UYC Atlanta City Director

Urban Youth Collaborative; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Youth Collaborative in Atlanta is seeking a City Director to build and expand campus ministry presence, forging relationships with schools, churches, and student leaders, and developing staff and volunteers.

This role is fully support-raised, requiring you to personally raise all salary and ministry expenses, while guiding Project 25 Southeast initiatives and sustaining donor relationships across the city.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of full-time, paid ministry experience.
• Proven fundraising track record or donor network.
• Ability to build staff and volunteer base and fundraising systems.
• Willingness to raise 100% of salary and ministry expenses.
• Existing relationships with Atlanta-area churches or schools are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and expand UYC's ministry presence in Atlanta, deepening relationships with schools, churches, and student leaders.
• Provide Student Leadership Training so students can legally launch and lead their own faith clubs on public school campuses.
• Partner with local churches to provide Church Leadership training, and equip parents and volunteers.
• Raise 100% of funding to cover your salary and ministry expenses and grow a donor base.
• Represent UYC to the Atlanta community, church partners, and school leaders.

Skills

Fundraising

Ministry leadership

Urban youth ministry

Relationship building

Job description

Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) | Full-Time | Atlanta, GA | Compensation: $110,000–$125,000 (fully support-raised).

Website: https://uyc.org

About Urban Youth Collaborative:

Urban Youth Collaborative exists to transform public school campuses into communities of faith, hope, and love by spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ through reproducing disciple-makers among the next generation. Through campus clubs, chaplaincy programs, community service projects, and sexual risk avoidance education, UYC empowers students to lead with purpose, build healthy relationships, and discover their God-given potential.

UYC is a coalition of over 100 church partners supporting student-led faith clubs and motivational assemblies at over 100 middle and high school campuses, with active ministry presence in San Diego (CA), Spokane (WA), Greater Sacramento (CA), Columbia (SC), Atlanta (GA), Tijuana (MX), and Addis Ababa (ET) — and emerging locations worldwide. What began as one youth pastor's conviction that public schools are the last place in American culture where nearly every young person still gathers has grown into a movement across multiple cities and countries, built on the belief that God wants his kids back.

The Atlanta Opportunity:

Atlanta Public Schools serves approximately 50,000 students across more than 100 school sites, with a student body that is roughly 90 percent minority and nearly three-quarters economically disadvantaged, qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Georgia's teen birth rate remains meaningfully above the national average, underscoring the ongoing need for mentoring, healthy relationship education, and spiritual grounding among the city's youth.

UYC already has an established foothold in Atlanta through Project 25 Southeast US, a regional affiliate of UYC's national Project 25 initiative headquartered in Atlanta. Project 25 mobilizes middle and high school students to design and lead their own community-impact projects, connecting them to local churches and equipping them as change agents in their own families, schools, and neighborhoods. This existing presence gives the incoming City Director a genuine head start — real relationships with schools, churches, and student leaders already engaged through Project 25 Southeast — as UYC works to build out a fuller ministry presence across the city.

More Than A Job -- A Calling from God:

We're looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial ministry leader to serve as City Director, building and expanding UYC's ministry presence in Atlanta. This is a builder's role: you will personally deepen and expand campus ministry relationships, build a staff and volunteer base over time, and create the foundation for a thriving city operation.

You'll work directly on campus in ministry relationships with student leaders, church partners, and school allies, while also carrying responsibility for the long-term vision and strategy of the Atlanta market. Much like a coach who equips others to play the game rather than stepping onto the field themselves, your greatest impact will come through developing student leaders and future team members who carry the ministry forward in their own schools and communities.

What You'll Do:

• Build and expand UYC's ministry presence in Atlanta, deepening relationships with schools, churches, and student leaders already engaged through Project 25 Southeast, while establishing new campus partnerships across the city.
• Provide Student Leadership Training so students can legally launch and lead their own faith clubs on public school campuses.
• Partner with local churches to provide Church Leadership training, and equip parents and volunteers through Parent & Volunteer Leadership training.
• Personally raise 100% of the funding needed to cover your own salary and ministry expenses, and build a sustaining donor base through networking, relationship meetings, and grant opportunities.
• As the Atlanta market grows, consider building an early team — potentially including a Community Outreach Coordinator, an Administrative Coordinator, and a cohort of engaged local youth pastors — with each team member responsible for raising their own personal support, coached and supported by you along the way.
• Represent UYC and its mission enthusiastically to the greater Atlanta community, church partners, and school leaders.
• At least 4 years of full-time, paid ministry experience, preferably including urban youth ministry, school ministry, or church-partner ministry.
• A proven personal fundraising track record or a donor network willing to support this new calling — this is a fully support-raised position, and the ability and willingness to raise 100% of your own salary and ministry expenses is required.
• Comfort operating in a startup, high-ambiguity environment, building relationships and systems from scratch rather than stepping into a fully established operation.
• Staff supervision and volunteer recruitment experience is a plus, especially experience helping others build their own fundraising base.
• Existing relationships with Atlanta-area churches, schools, or student leaders are a strong asset, particularly any connection to UYC's existing Project 25 Southeast network.
• Full agreement with UYC's Statement of Faith and Lifestyle Commitments (available upon request during the interview process).
• Willingness to complete a standard background check (criminal history, driving record, and credit), consistent with UYC's hiring practices.

Why This Role:

If you've dreamed of building a ministry from the ground up — establishing the relationships, systems, and team that will shape how a whole city's students encounter Jesus — this is that opportunity. With UYC's Project 25 Southeast presence already active in Atlanta, you won't be starting entirely from zero; you'll be building on real momentum to help write the next chapter of UYC's story in Atlanta, reaching students in the place they spend most of their time: the public school campus.