Bluewater Thumb Area Campus Director Campus HS Laker Campus Pigeon, MI

Campus Life Director

The Campus Life Director (CLD) is responsible for giving leadership to and fulfilling the Youth for Christ (YFC) vision and mission in the assigned ministry region. This includes leadership to the region's community support team, to volunteers of the region, to fund and community development activities, and to the ministry outreach guided by the 5 Essentials and RMA's. The CLD is accountable to the Executive Director (ExD).

The CLD must be credentialed by YFC/USA, or be in the process of gaining credentials and meet YFC's initial and continuing training requirements. The CLD is also a professional position that requires the following skills in order to fulfill the vision and mission of YFC:

• Exemplary Christian life and spiritual leadership as a follower of Jesus
• Ability to build and maintain healthy relationships with people
• Competent in time management, planning, problem solving, and conflict resolution
• Capability of doing discipleship evangelism ministry within the context of relationships, shared activities, and large and small groups
• Ability to rally and lead people in the mission of YFC and raise the necessary funds to support the region
• Ability to work with and serve people from various Christian traditions
• Willingness and ability to build and manage multiple teams of people

Because the overriding religious purpose and mission of YFC 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 imperative that the CLD abide by YFC's Statement of Faith and Standards of Conduct. In addition, the following responsibilities of a spiritual nature will apply to your position within our organization:

• Seek God's guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
• Participate in and occasionally lead regular times of prayer, devotion, and worship with other ministry team members.
• Participate in and occasionally lead times of study from the Holy Bible at YFC team meetings, conferences, camps, trips, and events.

Community Support Team Building:
The CLD is expected to work in partnership with the Community Support Team in the development of ministry, community, and financial support within the region, and shall work to build a strong team.

Volunteer Development:
The CLD shall continually seek to build ministry in the region through the body of Christ. Realizing that no one person can minister to all the youth of an assigned region, the CLD shall place high priority on finding volunteers to work together as a team to provide ministry as needed.

Ministry Effectiveness:
The CLD shall see that the gospel message is effectively presented at every possible opportunity. All our activities, events, concerts, trips, clubs, etc., shall be planned and executed with the primary goal of communicating to youth the life changing message of the gospel.

Fundraising:
The CLD shall see it as his/her responsibility to meet budget goals on an annual basis and continually develop the funding base for this region.

Community Relations:
The CLD shall serve as an advocate for youth evangelism in the community, not only by speaking on behalf of YFC, but in supporting all efforts to mobilize the Christian community to reach lost youth. The CLD shall see that YFC and its mission have visibility in the community, and that YFC works in a cooperative manner with churches, other youth evangelism organizations, and community/civic groups.

Administration:
The CLD is expected to handle as much of the region's administrative and organizational work as possible. This includes but is not limited to management of:…