Campus Area Director

Position Summary

Reporting Relationship/Accountability:
Reports Directly to Ministry Director.

• Consistently involved in local ministry with lost 11-19 year olds
• Direct and guide the ministry team in your area through the 5 Essentials and National Ministry best practices
• Manage current ministry staff team through individual supervision and regular area staff meetings
• Develop current ministry sites health and growth
• Regularly evaluate ministry effectiveness while helping sites and site leaders grow
• Volunteer oversight for your area; work with site directors to develop a recruiting, training and retention plan for volunteers and volunteer teams
• Potentially work with other area directors and oversight of volunteer intake process
• Build deep community relationships in and around current ministry sites
• Provide ministry resources for trips and events while spearheading events or assist during these events
• Consistently involved in local ministry with lost teens
• Some administrative functions involved (reporting, scheduling, etc.)

• Work with the Executive Director or Ministry Director in developing vision for ministry expansion in your area
• Assist in laying the foundation for effective ministry in that particular new ministry site
• Assist in the hiring process of staff for each ministry site
• Support and train new ministry staff in community development and ministry in their first year
• Build a strategic community collaboration plan for new sites

• Build a culture of people development within the ministry area
• Invest in direct reports’ growth and development
• Aid new ministry staff in their journey through the initial YFC Credentialing process
• Participate in the wider movement for your continued personal growth (regionally & nationally)
• Oversight of any internship programs for investment in raising up young leaders
• Donor Development:
  Be involved in all team-oriented fundraising efforts
• Find, win, keep and lift donors
• Walk with the Executive Director or Ministry Director in the process of pursuing significant donors
• Develop local support to assist with current and new ministry sites
• Assist site directors in developing local Community Support Teams when appropriate

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.

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).
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