Vice President, Mission Investment

Position Summary

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The Vice President of Mission Investment is responsible for leading the people and strategic direction of the Mission Investment Division (Development and Marketing functions) of YFC USA and will ensure achievement of YFC USA’s ongoing donation goals, campaign strategies, supportive marketing operations. The position will lead as a member of the VP Team reporting directly to the President/CEO, with certain routine administrative functions overseen by the Chief Operating Officer.

The successful candidate will be a visionary, strategic, and highly relational leader who is an experienced non-profit major gifts fundraiser and marketing executive, and who is capable of scaling year-over-year revenue goals to support YFC USA’s strategic objectives. The Vice President of Mission Investment must be deeply motivated by YFC's mission to reach young people for Christ.

Essential Functions:

Leads and empowers Mission Investment Division towards significant and sustainable growth through effectively casting vision and implementing strategic initiatives.
Develop and maintain a unified donor experience with clear segmentation, conversion metrics, attrition definition, and delineation of personnel and vendor responsibilities.
Effectively engage YFC partners through annual giving, major giving, legacy giving, and campaign strategies.
Effectively develop and execute a donor events strategy, in coordination with the Events Department at YFC.
Works in partnership with Office of the President (as a major gifts officer) and the YFC Foundation, to reach ongoing revenue goals. The VP is primarily responsible for current giving. The YFC Foundation comes alongside the department to support Planned Giving and Estate giving conversations. The VP will create a culture that celebrates joint-wins between YFC USA and YFC Foundation towards our capital campaign efforts.
Maintains a personal portfolio of relationships with major givers; continually identifying new relationships to grow the donor base; and maintaining relationship with current givers to invite ongoing support
Works with our Capital Campaign Consultant to design, hold team accountable, and bring successful completion of the campaign alongside the Office of the President and the YFC Foundation.
Responsible for annual planning process and revenue forecasting.
Responsible for setting priorities and demonstrating focus and restraint to ensure that highest priorities are achieved.
Responsible for identifying and maintaining required vendor relationships, including creative contractors who fulfill direct mail, email, social media, video, and website communication with donors.
Overseeing the team that produces, staffs, and executes the annual marketing calendar to current and prospective giving partners
Collaborate with the Executive Team to develop and communicate the vision, mission, and strategic goals to YFC’s giving partners.
Collaborate with the Information Management Department in developing technology solutions and integrations that create efficiencies and increase data reliability.

Primary and Secondary Steward Responsibilities:

Employees may be assigned a Primary Steward role for any of the following:

Volunteer(s)
Donor(s)
Vendor(s)
Chapter(s)
Process, Standard and Best Practices (PSBPs)

Specific assignments for the Primary Steward will be listed in the Task List.

All Employees are assigned the role of Secondary Steward, which plays a supporting role to the Primary Steward to serve a chapter in a specific way, for a specific timeframe as determined by the Primary Steward. Secondary Stewards can be assigned to focus on specific management issues like YFC compliance, legal, risk, strategic planning, fund development coaching, staff development coaching, new ministry site development, process stewardship or a variety of other equipping roles.

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:

Always through the leading and empowerment of the Holy Spirit, this position is directly responsible for growing and sustaining YFC USA’s revenue base and meeting our ongoing revenue goals.

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.

Budget Responsibilities:

A Budget Manager is responsible to align all financial resources to the YFC/USA strategic plan in accordance with the delegation and direction of the Division Head. The Budget Manager is responsible for coding, approval and financial decision-making for their assigned Division, Department and/or Action Plan budget. When a budget is overfunded or underfunded, the Budget Manager is responsible to course correct though the MCCR process.

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills:

A proven track record in fundraising results, with experience annually managing a $10m+ giving portfolio.
A proven track record of leading portfolio growth.
Expertise in Kingdom fundraising philosophies and principles.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience recruiting and developing best-in-class professional talent.
Experience leading remote teams.
Ability to make decisions and exercise good judgment in a changing environment with ability to anticipate future needs.
Ministerial – able to minister to giving partner’s personal needs and to help disciple their walk with Christ, especially as it relates to generosity in God’s Kingdom.
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).
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)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education:

Bachelor’s degree preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Certifications in Kingdom-oriented fund development preferred
10+ years experience in fund development, sales management, or donor relations, ideally in an in-house leadership role within a complex nonprofit entity.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to communicate orally with giving partners, vendors, management, and other co-workers is crucial. Regular use of the telephone and e-mail for communication is essential. Sitting for extended periods is common. Hearing and vision within normal ranges is essential for day-to-day conversations, to receive ordinary information, and to prepare or inspect documents. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Activities require the ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time, occasionally move about inside the office to access files or office equipment, operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, hand held devices, copy machine, and computer printer.

No heavy lifting is expected, though occasional exertion of up to 10 lbs. of force may be required. Good manual dexterity required for the use of computers, mobile devices, and other productivity technologies.

The job is performed indoors in a traditional office setting. Extended periods of sitting and extensive work at a computer and phone are normal.

Travel Requirements:

60-80 travel days per year anticipated, primarily to meet with major giving partners across the nation, but also to participate in key YFC events.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

Vacation time
Sick time
12 paid holidays
Paid week off between Christmas and New Years

Health & Welfare Benefits (Voluntary Enrollment):

Medical
Dental
Vision
Supplemental Accident

Health & Welfare Benefits (Company Sponsored):

$600 Health Savings Account (HSA) YFC contribution*
- Must be enrolled in an eligible plan and amounts are prorated based on hire date
403b up to a 3% match
Access to EAP Services
Company paid Short Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Life/AD&D

EOE 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.

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