job-area: Other Youth Center Assistant Director POSITION SUMMARY:Good News Ministries is seeking an Assistant Director for its Youth Center, which provides after-school and summer programs for at-risk inner-city youth ages 8-18 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the surrounding area. In this full-time paid position the Assistant Director would work with the Director on the Youth Center’s daily operation. WORK HOURS:• During the School Year: Monday to Friday, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., with some weekend hours required for special events and Sunday morning bus routes• Summer Work Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with some weekend hours for special events and off-site activities RESPONSIBILITIES:The Assistant Director’s duties are as follows:• Conduct Bible studies geared toward inner-city kids• Teach and lead spiritual songs and scripture passages• Counsel youth on matters of salvation, Christian growth and biblical moral values• Canvas inner-city neighborhoods recruiting new youth attendees and maintaining contact with parents• Provide Youth Center kids opportunities for soul winning• Monitor youth at Youth Center and off-site activities, enforcing rules of conduct and applying disciplinary measures, as needed• Coordinate new and exciting games and creative contests• Teach fundamentals of being “other-oriented”• Create activities with spiritual emphasis that enhance staff interaction with youth• Use activities and games that encourage and promote discipleship efforts• Encourage godly sportsmanship• Oversee the Center’s tutorial program, helping youth with homework, encouraging reading, building computer skills and recruiting volunteers to help tutor kids• Transport youth to and from the Center and to church on Sundays and Wednesdays, as well as special activities and sporting events• Help recruit and lead volunteers and summer interns in various projects and programs• Maintain the building and playground• Assist in the creation of monthly and quarterly events calendars• Create, coordinate, track and implement incentive activities• Assist in implementation of discipleship program• Counsel kids one-on-one or in small groups• Other tasks as needed for ministry QUALIFICATIONS:• Born again believer with high moral integrity and well-grounded in scripture• Must be in agreement with Good News Ministries’ Statement of Faith (https://goodnewsministries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/What-We-Believe.pdf)• Highly motivated with strong work ethic and initiative to take on projects and see to completion• Excellent people skills and highly creative• Love for misdirected inner-city youth and a burden to see them saved and growing in the Lord• Mature, self-controlled and able to present a positive example to youth• Minimum two-year Bible college degree, preferably with an emphasis in youth ministry• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel• Previous youth ministry experience (Sunday school teacher, youth pastor, camp counselor, junior church worker, etc.)• Over 21 years of age and able to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License and drive a full-size bus
