YFC National Service Center Senior Mission Investment Officer Denver Area

The Senior Mission Investment Officer is responsible for securing and growing financial support for YFC’s National Service Center by cultivating and managing a portfolio of major donors and prospects. This role also supports key funding initiatives identified in the national strategic plan.

This role requires an experienced development professional with expertise in major gift fundraising, motivated by YFC’s mission to reach young people for Christ and advance the Church by engaging those who are far from it.

Essential Functions:

• Works in partnership with the Office of the President
• With empowerment of the Holy Spirit, s/he is responsible for growing and sustaining the NSC’s giving partner base/operating funds.
• Personally develops and maintains a portfolio of major giving partner relationships valued up to $500,000.
• Plans and participates in each stage of the fundraising cycle to initiate contact with potential and existing major donors; contributes to the development of suitable cultivation strategies; moves prospects and donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward invitation; makes invitations; and maintains stewardship and appreciation tactics
• Maintains all faithful development activities defined by YFC USA’s Development model (as advised and aligned across the movement by the National Development Strategist)
• Meets or exceeds measurable targets to acquire new partners and ensure all existing partners are faithfully cultivated.
• Facilitate faithful activities in the areas of:
  • President’s circle relationships
  • Key relationships/major giving partners for the national mission, including conducting research of our wider partner base for major giving potential
  • Monthly partners within the “circle of influence” of fully engaged NSC staff, or that emerge as leads from external marketing strategies provided by the YFC Marketing team
  • Acquiring and maintaining key foundation/grants relationships
  • Occasional national development events
• Regularly assessing and reporting the progress towards agreed-upon goals and benchmarks.
• Maintains records and reports of all development activity, in Salesforce -- YFC’s Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software for all operations (appointment logging, giving partner information and insights, research, pledge tracking, gift designations).
• Assists the Gift Processing team in clarifying giving partner intent/designation where necessary, or by refining established policies from time to time in coordination with the Finance Department.
• Works with the NSC staff to implement capital campaigns, as designed and requested by the executive team.
• Collaborates and coordinates with staff in all departments to maximize donor relationships and philanthropic giving.
• Completes and assesses prospect research
• Actively manages and grows their portfolio of donors
• Speaks knowledgably about Youth For Christ and serves as an ambassador in the community.
• Participates in projects as assigned.

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…