Job Description

Apprentice

Job Title: Apprentice

Hope Center Ministries is a growing nonprofit discipleship recovery program with multiple centers across the U.S. Hope Center Ministries exists to restore lives, restore families, and restore communities. We do this by helping those individuals bound by drug addiction and/or alcoholism find lasting freedom and sobriety through a relationship with Jesus Christ, which translates into seeing the lost saved, the saved freed, the freed restored, and the restored fulfilled.

Vision

The Apprentice is

• A person who ensures that the message of Jesus is presented 
• An effective communicator in accurately taking the whole word of God and providing avenues of application
• Always conscientious about the future of the Center
• Someone whose genuine spiritual life shows through teaching, leadership and relationships
• A Spirit-led, mature believer who speaks from experience
• A cooperative, self-confident motivator
• An effective team builder to bring other leaders alongside
• A leader who provides staff with the direction and tools for their jobs

Leadership Responsibilities

• It is your job as an Apprentice to shadow the Director at all times and to achieve results.
• You will learn how to lead and develop your team. 
• Work alongside the Director in the maintenance of a compelling vision 

• Participate in fulfilling the overall vision of Hope Center Ministries
• Will create and/or participate in a leadership process that strategically develops key leaders
• Devise ways in which residential ownership can be expanded
• All Center Apprentices are required to meet monthly to be developed as a leader 
• Attend a weekly staff meeting to invest in your leaders. 
• Learn how to collaborate with the CFO and COO to address financial issues pertaining to the Center
• Learn how to give oversight supervising the work of staff members
• Learn to perform related duties as assigned by Director
• Maintain compliance with all Hope Center policies and procedures.

Vocation Training 

• Learn how to develop new relationships with potential Vocation Training partners
• Learn how to ensure VTP budgets are being met and are continually increasing
• Learn how to strive to find healthier training environments on a continual basis
• Learn to ensure proper training is being provided by VTP Partners
• Learn to ensure adequate safety training is being provided by VTP Partners

Fundraising

• Learn how to leave ead all of your Center’s fund raising events
• Strive to improve each and every fundraiser
• Be a model of interaction with the community and local churches
• Be a spokesperson for Hope Center Ministries
• Evaluate the risk of resident harm. 
• Develop new and innovative recruitment techniques
• Promotion of your Center through the following:
Professional Development and Personal Growth Responsibilities

• Devote time to spiritual, mental and physical development 
• Attend courses/workshops/conferences
• Attend a Life Group as a participant 
• Key Performance Indicators will be reviewed quarterly 
• Learn to set realistic goals through casting a vision and implementing strategies
• Will perform semiannual self-evaluations
• A full performance evaluation will be completed semi-annually