ZEELAND CAMPUS LIFE DIRECTOR

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

Benefits offered by this job

PTO/Sick Time

Health Insurance

Training/Personal Development Opportunities

Flexible Schedule

Job summary

A religious nonprofit organization in Zeeland is seeking a Zeeland Campus Life Director to provide spiritual leadership and engage with youth in relational ministry. This full-time position emphasizes building authentic relationships, overseeing volunteers, and implementing programming within the YFC model. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and possess strong communication and organizational skills. The role offers comprehensive benefits including PTO, health insurance, and personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Embraces the vision and mission of YFC.
• Connect well with youth.
• Strong moral character and good repute.
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Direct ministry with students through relational ministry actions.
• Strategically plan and implement specific RMAs.
• Nurture personal support via networking.
• Prepare ministry and financial reports.

Skills

Spiritual leadership skills

Organizational leadership

Strong communication skills

Team management

Diversity awareness

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

ZEELAND CAMPUS LIFE DIRECTOR role at Youth For Christ USA Inc.

Position Summary

The Zeeland Campus Life 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

Direct Ministry with Students – 60%

• Weekly practice of the Campus Life relational ministry actions (RMAs): Contacting, Building Times, Appointments, Small Groups, Core, and Club
• Participation in strategic trips and events related to Campus Life
• Training, meeting with, and recruiting adult volunteers, as well as participants in community support and prayer teams

Ministry Development – 20%

• Strategically plan and implement specific RMAs (Relational Ministry Actions)
• Foster a strong, collaborative partnership with area churches and ministries
• Establish and develop programming materials and train ministry leaders in the implementation of curriculum and programming materials

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

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
• 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

• 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

About

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 fosters 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 possesses 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
• Three years of ministry experience

Fundraising Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

• PTO/Sick Time
• Health Insurance
• Training/Personal Development Opportunities
• Flexible Schedule

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.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Education and Training

Industry: Religious Institutions