Staff Positions
YouthWorks now hires Community Hosts!
Community Hosts…
- Facilitate respectful mission trip experiences for teenagers and their Adult Leaders.
- Coordinate and provide leadership for daily service activities.
- Develop meaningful relationships while acting as a liaison between YouthWorks and the community.
- Confirm and implement weekly service schedules provided by YouthWorks, executing backup plans when needed.
- Promote an environment where youth connect their service to Jesus.
- Interact with students throughout the week, including serving alongside them and their Adult Leaders.
- Lead daily large group programming alongside teammate(s).
- Ensure the practical needs of the site are met by overseeing meal prep and cleanup, caring for housing facilities, and other behind-the-scenes tasks.
Each site has a Community Host Manager and at least one Community Host Coordinator. Read below to learn more about the different Community Host positions.
Manage and participate in the overall operations and programming of a site, including meal preparation, behind-the-scenes tasks and large group programming.
Supervise, encourage and coach a minimum of one Community Host Coordinator.
Provide leadership for Adult Leaders and help them process their mission week.
Complete and manage team paperwork and other administrative tasks.
Plan and facilate service for groups, while also being responsible for tasks that support the overall site.
Utility serve in a variety of areas and therefore must be willing to adapt to changing roles and locations, while fulfilling any and all assigned Coordinator or Manager responsibilities.
Utility may begin the summer temporarily assigned to a specific community, however, at any point during the spring or summer, Utility may be permanently placed with a team to fill any open position.
Utility will be hired after all placed Community Host positions have been filled.
Qualifications
- Actively pursuing a relationship with Christ
- Desire to serve the Church
- Able to relate to youth
- Model servant leadership
- Have a teachable spirit
- Previous leadership experience
- Ability to lead a team
- Management experience/ability
- Must meet our driving requirements of being 20 years of age or older during YouthWorks summer dates and have a valid U.S. driver’s license
- Previous YW summer staff experience is helpful but not required
- College graduate or must have at least four years of post-high school experience*
*Alumni who meet all other qualifications other than college graduate or four years post-high school may be considered for a Community Host Manager position.
- Must be at least 19 years of age during YouthWorks summer dates and one year post-high school or equivalent
- Actively pursuing a relationship with Christ
- Desire to serve the Church
- Able to relate to youth
- Model servant leadership
- Have a teachable spirit
- Administratively minded
- Able to problem solve, cast vision and manage details
- Able to maintain relationships with community partners
- Passion for working with local nonprofit and social service organizations
- Must meet our driving requirements of being 19 years of age or older during YouthWorks summer dates and have a valid U.S. driver’s license*
*There are a limited amount of non-driving Community Host Coordinator positions available. Please contact us if you are interested in this position but do not meet our driving requirements.
Utility Coordinators must meet the qualifications of Community Host Coordinators.
Utility Managers must meet the qualifications of Community Host Managers.
Additional qualifications for Utility positions:
- Teachable spirit
- Flexible, go-with-the-flow mentality
- Self-starting work ethic
- Desire and ability to travel independently
- Well-rounded skill set
Internship Information
Previous summer staff have received internship credit or relevant work experience fulfilling this role from the following majors: Christian Ministries, Theology, Youth Ministry, Communications, Business, Leadership Studies, Urban Studies, Non-Profit Management, Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, Construction Management, STEM and more.