Marketing Administrative Assistant

The Marketing Administrative Assistant will work primarily with the YFC Development Director to assist with a variety of administrative tasks and help manage development process for YFC. This employee may also work with the rest of the YFC in various capacities to ensure the mission of YFC is moving forward.

This employee will be the assistant to the Development Director as they work with the financial partners.

The majority of regular day to day correspondence and communication from the Development Department will flow through this employee. Excellent grammar and writing skills are very important. As are good communication skills included but not limited to phone, email, and texting.

The Marketing Administrative Assistant will help create print and media content to help further the mission of West Sound YFC.

This employee will handle large amounts of confidential data. The employee must be able to hold confidential data in confidence.

This employee with with a variety of people and personalities. Frequently this employee will be in the office working while the other staff are out in the field. This employee should be able to work well with people, but also when alone.

Some remote work is possible; however, the majority of work will be done in the office.

Essential Functions:

·      Managing our social media company

·      Updating our website

·      Creating flyers, posts, other publications (when needed)

·      Assisting with Development Events

·      Assist with auction procurement and management

·      Assisting Development Director with Virtuous/ donor follow up

·      Additional administrative duties as needed

Spiritual 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.

·      Model empathy, humility and care for all people. This includes promoting equity and inclusion in word and in the practice of faith expression.

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.

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.

As the Marketing Assistant is primarily a fund development role. Fundraising will be a large part of this job.