Ministry Site Director - Youth For Christ

Position Summary

The Ministry Site Director is a position that requires spiritual and organizational leadership skills, the ability to work with and through other people, and strong communication skills. S/he must embrace and build a team that embodies YFC’s Cultural Attributes: Christ-centered, enduring humility, relentless trust, courageous faithfulness, joyful camaraderie, and kingdom inspired diversity. S/he will seek to implement relational ministry actions to develop Authentic Christ-Sharing Relationships with young people within the context of their YFC ministry model.

Position Requirements

Primary Responsibilities:

Recruit, train and empower a volunteer and student leadership team
Coordinate a comprehensive ministry that incorporates the 5 Essentials and the 6 Relational Ministry Actions of Youth for Christ and engage volunteers in those ministry activities by:
Creating a prayer team specifically for site and communicating with them regularly
Managing time to include Contacting, Building Times, Small Groups, Appointments, Student Leadership and Club
Help to organize, promote and lead trips for students
Making community connections with like-minded partners (including churches, youth serving organizations, and local businesses)
Participate in faithful activities that invite financial support and participate in organization-wide fundraising events
Implement donor care activities as recommended by the Executive Director, including writing support/prayer letters and newsletters
Complete all required paperwork and data tracking in a timely manner (maintain Google calendar with all work activities/hours, expense reports, YFC Impact data entry, etc.)
Attend staff meetings and one-on-one meetings with Campus Life Ministry Director
Attend local/regional/national training events
Complete YFC Credentialing within 2 years
Provide spiritual guidance through prayer and bible study with students and leaders

Expectations:

Must be a fully committed follower of Jesus Christ, actively growing closer and deeper in relationship with Him.
Should strive for a high personal level of Godly character and Christian values.
Must work with a team and have capacity to lead teams
Must exhibit a posture of humility, a willingness to learn, and to be coachable
Ability to manage a flexible work schedule

Must be in agreement with YFC’s Statement of Faith.

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 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 authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds, fosters an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy for those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree
Three years of ministry experience

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.

Benefits

Health benefits including vision and dental
Disability and life insurance
Retirement benefits after 1 year of service

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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