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Vision, Inspiration, Creator, Mobilizer of People, Influential and Strategic are words that summarize this role. The Vice President of Expansion serves a crucial role in the exponential growth, and forward progress of the mission of YFC, through Chapter Leadership, Chapters, Church partner sites and Online mobilization. S/he is responsible for overseeing the strategic plan of execution and growth of all chapters, church partner sites and the creation of online mobilization. This includes innovation through, Christ Centered Design thinking, building and equipping excellent teams to creatively build a strong foundation to reach new levels of growth and impact on the field and kingdom partnerships.

S/he works in close relationship with the Office of the President and other division Vice Presidents to lead and steward the mission of YFC. S/he oversees all department heads inside of the Mission Expansion division (Chapter Advancement, Leadership Pipeline/training, Church Partner Sites, Online Platform) to ensure that the Movement is progressing in a culture of continual, exponential and rapid improvement to fulfil the 10-year Strategic Vision, to see Gen Alpha known as a generation devoted to Christ.

This role also requires spiritual and organizational leadership skills, the ability to work with and through other people, as well as strong communication, management, and listening skills. As with all leadership positions in YFC, the VP of Mission Expansion must embrace and build a team that embodies and models YFC’s Cultural Attributes: Christ-centered, enduring humility, relentless trust, courageous faithfulness, joyful camaraderie, and kingdom inspired diversity.

Essential Functions

Promote our interdependent national vision, thoughtfully implement our national strategy, mobilizing resources for this purpose. (25%)

• This leader will promote our interdependent national vision, thoughtfully implement our national strategy, mobilize people and manage resources from across the NSC and in collaboration with the greater movement of YFC. All of this so that our YFC strategic vision is properly positioned and progressing towards our Vision of seeing Gen Alpha known as a generation devoted to Christ.
• Apply a Design Thinking mindset in daily work, integrating innovation and Christ-centered, human-centered problem-solving into planning, collaboration, and execution.

Leadership and Management of the Expansion Division (25%)

• In addition to designing strategy, this leader also oversees a team of highly dedicated and talented department heads who will help execute the vision and strategy of the Expansion Division.
• This leader has a close working relationship with all department heads to ensure that the division is producing outcomes that will help achieve our preeminent goal.
• This leader will foster a supportive and collaborative environment where every team member feels valued and empowered. They will cultivate trust, provide clarity, and encourage growth through consistent feedback and development opportunities. By modeling excellence and care, they will create the conditions for their team to thrive and achieve their highest potential.

Organizational and Mission Leadership (15%)

• As a Vice President, this leader will engage in Organizational and cross-division leadership as needed to ensure the mission of YFC is progressing in a culture of continual improvement in line with our core values. This includes our operating priority of interdependence.
• Set a course of Exponential Chapter Growth in collaboration with Executive field leadership
• Coordination and collaboration with the Office of the President and other division heads to accomplish movement priorities is essential.

Field Engagement (35%)

• This leader will be responsible for developing and maintaining a “Church site” or “network” site model that engages local churches and like-minded partnership in the relational evangelism of young people.
• This leader will have significant engagement with YFC leaders from across the mission and with Church Site Leadership to ensure that the Expansion Division is appropriately serving and leading the field in line with our desire to reach our preeminent goal.
• This leader will build an Executive Pipeline from identifying potential Executive Leaders to recruiting, to training to succession planning, ensuring that YFC is a nationally recognized leadership development expert, where it’s leaders will bring exceptional value to YFC and the Kingdom.
• This leader will provide the start-up leadership and team hiring 20of an online platform that will serve the YFC Movement, Church sites and Kingdom Partners
• Like all employees in the Mission Expansion division, this leader will engage appropriately in organizational problem solving, as well as the issues that arise at their divisional level. This leader ensures that a holistic solution-oriented approach to problems is managed in line with all YFC USA policies and practices by utilizing all NSC and movement resources interdependently and as needed.

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 words 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.

YFC Cultural Attributes

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.

Our leaders are expected to be 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).
• Demonstrate 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).
• Prioritize others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie).
• Trust God with new approaches and changes, and communicate needs and limits with emotional intelligence*, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
• Seek and foster authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds and an inviting environment and empower historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy of those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity).

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.

Budget Responsibilities

A Budget Manager is responsible for aligning all financial resources to the YFC/USA strategic plan in accordance with the delegation and direction of the Division Head. The Budget Manager is responsible for coding, approval, and financial decision-making for their assigned Division, Department and/or Action Plan budget. When a budget is overfunded or underfunded, the Budget Manager is responsible for course correcting through the MCCR process.

Position Requirements Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated success in strategic planning, organizational growth, and change management in a mission-driven or faith-based environment.
• Deep commitment to Christ and alignment with YFC’s Statement of Faith and Cultural Attributes.
• Proven ability to inspire, mobilize, and influence diverse teams and stakeholders toward a common vision.
• Exceptional communication, relational, and listening skills with the ability to collaborate across organizational levels and church partners.
• Experience in developing leaders, succession planning, and building pipelines for long-term organizational health.
• Experience in leading through influence
• Strong financial acumen and ability to mobilize and manage resources effectively.
• Skilled in innovation, Christ-centered design thinking, and problem solving in complex systems.
• Extensive successful experience in change management through influence
• Ability to launch a start up department

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in leadership, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive leadership experience, including managing senior leaders and leading large, complex teams.

Physical Requirements

The ability to communicate orally with customers, vendors, management, and other co-workers is crucial. Regular use of the telephone and e-mail for communication is essential. Sitting for extended periods is common. Hearing and vision within normal ranges is essential for normal conversations, to receive ordinary information, and to prepare or inspect documents.

Activities require the ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time, occasionally move about inside the office to access files or office equipment, operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, handheld devices, copy machine, and computer printer.

No heavy lifting is expected, though occasional exertion of up to 10 lbs. of force may be required. Good manual dexterity is required for the use of computers, mobile devices, and other productivity technologies.

The job is performed indoors in a traditional office setting. Extended periods of sitting and extensive work at a computer and phone are normal.

Travel Requirements

20% overnight travel to other regions of the country is expected for the position.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Department Heads of the Expansion Division

• Vacation time
• Sick Time
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid week off between Christmas and New Years

Health & Welfare Benefits (Voluntary Enrollment):

• Medical
• Vision

Health and Welfare Benefits (Company Sponsored):

• YFC Contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA): $800 Single / $1,000 Family
• Must be enrolled in an eligible plan and amounts are prorated based on hire date.
• Up to 3% 403(b) match upon hire, up to 5% with tenure.
• Access to EAP services
• Short-term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life/AD&D

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.