Sports Program Manager Jobs in Rochester, NY (NOW HIRING)

The Sports Program Manager reports to the Executive Director and serves as a key part of the leadership team. S/he will provide a secure and friendly place where Christian athletes will learn and experience the Christian faith, as well as basketball skills. S/he will serve as a mentor and basketball coach and will support an environment where 11–19-year-old girls develop a strong personal faith, with a focus on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We seek an individual who can connect with students and interact professionally with adults in the community. The successful candidate must be a self-starter with a passion for discipleship evangelism, youth development, and the Lord Jesus Christ. S/he must also possess strong leadership and communication skills.

Essential Job Functions and Duties

• Communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ to youth participants through Bible study, relationships, prayer, and talking about relevant topics in light of God’s truth
• Recruit girls for the program
• Conduct practice sessions and drills to improve individual skills
• Plan and organize practices and games, including arranging facilities, equipment, and other resources needed for the team's activities
• Demonstrate basketball skills and techniques
• Assist with strength training and nutrition programs
• Develop and recommend strategies for a successful basketball program
• Ensure all equipment and facilities are maintained
• Organize team activities
• Facilitate and supervise training sessions and workouts
• Establish a written set of aims, goals, objectives, and values for the basketball program
• Comply with child protection policies and procedures and be familiar with first aid
• Recruit, train, and maintain adult volunteers in accordance with YFC USA processes
• Create a strict Code of Conduct: Church Ball not Street Ball
• Build relationships with parents, guardians, and churches to promote the program
• Maintain youth and program records in the YFC Hub according to the YFC USA model

Ministry Health

• Develop Christian athletes, while implementing an exemplary basketball program that will effectively and relentlessly pursue victory without sacrificing Christian character
• Provide a secure and friendly place where Christian athletes will learn and experience the Christian faith
• Serve as a mentor and basketball coach
• Support an environment where youth participants will develop a strong personal faith focused on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
• Model Christian guidance, discipleship, fellowship, and servant leadership in a spiritually, emotionally, physically supportive environment
• Use basketball to provide purposeful leadership where prayer is central
• Help youth with their calling by connecting young athletes with God
• Keep Executive Director aware of ministry health, progress, and challenges

Ministry Growth

• Celebrate what God is doing for and through the program
• Give youth the opportunity to serve and recruit others
• Take the ministry to schools, churches, and neighborhoods
• Partner with like-minded groups to identify individuals to serve as mentors and/or coaches to YFC student athletes

Donor Development

• Participate in fundraising efforts hosted by the organization
• Build relationships with donors
• Solicit sponsorship of our basketball program from local businesses and corporations through personal contact
• Research grant opportunities

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.

Knowledge & Skills

• Pursuing a relationship with Jesus Christ
• Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
• Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
• Self-Motivator
• Passionate about seeing lost youth find hope in Jesus
• Involved in and supporting a local church by serving, being engaged in the community, and regularly attending
• Sets a godly example for staff, volunteers, and students
• Demonstrates a humble and teachable spirit
• Possess strong moral character and be of good repute
• Ability to work with and communicate professionally with staff, donors, churches, and the public
• Able to lead, motivate, and relate to young people
• Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
• Able to manage and shepherd 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
• Administrative abilities for scheduling, recordkeeping, and working under deadlines of the program, the Chapter, and YFC USA
• Perseverance through opposition and obstacles
• Pass a national background check

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, foster an inviting environment and empower 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

• Education required: High School Diploma (minimum); Bachelor's Degree (highly desirable)
• Experience required: Previous experience with basketball (playing, coaching, etc.); Youth ministry experience
• Knowledge: Solid understanding of basketball; good leadership skills
• Character: Strong Christian leader who has exhibited integrity

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.

Long-Term Disability Insurance

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.