MALE GROUP LIFE SITE DIRECTOR

Position Summary

Youth For Christ partners with group home agencies throughout Fresno and Madera Counties to support, mentor, and share Jesus with high-risk teens.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct Ministry at Male Group Homes (60% of time): Facilitating programming and Christ-sharing relationships at a set number of local group homes weekly.

• Connect students with local church youth ministries to the extent possible.

• Ensure that ministry programming, one-on-one visits, and events regularly provide kids with the opportunity to make an informed decision to become a lifelong follower of Jesus.

• Growing, Equipping and Caring for a team of volunteers (25%): Recruiting volunteers (1-2 per home), communicating, training, and encouraging volunteers, communicating with and connecting volunteers with YFC, covering ministry site absences.

• Administration (15%): Reviewing curriculum for use by the team, meeting regularly with your supervisor, developing and fostering mutual partnerships, including group-home managers, administrators, and churches, etc.; coordinating mentoring schedules, ministry reporting as requested, fundraising, YFC engagement for All-Staff Events and Meetings.

General Staff Expectations

• Maintain a vital and growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ and demonstrate that relationship through a morally upstanding lifestyle that is in keeping with biblical principles.
• Demonstrate involvement in a local church through regular attendance, relationships with other members, and participation in ministry programs and events.
• Fully embrace the Youth for Christ vision and mission, and statement of faith.
• Carry out the agreed-upon work schedule, communicating variations in advance.
• Attend staff meetings and retreats unless excused by ED.
• Fulfill ministry fundraising expectations as agreed upon (sending quarterly Support Letters, seeking in-kind donations, asking for direct ministry support, and participating in every “all-staff” ministry or fundraising event unless excused by the Executive Director, etc).
• Help maintain a safe and clean physical work environment.

Spiritual Responsibilities

• 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.
• Perform sacramental functions such as the taking of communion and leading times of corporate prayer, confession and praise, and perform and lead religious ceremonies such as weddings, baptisms and funerals when called upon by staff and other members of the YFC community.

Knowledge, Abilities and Minimum Requirements

• A High School diploma plus one year removed from graduating.
• Able to drive to group homes, reliable transportation.
• Working knowledge of and ability to use Google Suite, various online applications, Windows, Microsoft Office program suite, etc.
• Spiritual gifts of importance to this position are: evangelism, leadership, administration, and shepherding.
• Portions of this job will require the employee to sit and work at a computer for extended periods of time.

Working Relationships

• Responsible directly to the Group Homes Ministry Coordinator(s) and/or assigned Ministry Director(s).
• Supervises assigned interns and volunteers.
• Works in tandem with other Group Home staff.
• Interacts with all F/M YFC staff and volunteers.

Company Information

• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics.
• 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.
• 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.