CITY LIFE WEST – MIDDLE & AFTER SCHOOL SITE LEADER

Youth For Christ USA Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Youth For Christ USA Inc. in Columbus, OH seeks a dedicated leader to direct the City Life Center Middle & After School Programs, staff and volunteers, and to drive program growth for Westside youth.

The role recruits and coaches staff, partners with schools and churches, supervises activities, tracks attendance, and embodies YFC’s faith-based mission through relational ministry and spiritual programming. This full-time, on-site position emphasizes hands-on youth mentoring and community outreach.

Qualifications

• Experience leading youth programs and staff teams.
• Ability to recruit, coach and manage volunteers.
• Comfort with data entry and reporting to guide decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow City Life Center Middle & After School Programs, staff and volunteers.
• Recruit, coach and supervise staff and volunteers, facilitating engagement.
• Champion YFC’s 5 Essentials, Relational Ministry Actions and Holistic Model.
• Establish partnerships with local schools, churches and community groups.
• Serve as a godly role model and nurture spiritual development of youth.
• Maintain organization of gym and classrooms and ensure supplies.
• Manage attendance data and generate growth reports for sites.
• Help lead YFC trips/camps and assist in coordinating volunteer and student participation.
• Complete training, participate in staff meetings, and support fundraising efforts.

Skills

Staff supervision

Volunteer management

Data entry

Partnership building

Tools

Attendance tracking

Job description

Position Summary

GOAL: To advance the mission and vision of Central Ohio Youth for Christ (including affiliates and subsidiaries) by mobilizing staff and volunteer teams to achieve chapter initiatives and goals.

KEY OBJECTIVES

Responsible for leading and growing the City Life Center Middle & After School Ministry, staff and volunteers.

Responsible for attending and supporting COYFC trips and camps.

Responsible for fulfilling COYFC/City Life team and administrative responsibilities.

Responsible for fulfilling COYFC spiritual responsibilities.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To, The Following

Lead and Grow City Life Center Middle & After School Programs, Staff and Volunteers

• Serve as on-site lead for the City Life Center Middle School & After School Programs, facilitating program growth to reach increasing numbers of Westside youth.
• Recruit, coach and supervise staff (meeting weekly) and volunteer teams to increase in maturity and ministry effectiveness, engaging youth in YFC’s Relational Ministry Actions (Club, Bible Studies, etc.), sports, classes and other holistic programming.
• Learn and become an excellent practitioner and champion of YFCs 5 Essentials, Relational Ministry Actions and Holistic Model.
• Establish win-win partnerships with local schools, churches and community organizations, including leading and facilitating In School Mentoring Groups, or other programming at local middle schools.
• Serve as a godly role model for youth, engaging them relationally and spiritually.
• Keep gym and classrooms organized and well-supplied with necessary equipment.
• Manage data entry and attendance tracking for Middle & After School Program; use data to guide strategic ministry decisions. Generate reports as needed to show growth trends for these sites.

Help Lead YFC Trips and Camps

• Help recruit volunteers and students to attend Middle School trips/camps.
• Attend and assist in leading volunteers and students at 2 or more Middle & After School trips/camps per year.
• Contribute to the larger COYFC effort of increasing quality and impact of yearly trips/camps.

Fulfill COYFC/City Life Team and Administrative Responsibilities

• Complete all required and ongoing training for the role.
• Support COYFC Leadership Development training efforts by regularly participating in COYFC learning opportunities.
• Attend/lead City Life Center staff team meetings.
• Work with City Life staff and volunteer teams to handle student discipline promptly and safely.
• Help keep Center clean and operational, and promptly report any building issues to the Facilities Team.
• Manage staff deadlines, times sheets, monthly newsletters and daily email correspondence.
• Attend quarterly COYFC Staff meetings and monthly Student Ministry Team meetings.
• Support Development Department and chapter-wide fundraising efforts by connecting students and adults to various events throughout the year. Invite a minimum of 4 new guests to See the Story tours or the Be the Story event.

Spiritual Responsibilities

• Articulate and uphold COYFC religious beliefs and practices at work and outside of work. Each employee serves to represent the religious message and mission of COYFC (as outlined in the Statement of Faith and Mission) to the broader community.
• Be ready and willing to lead and contribute to distinctly Christian activities such as devotional worship or prayer services.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within YFC
• Regularly share the gospel message with students who come into contact with COYFC ministries

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.