Campus Life Director - Youth For Christ

Position Summary

If you would like to impact Middle and High School students with the hope of Jesus Christ through fun and creative ways, and in a team setting, we at Northern Plains Youth for Christ would like you to consider joining our team. This is a full-time position, with full time salary that offers an insurance reimbursement, a 2% retirement fund, two weeks paid vacation, and the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day off.

We have a deliberate and passionate focus on youth ministry. We live out our calling to make lifelong followers of Jesus everywhere, together. We draw on each other’s strengths and help each other in our weaknesses. We pray for each other, encourage each other, and constantly provide training opportunities, through staff meetings, retreats, and YFC cohorts.

Weekly responsibilities include:

Regular campus visits across 4 local middle and high school campuses
Setting appointments with students individually and groups and to engage in relationship building and meaningful conversations.
Oversight, planning and organization of weekly clubs, small groups, and Core discipleship group
Recruiting and building the team of volunteers who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of students
During the summer maintaining relationships with students and meeting throughout the week
Planning, organizing and leading fun summer activities and events including CAMP!
Assist in fundraising including creating and implementing a plan for raising personal support
Assist in planning and running fundraising events a few times per year

The Campus life director has direct ministry in Williston Middle and High School by fostering the following our five essentials:

Widespread Prayer - We deliberately engage many Christians to intercede on behalf of the ministry site. This value needs to strategically permeate all values, areas, and actions of your daily ministry.
Loving Relationships - We consistently pursue lost students & engage them in life-long relationships with Jesus. Campus Life uses six Relational Ministry Actions as its specialized skill set to move Loving Relationships forward: Contacting, Building Times – meeting with groups of students, Appointments, Small Groups, Club – Middle School Club and High School Club and Core.
Faithful Bible Teaching - We accurately handle Biblical truth, regularly coaching kids to apply it in their lives. using Competent Preparation and Relevant Presentation
Collaborative Community Strategy - We intentionally work together with local churches, agencies and other partners to provide sustainable youth and family ministry.
Adults Who Empower - We strategically develop leaders to reach young people from every people group. Campus Life staff build and lead teams of Christians adults (and students) who are committed to investing in the relational ministry process with lost teens.

What we offer you:

Training in a team environment. Training never ends and we do it together!
Growth as a spiritual leader
Opportunity to use your gifts and skills to make an impact on the next generation

Supervision and Reporting:

Monthly reporting to Ministry Director and Community Support Team
Weekly staff meetings and prayer meetings
Weekly Individual meetings with the Ministry Director
Performance reviews provided twice per year
Opportunity to be open about your fulfillment and condition, what we can do to help and areas of growth for you

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
Participation in YFC’s Blueprint for Leadership
Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
Self-Motivator
Strong moral character and of good repute
Connect well with youth
Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
Manage a team of diverse volunteers
Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures and ethnicities
Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. It is an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults fosters healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by Enduring Humility, Relentless Trust, Joyful Camaraderie, Courageous Faithfulness and Kingdom Inspired Diversity. 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 authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds, fosters an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy for those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Requirements

While we don't have any educational or vocational requirements we do require:

You are actively abiding and pursuing a relationship with Jesus
You love young people and have a heart to reach them with the Gospel.
You can pass a background check.
You like to celebrate your birthday.

Fundraising Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

Benefits Include:

Insurance Reimbursement up to $450 per month
Two weeks of vacation per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30)
Six Holidays
The week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off (because...Jesus).

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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