Ministry Director - Youth For Christ

Position Summary

The Campus Life Site Director leads and cultivates a team of volunteers to build Christ-sharing relationships with high school students. This position blends relational ministry with team leadership, event planning, and community collaboration. The Director embodies Youth for Christ's Cultural Attributes and facilitates weekly programming, seasonal events, and a volunteer team focused on reaching local teens through the Campus Life model.

This role is ideal for a relational leader who is spiritually grounded, flexible, and passionate about connecting youth to the Gospel through authentic relationships and community partnerships.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Campus Life Volunteer & Team Development (50%)

- Recruit and build a spiritually healthy team of adult and student leaders

- Equip leaders to engage in relational ministry through YFC’s 3 Story approach

- Provide regular training and care for volunteers, helping them grow spiritually and in leadership

- Foster partnerships with local churches to recruit volunteers and connect teens

2. Weekly Ministry Programming (30%)

- Lead or coordinate weekly Campus Life gatherings with outreach focus

- Develop or adapt lessons and activities that support YFC’s Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs)

- Be present on or near campus for relationship-building (lunch visits, games, clubs, etc.)

- Encourage volunteers to consistently engage students beyond weekly programming

3. Administration, Reporting & Communication (10%)

- Submit monthly updates and track student engagement

- Maintain volunteer paperwork and background checks

- Communicate effectively with team, parents, and community partners

4. Donor Engagement & Community Representation (5%)

- Participate in annual fundraising event(s)

- Share stories and impact with supporters through personal contact or updates

- Represent Campus Life in community and church settings

5. Seasonal Responsibilities (5%)

- Winter/Spring: Help plan and execute one local outreach event

- Spring/Summer: Recruit and prepare students for YFC Camp and attend as a leader

- Fall: Assist in preparations and invitations for the annual fundraising banquet or event

Position Requirements

Qualifications

- A personal, growing relationship with Jesus Christ

- A passion for high school students and relational evangelism

- Comfortable leading teams and facilitating group gatherings

- Organized, dependable, and self-motivated

- Strong communication and people skills

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. Willing to demonstrate/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)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

- Experience in ministry, youth work, or education preferred

- Ability to pass background checks and child safety training

- High school diploma required; some ministry or college-level training preferred

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.

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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