BYRON CENTER HS CAMPUS LIFE MINISTRY SITE DIRECTOR

Youth For Christ USA Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedules

Paid Holidays

PTO

Leadership Development/Training Opportunities

Job summary

Youth For Christ USA Inc. is seeking a Campus Life Ministry Site Director in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This role requires strong spiritual and organizational leadership to foster relationships within the community while promoting YFC’s mission and values.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree, three years of ministry experience, and the ability to work with volunteer leaders while embracing a Christ-centered approach. Benefits include flexible schedules and leadership training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in ministry leadership for at least three years.
• Strong moral character and good repute.
• Self-motivator with the ability to connect with youth.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and lead volunteer ministry leaders.
• Manage and facilitate Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs).
• Prepare ministry and financial reports.
• Participate in annual Employee Performance Evaluations.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to manage a team

Spiritual leadership

Relationship building skills

Cultural diversity awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Position Summary

The Campus Life 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.

Essential Functions

Ministry Team Development (20%)

• Recruit, train, and maintain volunteer ministry leader team in accordance with the processes found in the Knowledge Base
• Create a strong connection between local churches and the ministry site
• Provide training materials and ministry site standards for ministry leaders
• Develop healthy 3 Story teams for each ministry site
• Establish necessary support and guidelines to ensure healthy and growing ministry at all sites
• Be an advocate in the community for young people
• Report progress and ministry updates to YFC

Relational Ministry Action Development (60%)

• Responsible for managing, facilitating, and serving in the Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs)
• Direct the 3 Story Team at their site in accomplishing the standards outlined in the RMAs found in the Knowledge Base
• Establish and develop programming materials
• Train and evaluate ministry site leaders in the implementation of curriculum materials

Administrative Tasks (10%)

• Ministry and financial reports (weekly ministry reports, etc.)
• Preparation for meetings, events, clubs, etc.

Personal Development (5%)

• Participate in annual Employee Performance Evaluation
• Training and individual investments (regular supervisory connection)

Fundraising (5%)

• Nurturing personal support via your network
• Communication with donors - thank you notes, monthly letters, etc.
• Participates in WMYFC’s “See the Story” and “Be the Story” process

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. 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.

Reference Checks

Reference checks are automatically sent upon application submission.

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

• Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
• Participation in YFC’s Blueprint for Leadership
• Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
• Self‑Motivator
• Strong moral character and of good repute
• Connect well with youth
• Well‑spoken in front of youth and adults
• Manage a team of diverse volunteers
• Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures, and ethnicities
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
• Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Three years of ministry experience

Benefits

• Flexible Schedules
• Paid Holidays
• PTO
• Leadership Development/Training Opportunities

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.