Youth Ministry Director

Young Life

. Develop healthy relationships with adults and kids .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeYokosuka • JapanLead💰 $45,000 - $60,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong relational ministry capabilities, focusing on community outreach, youth discipleship, and volunteer leadership within military contexts. Emphasizes effective communication and relationship-building with diverse groups, including teens, families, and military leaders.

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Youth Ministry ExperienceCommunity Outreach DevelopmentVolunteer LeadershipEffective CommunicationRelational Ministry Approach

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Soft Skills

Teachable HeartEnergeticStrong InitiativeSmall Event Planning

Industry Keywords

Military CultureChristian DiscipleshipYouth ProgramsCommunity RelationshipsIncarnational Role Model

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop healthy relationships with adults and kids
Build relationships with the local community, military installation, and chapel community
Serve as an incarnational role model
Develop community outreach to unchurched teens
Disciple Christian teens
Lead and equip volunteers for middle and high school Christian youth programs
Work effectively amid high turnover among teens, families, chaplains, and volunteers
Respect and embrace military culture
Lead and oversee the overall Young Life Military program, Club Beyond
Provide a safe community where military teens can build friendships, hope, and resiliency

Requirements

What you’ll need

A deep love for Christ and for lost teens
Competent communicator with youths, parents, and senior military leaders
Teachable heart
Willingness to make a three-year commitment
Minimum of three years' youth ministry experience preferred
College degree preferred
Willingness to raise part of the budget through personal support
Committed to a relational ministry approach
Energetic
Small event planning skills
Strong initiative
Staff must live near the community where they would be doing ministry

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full health coverage (including dental, vision and life insurance)
Expense reimbursement (mileage [office and ministry related])
Training and career development is built into the job
Cost of Living Adjustment, dependent on location
Annual National Funding provided is $16,667