develop self‑leadership: manage personal growth and development, including time and budget management and conflict resolution.

B. Leadership Development

Develop and empower staff, committees, and leaders to thrive. Establish, recruit and expand your committee to initiate, grow and strengthen ministry in your area. Attend or chair committee meetings as appropriate. Assist your Regional Director in identifying potential new staff candidates. Support Direct Ministry workers in recruiting leaders. Supervise multiple clubs and key volunteer leaders to ensure all work with young people is run with excellence. Ensure leaders meet regularly to pray, plan, and support each other. Cast the vision to develop and communicate an inspiring goal and strategy for reaching it, for reaching out to more young people. Identify cultural, social, and geographic groups not currently reached by the area and develop a strategy for reaching them. Develop a prayer strategy for reaching more youth. Public Relations: build up the credibility of YL as an effective organization in working with young people in the local community network, establish links and develop shared initiatives with local Christian and community partners.

C. Management of Staff

Ensure all area staff and volunteers are fully supported and held accountable. Manage their workload and scheduling of time off, conduct regular performance reviews and objective setting. Ensure Direct Ministry workers attend all relevant training programs. Provide individualized training to develop personal spiritual maturity, enhance personal character, teach and grow competency in ministry skills, increase familiarity with the area strategy and ministry health. Manage volunteers: recruit, train, supervise, and ensure completion of all necessary application forms. Assign further training conferences at a national, divisional and mission‑wide level as appropriate. Establish target numbers of camper places for each staff member to recruit for camps or service projects in line with the overall target for the area. Support them in reaching these goals. Ensure all staff understand and operate at all times according to YL policies and practices.

D. Financial Sustainability

Source funding to strengthen the ministry. Draw up an area budget annually in conjunction with the committee chair and treasurer. Manage spending of the area budget to ensure finances are healthy, on budget and not in deficit. Create a strategy for appropriate levels of fundraising (according to TDS principles) and ensure this is carried out by area staff and committee. Devise donor care: develop a strategy and nurture major donor relationships, issuing communications at least three times per year. Raise financial support for your salary, expenses and area budget.

E. Direct Ministry

Lead by example, balancing time spent working with young people against working with adults. Be active in all three levels of contact work (be seen, be conversational, and share common experiences). Develop relational contact with young people, building sincere relationships with teenagers based on trust. Support club and campaigners, and campaigner meetings. Lead young people on camps and/or service projects run by the wider YL family. Expand local interest and coordinate practicalities of getting your young people to camp.

F. Ministry Support

Operate administrative systems to support core ministry functions. Follow all YL policies and practices as laid out in the Employees’ Handbook, including Child Protection, Risk Assessments, Insurance, First Aid, Health, Safety & Hygiene procedures. Ensure all clubs, outings, and other activities undertaken by young people in your area are thoroughly risk‑assessed. Internal communication: send timely and appropriate information to all staff and leaders. Liaise frequently with the Regional Director, regional/area offices (if they exist), and Central Office. Data management: maintain and update the area database to provide accessible, current information about staff, volunteers, donors, and kids. As part of your responsibility for leading ministry in your area, where assigned, serve as the YL Representative that may be required with churches or other ministry organizations in your area.

H. Training

Organize area‑level training as appropriate. Actively participate in area, regional, national and mission‑wide training programs as directed by your line manager. Receive encouragement to pursue further training that supports you in your role with YLI. Training opportunities should be discussed and agreed with your line manager in advance. Perform other duties as assigned and congruent with gifts, experience and area needs.

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