Lincoln Area Juvenile Justice Ministry Director Juvenile Justice Ministry Lancaster County Yout

This person has the exciting opportunity to head up all of our outreach programs to jailed teens, released teens and diversion participants. They will report to the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer as a key part of the leadership team. S/he is primarily responsible for, but not limited to, overseeing ministry in the Lancaster County Youth Services Center, Lincoln YRTC, Lancaster County Diversion, and other facilities.

This includes oversight of ministry sites, managing and leading volunteers, resourcing the staff and volunteers as they implement effective ministry, development of future ministry sites, community collaboration and fund development.

• Direct and guide the volunteers and staff team in your area through the 5 Essentials and National Ministry best practices
• Develop current ministry sites health and growth
• Regularly evaluate ministry effectiveness while helping sites and site leaders grow
• Volunteer oversight for your area; develop a recruiting, training and retention plan for volunteers and volunteer teams.
• Build deep community relationships in and around current ministry sites.
• Consistently involved in local ministry with lost teens
• Some administrative functions involved (reporting, scheduling, etc.)

• Work with the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer in developing vision for ministry expansion in your area
• Recruit, train and develop volunteers to go into juvenile justice facilities to meet, mentor, and share the Good News with teens.
• Support and train new ministry staff in community development and ministry in their first year
• Build a strategic community collaboration plan for new sites

• Help build a culture of people development within the chapter
• Aid new ministry staff in their journey through the initial YFC Credentialing process
• Participate in the wider YFC movement for your continued personal growth
• Oversight of any internship programs for investment in raising up young leaders

• Be involved in all team-oriented fundraising efforts
• Win, keep and lift donors
• Walk with the Executive Director or Chief Ministry Officer in the process of 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

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

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…