Director, Chapter

Position Summary

Mobilizer, advancement, collaboration, and execution are four words that define this role. The Director of Chapters plays a pivotal role in advancing the mission of YFC by leading the implementation of The Movement Strategic Plan and supporting the growth and health of more than 110 chapters across the United States.

Working through a team of dedicated primary stewards and subject‑matter experts serving as secondary stewards, the Director of Chapters mobilizes people and resources around a shared vision for growth. This role requires strong spiritual and organizational leadership, with the ability to lead through influence, build alignment, and work effectively through and with others. Strong communication, management, listening, and relational skills are essential.

The Director of Chapters must hold grace and strength in healthy tension—demonstrating the humility and care needed to serve chapter leaders while also providing the clarity, courage, and galvanizing leadership necessary to advance mission growth. The role works alongside approximately 110 independently led chapters, their Executive Directors, and their boards to create alignment, inspire action, and move the Movement toward its strategic goals.

The Director of Chapters will build and lead a team that embodies YFC’s Cultural Attributes:
Christ‑centered, enduring humility, relentless trust, courageous faithfulness, joyful camaraderie, and kingdom‑inspired diversity.

• Ensures each chapter develops and executes a strategic plan for continual growth aligned with The Movement Strategic Plan.
• Leads the Chapter team in supporting chapters to achieve their site and leader growth goals.
• Leads the chapter intervention process, providing focused support to help chapters return to growth or, when necessary, guiding an orderly closure process.

• Leads and develops a team of Chapter Specialists who directly support and engage local chapters.
• Coaches and guides the Chapter team to drive chapter alignment, health, and growth in support of strategic goals.
• Creates a healthy, accountable, and collaborative team culture that equips team members to lead effectively.

• Provides cross‑departmental and cross‑divisional leadership to foster a culture of continual improvement and support sustained chapter growth.
• Coordinates and collaborates with other department and division leaders to accomplish NSC and Movement priorities.
• Builds alignment and shared ownership across teams to ensure chapters receive coordinated and effective support.

• Equips and develops primary and secondary stewards to scale and strengthen mission growth.
• Provides the team with the tools, resources, authority, and support needed to make sound decisions and apply their expertise and judgment.
• Invests in the personal care, professional development, and ongoing growth of each team member.

• Utilizes National Service Center and field resources to address chapter‑level challenges in alignment with YFC USA policies, practices, and priorities.
• Applies a Design Thinking mindset to daily work, integrating innovation and Christ‑centered, human‑centered problem‑solving into planning, collaboration, and execution.

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.
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