Executive 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 reaching young people and their families with the truth and hope of the gospel. Serving more than 1,600 youth annually across 13 sites throughout Pierce County, TYFC focuses on education persistence, trauma-informed care, and recidivism reduction while building lifelong relationships rooted in faith, trust, and hope.

The Executive Director serves as the chief executive and mission leader of the organization, responsible for the overall health, growth, and long-term sustainability of TYFC’s ministry and operations.

What You’ll Do

Lead the overall vision, strategy, and growth of TYFC across multiple ministry sites
Partner closely with the Board of Directors to ensure strong governance and strategic alignment
Oversee organizational planning, financial stewardship, and long-term sustainability
Lead major donor cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising strategy
Coach and develop the leadership team across operations, development, ministry, and communications
Serve as the public face of the organization in the Pierce County community
Model Christ-centered leadership and spiritual stewardship

What Makes You a Great Fit

Demonstrated faith in Jesus Christ and alignment with the YFC Statement of Faith and ministry philosophy
Spiritual leadership, Christ-centered discernment, and courageous faithfulness
Passion for youth ministry
Proven senior leadership experience
Strong fundraising and relationship-building capabilities
High emotional intelligence and servant leadership style

Required Skills & Experience

Senior leadership experience in nonprofit, ministry, church, or mission-driven organizations
Demonstrated success in fundraising and major donor development
Experience leading teams, budgets, and board relationships
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in youth development or faith-based nonprofit leadership
Familiarity with Salesforce or donor CRM platforms
Existing Pierce County community relationships

Position Requirements

Role Expectations & Success Profile

1. Fund Development & Community Partnership

Lead major donor relationships, fundraising strategy, sponsorships, grant partnerships, annual campaigns, and community engagement across Pierce County.

2. Board Leadership & Governance

Prepare board reports, lead strategic discussions, support committees, partner with the Board Chair, and participate in annual evaluation and retreat planning.

3. Leadership Team Management

Lead director-level leaders across operations, development, ministry, and communications while driving organizational culture and accountability.

4. Organizational Strategy & Financial Stewardship

Own long-term strategic planning, budget oversight, sustainability, and performance metrics. 5. Spiritual & Cultural Leadership

Model an active Christian faith and lead with prayer, discernment, discipleship, and mission alignment.

Leadership Profile

Executive leadership maturity, proven fundraising success, strong emotional intelligence, servant leadership, and passion for youth impact.

Important Considerations Before Interviewing

This is a highly visible community-facing leadership role requiring strong comfort with fundraising, public representation, board interaction, and team leadership.

Benefits

403(b), paid time off, health insurance, retirement plan, 403(b) matching, employee discount, employee assistance program

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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