Juvenile Justice Ministry Director

Position: JUVENILE JUSTICE MINISTRY DIRECTOR

JUVENILE JUSTICE MINISTRY DIRECTOR – Youth For Christ USA Inc.

Qualified leaders are needed to head our outreach programs to jailed teens, released teens, and diversion participants across multiple facilities. This role reports to the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer as part of the leadership team.

Position Summary

This person will oversee ministry in Lancaster County Youth Services Center, Lincoln YRTC, Lancaster County Diversion, and other facilities. Responsibilities include oversight of ministry sites, leading and managing volunteers, resourcing staff, developing future ministry sites, community collaboration, and fund development.

Essential Functions Ministry Health

• Direct and guide volunteers and staff through the 5 Essentials and National Ministry best practices
• Develop current ministry sites health and growth
• Regularly evaluate ministry effectiveness and help sites grow
• Volunteer oversight; develop recruiting, training, and retention plan for volunteer teams
• Build deep community relationships around current ministry sites
• Consistently involved in local ministry with lost teens
• Handle some administrative functions such as reporting and scheduling

Ministry Growth

• Collaborate with the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer to develop vision for ministry expansion
• Recruit, train, and develop volunteers for juvenile justice facilities
• Support and train new ministry staff in community development and ministry in their first year
• Build a strategic community collaboration plan for new sites

Leadership Development

• Help build a culture of people development within the chapter
• Aid new ministry staff through the YFC Credentialing process
• Participate in the wider YFC movement for personal growth
• Oversee internship programs for developing young leaders

Donor Development

• Participate in team-oriented fundraising efforts
• Win, keep, and lift donors
• Work with the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer on pursuing significant donors
• Develop local support to assist with current and new ministry sites
• Assist site directors in developing local Community Support Teams when appropriate

Spiritual Responsibilities

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom for the organization and specific initiatives
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion, and worship
• Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at staff meetings, conferences, camps, and events
• Model empathy, humility, and care; promote equity and inclusion in word and practice of faith expression
• Opportunity to be commissioned or licensed as a minister of the Gospel through Youth for Christ process or ordained by a body recognized by YFC USA

Position Requirements Knowledge & Skills

• Humility in service and honoring others in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience
• Reliance on God, others, and self; incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming feedback, and extending forgiveness
• Prioritizing others’ needs for a missional outcome; active listening, problem‑solving, encouraging believers
• Trusting God with new approaches; communicating needs and limits with emotional intelligence
• Seeking authentic Christ‑centered relationships, fostering inclusivity, and advocating for vulnerable groups

Fundraising Responsibilities

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in fundraising activities such as extending invitations, recruiting donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, making personal calls, and ministering to donors.

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

Experience working in the justice system as a volunteer or employee – Preferred.
High School Graduation or GED – Required.
College or Associates Degree – Preferred.

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to employees and applicants 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 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.

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