Area Office Administrator II - Morton, IL

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Job Specific Working Conditions:

Central Illinois Young Life is a vibrant and growing ministry reaching students across multiple communities with the hope of Jesus. From high school (Young Life) to middle school (WyldLife), teen moms (YoungLives), and students with disabilities (Capernaum), we are actively engaged in building relationships and creating spaces where every kid can belong. Our area is marked by dedicated leaders, strong community partnerships, and a deep commitment to reaching more adolescents with the Gospel. There is real momentum here—lives are being changed, new opportunities are emerging, and we believe the best is still ahead. We are prayerfully seeking someone who is eager to step into this work and help us continue to grow a healthy, sustainable ministry.

Area Office Administrator II

Summary:
This position provides administrative support, enabling the Young Life field ministry area office to function an organized and efficient manner.


Essential Duties:

Written and Verbal Communication

Answer correspondence, do filing and prepare mailings.

Answer phones.

Respond to voicemail, e-mail and phone calls in a timely and professional manner.

Gather articles, pictures, layout, production, mail, etc. for newsletter from area staff.

Create club/event postcards, flyers, and/or maps.

Send prayer e-mails and monthly updates.

Send personal support mailings.

Create and maintain area M-Site.

Send thank-you letters to donors.

Interact with area office assistant, area directors, area committee, volunteer team leaders and leaders with area.

Administration

Process and track donations.

Maintain donor and leader databases, ensuring that leader forms, driver questionnaires and criminal background checks are up-to-date.

Manage monthly expenses and budgets, including area bank account records, FDT, area and staff expense reports.

Accounting: pay bills, submit bank account records/purchase card expenses and donations and make copies, evaluate financial monthly status and update FDT each month.

5.Maintain contact databases including the following:

Update area donor database on a regular basis.

Enter club card data into kid database.

Update parent database.

Maintain newsletter recipient list.

Create and maintain banquet invitation list.

Update contact in Palm/Outlook.

Update e-mail distribution lists: club kids, campaigners, committee, leaders and prayer partners.

6.Human Resource for Regional Administrators

Track and report vacation, sick and personal days for eligible area staff.

Submit timesheets for hourly staff.

Complete Personnel Action Requests and required documents to hire or terminate