Director of Youth Ministry - St. James the Less

Director of Youth Ministry

The Director of Youth Ministry has responsibility for directing the parish pastoral ministry to middle and high school youth as well as young adults. The position is expected to use personal judgment in carrying out routine duties and responsibilities in accordance with parish, diocesan, and USCCB guidelines.

The Director of Youth Ministry is responsible for developing programs and relationships that lead young people into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. This role collaborates closely with parish staff, families and the broader parish community to support the spiritual growth of youth and young adults.

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential job responsibilities; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. All the duties and standards within this job description will be performed according to the established policies, procedures and guidelines.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Create, design, maintain and evaluate areas of pastoral ministry to youth and their families.
• Collaborate and share in pastoral ministry to entire parish community.
• Develop and supervise a team of volunteer program leaders.
• Share leadership in community, deanery and diocese ministry to youth and young adults.
• Utilize digital tools and social media platforms to communicate, evangelize, and engage youth and their families.
• Collaborate with the Director of Religious Education on the implementation of ongoing OCIN education for Parish.
• Act as liaison between the parish and the Diocese.
• Consult Pastor in reviewing materials and designing programs. Provides resources upon request.
• Educate and inform the parish leadership as well as the parish community concerning the youth ministry and the primary role the community plays in that process.
• Provides adequate resource materials for the staff and volunteer leaders.
• Remain in contact with other youth ministry directors.
• Prepare and manage the youth ministry budget.
• Maintain membership and participation in appropriate National, Regional, and Diocesan organizations as required.

Other Position Responsibilities

• Comply with federal, state and local safety laws.
• Maintain a neat and safe work area.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required: Compliance with BCI&I background checks and completion of Protecting God's Children program prior to beginning employment. Must be a member of a Roman Catholic parish community with an active and deep Roman Catholic faith.

Education: BS or BA required in a relevant degree in theology or religious education. Master's Degree is highly recommended. Certification in youth ministry from an accredited national youth ministry program is preferred.

Experience: 3 to 5 years youth ministry experience or similar experience is required; familiarity with youth ministry principles and dimensions of young adult and youth ministry is preferred; Some experience ministering in a Hispanic context preferred, proven administrative skills including interpersonal relations, conflict resolution, management and supervision, budget preparation and collaborative minister.

Job Related Skills: Project planning and tracking skills, budget preparation and tracking skills, along with the ability to multitask are mandatory for this position. Solid understanding of youth ministry principles and practices along with youth ministry experience on the parish and diocesan level are mandatory. Strong writing skills, excellent speaking and teaching skills, along with the ability to speak to a diverse audience from priests, to parents, to young people is required. Computer, audio/visual, and video production skills are all necessary in creating youth ministry programs on large scale.

Interpersonal Skills: The ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment.

Language skills: Candidates must be bi-lingual (English and Spanish). Strong oral and written communication skills are required; ability to read and comprehend instructions, write correspondence, and memos.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Working Environment: The ability to maintain all information highly confidential.

Physical Mental Requirements: The Physical Demands Strength Rating reflects the estimated overall strength requirement of the job. It represents the strength requirements, which are considered to be important for average, successful work performance. The strength rating is expressed by one of the following five terms.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.