Community Engagement Coordinator

Position Summary

The Community Engagement Coordinator (CEC) is a relationship cultivator extraordinaire. S/he is a champion for Youth for Christ (YFC) to acquire new giving partners while building awareness of YFC’s work through effectively using the processes and practices provided through YFC’s national development model. Both relationally gifted and motivated by metrics, the Community Engagement Coordinator is energized by proactive conversations that culminate into seeing a potential giving partner introduced to YFC’s work, invited to give, and by seeing enhanced missional commitment towards stated benchmarks and goals. Additionally, s/he is motivated by seeing partners become more generous in their ongoing giving, and by seeing lapsed partners re-engage with our mission. S/he is involved in the entire process of bringing in new prospects and cultivating relationships that connect them to opportunities for involvement and financial giving and ultimately life-long partners of Youth for Christ.

Essential Job Functions and Duties 

Relationship Development (Find > Win > Keep > Lift)

• Builds relationships through faithful, personalized touchpoints with current and potential giving partners interested in funding YFC’s mission/national service center operations, going beyond mass communications.
• Graciously and respectfully invites prospects toward financial partnership, and encourages YFC staff to do the same
• Effectively follows-up with attendees of all events, and respondents of all communication, entering information into database, cultivating relationships with new partners, guiding them to involvement with YFC operating funding and Launch Chapter funding
• Proactively reaches out to potential giving partners to inspire participation with YFC’s mission
• Promotes relational care of all partners to the YFC by reporting missional progress, and by expressing gratitude through thank you notes, personal calls, and gifts as appropriate.

Event Support (Physical and Virtual)

• Organizes and executes 1 See The Story event monthly, 1 Be The Story event annually and 1 Appreciation Event annually (virtual or physical):
  • Organizes and hosts regular “no-ask” donor acquisition tours according to targeted goals
  • Organizes and hosts “financial ask” events and strategies according to targeted goals
  • Organizes and hosts appreciation events and strategies according to targeted goals 
• Adheres to the STS/BTS Playbook for standards and best practices
• In partnership with the External Marketing Team, executes acquisition-oriented events on social media channels.
• Manages invites and RSVP’s to all events.
• Follows YFC Marketing Plan for promoting each event.
• Effectively follows up with attendees of all events, entering information into Salesforce, cultivating relationships with new partners, leading them to involvement
• Participates in tracking and reporting of data from events, mailing campaigns, etc.
•  Assembles, empowers, and works with a team of volunteers to execute events.

Donor Communication

• Utilizes tools and platforms provided by YFC’s External Marketing department to prepare and send ministry updates to giving partner base in the form of monthly letters, emails, etc. 
• Collects ministry update content from staff, volunteers and kids (i.e. quotes, stories, images, footage) on an ongoing basis to customize monthly or quarterly communications.
• Social Media posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram once per week
• Implements lapsed donor communication strategies and personally follow-up, as advised and equipped by the Development model.
• Implements special communication projects, as assigned

Spiritual Responsibilities

• 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.

Fundraising Responsibilities

All YFC regular full time employees will be given the opportunity to be involved in the Stewardship functions of YFC/USA. These opportunities could include fund raising events, circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, and other opportunities as provided. 

Fundraising Responsibilities

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.

Additionally, 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. As such, the following additional responsibilities of a spiritual nature will apply to this position: 

·       Perform sacramental functions such as the taking of communion and leading times of corporate prayer, confession and praise.

·       Perform and lead religious ceremonies such as weddings, baptism and funerals when called upon by staff and other members of the YFC community.