Development Director - Youth For Christ

Position Summary

About Tacoma Area Youth for Christ

Tacoma Area Youth for Christ is a Christ-centered nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of underserved youth in Tacoma and the greater Pierce County. Serving more than 1,600 youth annually across 13 sites, TYFC on 1:1 and group youth mentorship, teen-parent support, and on-campus programming, while building lifelong relationships rooted in faith, trust, and hope.

As TYFC continues to grow its impact, we are seeking a Development Director who will help build the partnerships and resources that make this life-changing ministry possible. In this role, the Development Director partners closely with the Executive Director to lead TYFC's fundraising strategy and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the ministry. This role oversees major donor relationships, grants, fundraising events, and the development team, while fostering a culture of biblical stewardship.

What You'll Do

Lead TYFC's fundraising strategy and annual development plan
Cultivate and steward major donors and partners
Plan and oversee fundraising events, and donor engagement initiatives
Pursue grant opportunities aligned with the mission and vision of TYFC
Lead the Development Team with Christ-centered leadership and faithful stewardship.
Use fundraising data and Salesforce to strengthen donor relationships and drive results
Partner with the Executive Director to advance TYFC's mission and fundraising goals

What Makes You a Great Fit

Demonstrated faith in Jesus Christ and alignment with the YFC Statement of Faith
Passion for youth ministry and building authentic, long-term relationships
Natural connector who brings people together across teams, churches, businesses, and the community
Strategic, systems thinker who enjoys building processes that strengthen fundraising and ministry
High-energy servant leader with strong emotional intelligence and a Gospel-centered approach to leadership

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

MUST enjoy building relationships—and talking on the telephone!
Be comfortable in a public facing role
Be skilled in giving partner recruitment and relationship cultivation
Have the ability to inspire, assemble, and mobilize staff to participate enthusiastically, meeting their “circle of influence” goals
Possess the maturity and ability to interact with all types of people
Enjoy developing relationships with people over time
Be detail-oriented and committed to tracking every conversation in your database
Value and appreciate the power of stories
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Able to follow a prescribed model while working creatively within its parameters
Excited about learning new things
Ability to organize and plan events
Ability to assemble and empower teams
Enjoy networking in your city
Work independently and accomplish required tasks

Required Skills & Experience

Five or more years of nonprofit fundraising or development experience
Demonstrated success in major gifts, grants, fundraising events, and donor stewardship
Experience developing and executing fundraising strategies that produce measurable results
Strong community networking and relationship-building skills
Experience managing donor CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and fundraising data
Strong project management skills, including grant process management and event planning
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in youth ministry or a faith-based nonprofit
Established relationships within the South Sound philanthropic community

TRAINING PROVIDED: This role requires training in the See The Story/Be The Story /YFC Champions Playbook pending Best Practice. This on-demand virtual training is provided by the Leader Formation Department and will include resources to help fulfill the responsibilities of this role.

Benefits

Tacoma YFC offers:

Competitive health insurance (65% paid for by YFC of the employee's premium)
Vision Insurance (100% paid by YFC)
Life Insurance (100% paid by YFC)
Optional Employee Paid Dental
$75/month cell phone reimbursement
$200/year mental/physical health reimbursement
200 hours of PTO for the first year of employment
403(b) account (YFC will match up to 2% after completion of 2 years of full time employment)
13 paid holidays

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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