West Michigan Area Parent Life Ministry Site Director Parent Life Parent Life Grand Rapids Gran[...]

Yfcnin; Michigan; On-site; USD 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established nonprofit organization is seeking a passionate Site Director to lead its Parent Life program. This role emphasizes spiritual and organizational leadership, requiring a strong ability to connect with youth and foster relationships within the community. As a Site Director, you will guide a team of volunteers, develop impactful ministry actions, and engage with local agencies to support teen parents. The ideal candidate will embody core values of humility, trust, and diversity, and will play a vital role in shaping the lives of young people through Christ-centered relationships. Join us in making a difference in the community!

Benefits

Optional Health Insurance

Flexible Schedule

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
• Experience in ministry and team management is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a ministry team while fostering community support.
• Manage relational ministry actions and engage with local agencies.

Skills

Spiritual Leadership

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Team Management

Relationship Building

Diversity Awareness

Self-Motivation

Empathy

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Parent Life connects pregnant and parenting teens with supportive adults. Through small and larger group activities, teen parents experience a healthy community. Like every ministry of YFC, Parent Life seeks to engage these young people wherever they are found as lifelong followers of Jesus Christ.

The Parent Life 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 (50%)

• Training, meetings, recruiting for direct ministry, community support, and prayer volunteers.
• Build a healthy and mutually beneficial relationship with local community agencies involved in the teen pregnancy issue in order to provide comprehensive resources for teen parents involved in our program.

Relational Ministry Action Development (25%)

• Responsible for managing, facilitating and serving in the Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs): Contacting, Building Times, Appointments, Small Groups, Programming.
• Participation in strategic trips and events related to Parent Life.
• Engaging a network of personal relationships (family, friends) by inviting them to invest their time, talent and treasure in the YFC Mission.
• Communication with giving partners - thank you notes, newsletters, etc.
• Participating in WMYFC’s “See the Story” and “Be the Story” process.

Administrative Tasks (10%)

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

Personal Development (5%)

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

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.

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.

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 foster 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 possess 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 preferred.
• Three years of ministry experience.

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 fundraising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.

Reference Checks

Please note that our application system automatically emails out reference checks upon submission. If you do not wish for a reference to receive communication immediately, please do not put an email address in.

Optional Health Insurance (including dental and vision)

Flexible Schedule

Professional Development Opportunities

EOE 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.