Director of Youth Outreach

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

The mission of Sunshine Gospel Ministries (SGM) is to seek the renewal of the city through ministries of discipleship, mercy and justice. Our vision is to empower youth and families to thrive and lead prosperous, healthy lives through connectedness, opportunity, and economic sustainability. Our culture is open, warm, inviting and family oriented. We are a ministry that seeks individuals who have a passion for the gospel, and our youth and families in the Woodlawn community.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Youth Outreach (YO) program at SGM exists to help children in our community to flourish spiritually, academically, emotionally, and physically. This is accomplished through after school programs for elementary and middle school students, and evening programs for high school students. There are also camps and other enrichment programs for students of all ages during the summer. In each program area the goals are the same:

• To ensure students are provided with a safe, loving and caring space where mentoring relationships can be fostered.
• To ensure students are told and shown that God loves them and are introduced to the Gospel.
• To ensure the 40 Developmental Assets are taught, reinforced, and modeled by youth staff.
• To ensure students are provided with homework assistance and academic enrichment and remediation.
• To ensure that students are also exposed to the different opportunities that allow them to discover the world we live in and unique ways of self-expression.

The Director of Youth Outreach oversees a team of staff and volunteers to accomplish these goals in each of the program areas. Sunshine Gospel Ministries is a not-for-profit faith-based organization. This position is a ministerial role and will perform all or some of the following responsibilities: sharing the Gospel, leading Bible studies, and

modeling behavior that is consistent with Christ’s teaching.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / FUNCTIONS

• Provides overall leadership, oversight and support to each of the different YO program areas – elementary, middle school, high school, and summer programs.
• Works to ensure that God and the Gospel is at the heart of the YO team and is the core of each of the program areas.
• Provides oversight, mentorship and spiritual leadership to the YO staff.
• Work to ensure the YO staff is provided opportunities for professional development and self-care.
• Oversees and manages the team of YO staff and volunteers in each program area to develop and implement program content and structure to best accomplish each of the program goals.
• Works to ensure that each member of the YO staff and the volunteers can best utilize their individual strengths and gifts to accomplish program goals.
• Ensures that the curriculum for the 40 Developmental Assets remains the fundamental basis of the YO programs.
• Provides administrative resources and support for the YO program staff as needed.
• Works with the YO team to recruit, coordinate, train and prep volunteers to maximize their effectiveness.
• Works with the YO team to maintain consistent contact with parents of students.
• Works with the YO team to maintain consistent contact with our partner schools.
• Works with the YO team to provide parameters for dealing with emotional (SEL) and discipline issues with students.
• Leads the YO team in the implementation of program metrics to measure the effectiveness of the YO programs.
• Works with the YO team to coordinate scheduled outside activities and events throughout the school year and summer.
• Participates in Sunshine Gospel Ministries ministry-wide events such as Open House, Christmas Store, and other events that may be planned throughout the year.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required or assigned.

RELATED DUTIES

The Director of Youth Outreach is a position of leadership for Sunshine Gospel Ministries. In addition to the specified duties, the person in this role should possess the following general attributes:

• Be spiritually minded, humble and committed to ongoing learning.
• Exhibit emotional and cultural intelligence.
• Maintain a core commitment to Sunshine’s philosophy of ministry.
• Collaboratively participate in critical decisions striving to foster unity while valuing diversity of opinion and perspective.
• Exhibit servant leadership.

EDUCATION SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED:

• A bachelor’s degree in Education, Christian Education, Youth Ministry, or a related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of youth work experience including but not limited to:
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with students, families, schools and community partners.
  • Leading groups of students in academic, extra-curricular and spiritually enriching programs and activities.
  • Leading a team of staff and volunteers in a youth educational and ministry setting.
• Knowledge in building sustainable partnerships with community organizations, schools, other faith-based entities, and various community leaders.
• Knowledge of developing and sustaining programs that align with the mission and vision of SGM.
• Knowledge of programmatic data collection and evaluation.
• Embodies the dedication to serve with excellence, humility and respect.
• Willingness to learn and understand the mission, vision and manner in which Sunshine Gospel Ministries delivers services as an expression of God’s love.
• Have a desire to work as a team player and desire to celebrate the individuality, perspective, and experience that each staff member brings to the SGM team.
• Experience with community/program development and implementation.
• Experience working with individuals from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity is required. Must possess the ability to effectively communicate and cooperate with diverse families, various professionals, and community groups.
• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Customer Relationship Software (CRM), data entry, and computer and AV equipment.
• Be a self-starter, identify as a life-long learner, demonstrate flexibility and the ability to navigate the demands of multiple projects.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk and/or sit; use hands to fingers or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must be able to bend, stoop, pull, push, lift, as well as have overhead extension of arms. Must be able to stand for long periods of time; be able to lift, carry or move at least 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work in a public building and/or outdoors and thus will be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

DIRECT REPORTS

High School Program Manager, Elementary/Middle School Program Manager, High School Program Coordinator, Middle School Program Coordinator, and Elementary School Program Coordinator