Administrator - Youth For Christ

Position Summary

The Ministry Operation administrator coordinates and provides high-quality, holistic administrative support to Northwestern Colorado Youth For Christ.

Support of Northwestern Colorado Youth For Christ:

Encourage and facilitate routine communications between departmental staff inclusive of meetings and appointments.
Maintains and tracks compliance with all organizational and/or divisional deadlines, calendars, systems and digital files (includes converting paper documents to digital as needed).
Adheres to consistent administrative practices established by the Administrative Support Manager and works cooperatively according to capacity excess or constraint.
Actively promotes a healthy and robust culture according to YFC’s Cultural Attributes.
Support systems maintenance as needed
Detailed financial reviews as needed
Support projects or tasks as assigned

Because the overriding religious purpose and mission of Youth for Christ USA is to communicate and introduce the Gospel of Jesus Christ to young people and their families, and in that regard to make, educate and encourage life-long disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is very important that you as an employee in the movement of Youth for Christ be recognized as an associate minister of the Gospel.

As an employee of Youth for Christ and an associate minister of the Gospel, YFC expects all employees to:

Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within YFC.
Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at YFC staff meetings, conferences, camps and events.
Model empathy, humility and care for all people. This includes promoting equity and inclusion in word and in the practice of faith expression.

YFC employees will have an opportunity to be commissioned or licensed as a minister of the Gospel through the established Youth for Christ process, and/or ordained by an outside body recognized by Youth for Christ USA.

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC/USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to— extending invitations to fund raising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

Administrative/Executive Assistant experience required.
Work with confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner.
Must keep detailed records at all times and develop a highly efficient electronic and paper filing system.
Must be comfortable learning and utilizing YFC's Salesforce CRM technology on a daily basis.
Work on any special projects as requested with the ability to prioritize and reprioritize.
Relationally driven with natural ability to grow and maintain relationships with significant and influential individuals both internally and externally.
Strong attention to detail, ability to problem solve, focus and analyze situations and data in the face of conflicting priorities and multiple demands while meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy.
Ability to listen well, follow directions and work collaboratively with colleagues across many departments and ministries.
Self-initiated ability to analyze and improve on operations.
Must be comfortable with a high frequency of electronic communication.
Must have intermediate/advanced typing and computer skills including: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and general internet knowledge.

Willing to demonstrate and/or possesses the following:

Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others’ need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
Prioritizes others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence*, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
Seeks and fosters authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds and an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy of those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Preferred Experience

Candidates are not expected to possess experience in every area listed below. However, experience with one or more of the following is highly valued:

Nonprofit bookkeeping and accounting practices.
Aplos accounting software.
Gusto payroll administration.
Donor management or CRM software.
Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
Website content management systems (such as WordPress).
Email marketing platforms.
Board and committee administrative support.
Human resources administration.
Volunteer management systems.
Fundraising event administration.
Church or nonprofit ministry environments.
Process improvement and organizational systems development.

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

YFC is classified as an Association of Churches and as such our hiring practices reflect that designation. As a religious nonprofit organization, YFC incorporates within each leader role, the requirement to model, teach, share and live the faith. The relationship between YFC’s mission and each of its leaders is its lifeblood and as such does at all times and in all instances reserve the right to make employment decisions based upon a person’s religious beliefs, personal character and lifestyle consistent with our understanding of the Bible or with our overall goals and requirements for Christian ministry.

We seek to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for growth, development, promotion, training and compensation.

We will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the organization.

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