Ministry Director

The Ministry Director reports to the Executive Director and serves as a key part of the leadership team. S/he is primarily responsible for, but not limited to, overseeing all ministry models for the chapter. This includes oversight of ministry sites, shepherding through the supervision of the ministry staff and their growth and development, resourcing the staff as they implement effective ministry, development of future ministry sites, community collaboration and fund development.

Essential Functions

·      Discipleship and oversight of ministry staff

o  Build relationships with staff

o  Provide encouragement, counseling and problem solving

o  Oversee staff credentialing process

o  Help staff set annual goals, hold staff accountable, and perform annual reviews

·      Ministry Execution

o  Conducting ministry site visits

o  Ensuring the use of YFC Standards & Best Practices

o  Training & Equipping

o  Launching new ministry sites

·      Ministry Reporting

o  Creating a monthly Board Report

o  Ensuring that staff complete monthly Impact Reports

·      Ministry Trips & Events

o  Oversee YFC Camp (summer)

o  Oversee Student Leadership Retreat (fall)

o  Oversee Student Lock-ins (spring & fall)

·      Other Details

o  Serve on the Executive Leadership Team

o  Oversee ministry staff hiring

o  Manage the website

o  Fundraise (encouraged, not required)

o  Speak at churches, ministry sites, or events as needed

YFC Team Responsibilities

The Ministry Director, like all paid staff members, has various responsibilities to the overall work of Kalamazoo Youth for Christ. This is including, but not limited to:

·      Attend staff meetings and staff prayer meetings regularly.

·      Attend regional and national YFC trainings and conferences as determined by their supervisor.

·      Assist with ministry and/or project assignments as determined by their supervisor.

·      Meet regularly with supervisor for evaluation and encouragement.

·      Complete regular ministry reports.

·      Complete YFC USA credentialing process within two years of hire date.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

YFC is classified as an Association of Churches and as such our hiring practices reflect that designation. As a religious nonprofit organization, Youth For Christ 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.

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 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 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.