Graduate Assistant for Youth Outreach at Benedictine College Youth Outreach
Job Type: Part-Time Position
Location: Atchison, KS
URL: http://www.benedictine.edu
Description
Position Summary
The Youth Outreach Graduate Assistant will work up to 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters, will be an active part of the BCYC Missionary Team for two summers, and is responsible for the following duties, including but not limited to:
Providing direct support to the Director of Youth Outreach
Coordinating and providing leadership to the student Youth Outreach Teams
Collaborating with students to help prepare and execute successful youth retreats, events, and summer conferences both on campus and at parishes throughout the region throughout the academic year and during the summer
Providing general support to all Ministry Leadership Team members as requested, including in ministry tasks and projects other than youth outreach as needed throughout the year
Graduate assistants are expected to perform their duties in a professional and timely manner.
* Individuals must be accepted into the Benedictine College graduate program in order to be selected for Graduate Assistant positions. Furthermore, individuals must remain in good-standing in the graduate program in order to continue in the GA position.
About Parish / School / Organization Name
Benedictine College’s mission as a Catholic, Liberal Arts institution of higher learning is to educate men and women within a community of faith and scholarship.
Community: The first step to achieving academic excellence in a community of faith and scholarship is the ongoing development of one of the great Catholic college faculties in America.
Faith: Benedictine College is committed to sharing with all members of our community the beauty and mystery of the Catholic faith as revealed in the person of Jesus Christ and handed down through the teachings of the Church.
Scholarship: Academic excellence at Benedictine College is driven by faculty who exhibit strong commitment in their teaching and scholarship to provide an environment that prepares students with the best that has been thought and written. Faculty will develop graduates who are critical thinkers who read, speak, and write well, and are personally and professionally prepared for life’s challenges on a local and global scale. As faculty at a Catholic college, we embrace the distinctive challenge of Catholic education articulated by Pope Benedict XVI: to form the will, as well as the mind, of the students within our care.