Development Summer Internship

Position Summary

The Development Summer Intern will work with directors to ensure the successful delivery of a portfolio of assigned campaigns, materials, event and marketing responsibilities within the Development Department of YFC Miami & Broward.

Essential Functions [Including, but not limited to...]

Marketing Leadership Assistance (50%)

• Serve as an assistant in organizing YFC’s campaigns for external audiences with comprehensive responsibilities including copy writing and editing, layout support, staging and analytics monitoring with concentration on follow-up.
• Serve as an assistant for a coordinated print and social media campaign to be executed on all YFC’s channels. This includes: email, printed newsletters, receipt content, Instagram, Facebook and blog for the YFC website.
• Campaign Strategy and Creation: Assist staff as they create, write, and stage plans that will be executed across all channels. 
• Assist the Development Director and Community Outreach Coordinator in promoting involvement with churches and community partners.
• Write, memorize and be ready to share personal testimony and YFC involvement origin story with community and partners.

Event Leadership (40%)

• Participate in events according to the established development calendar. Preferred assignments to event tasks focused on creative, communication and marketing.
• Documents such as event summaries, logistics maps and action plans will be required according to projects procedures. 
• Contribute to a team environment where YFC’s cultural attributes are fully realized and work support is easily given.
• Develop new and existing relationships with potential and current community partners and venues.
• Be accountable for scope/quality, timeline and cost expectations of projects and tasks.
• Responsible to document lessons learned and provide updates to documents in advance of future or concurrent event cycles.
• Mitigate risk through coordination with the Risk and Legal team. Record and mitigate identified risks accordingly. Mitigate risk through contracting procedures. 

Support of the Strategic Plan 10%

• Abide all deadlines and procedures
• Complete routine tasks (task list documents, use of systems, performance review, budgets, etc.)

Spiritual Responsibilities

Because the overriding religious purpose and mission of Youth for Christ Miami & Broward 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 Cultural Attributes

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. Our leaders are expected to be 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)