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The Mission Investment Officer has primary responsibility for developing, growing, and sustaining giving relationships for YFC’s National Service Center, with particular focus on portfolio stewardship, donor qualification, and helping donors take their next faithful step in generosity. 

This role will manage a portfolio of giving partners and prospects, including mid-level donors and major donor prospects, and will participate in the entire donor life cycle: identification, research, qualification, cultivation, invitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade. A key part of this role is helping the Lead of Development and broader Development team determine the appropriate donor pathway for each relationship, including whether a donor is best served through core giving, mid-level engagement, major giving, campaign cultivation, or another development strategy. 

The successful candidate is a relational and disciplined development professional with demonstrated experience in fundraising, donor relations, sales, ministry partnership, or a related field. S/he should be deeply motivated by YFC’s mission to reach young people for Christ and be motivated to grow the Church by reaching young people who are far from the Church. 

Essential Functions

• Works in partnership with the Director of Development and Development team as assigned.  

• Through the leading and empowerment of the Holy Spirit, helps grow and sustain the NSC’s giving partner base, operating funds, and campaign funding priorities.  

• Manages a portfolio of giving partners and prospects, including mid-level donors and major donor prospects, with responsibility for ongoing relationship development, stewardship, and portfolio growth.  

• Leads assigned donors and prospects through the donor life cycle, including identification, research, qualification, cultivation, invitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade.  

• Develops and executes personalized donor strategies that deepen relationship, strengthen connection to YFC’s mission, help determine the appropriate donor pathway, and invite increased generosity at the appropriate time.  

• Meets or exceeds agreed-upon goals related to donor engagement, portfolio growth, donor retention, upgrades, new partner acquisition, and stewardship activity.  

• Maintains accurate and timely records of all development activity in Salesforce, including donor interactions, research, insights, next steps, stewardship activity, pledges, gift designations, and donor pathway recommendations.  

• Collaborates with Marketing, Gift Processing, Finance, NSC staff, and other departments to strengthen donor experience, clarify donor intent, support campaign execution, and maximize giving.  

• Supports national development events, capital campaigns, special funding initiatives, and other donor engagement opportunities as assigned.  

• Speaks knowledgeably about Youth For Christ and serves as an ambassador for the mission in donor, ministry, and community settings.  

• Participates in additional projects as assigned. 

• Apply a Design Thinking mindset in daily work, integrating innovation and Christ-centered, human-centered problem-solving into planning, collaboration, and execution. 

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 words 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. 

YFC Cultural Attributes 

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. It is an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults foster healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by Enduring Humility, Relentless Trust, Joyful Camaraderie, Courageous Faithfulness and Kingdom Inspired Diversity. 

Our leaders are expected to be willing to demonstrate and/or possess the following:  

• Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility).  

• Demonstrate 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).  

• Prioritize others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie). 

• Trust God with new approaches and changes, and communicate needs and limits with emotional intelligence*, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness) 

• Seek and foster authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds and an inviting environment and empower historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy of those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity).    

 

Fundraising Responsibilities

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC/USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to— extending invitations to fundraising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.  
 
For Affiliate and Chapter Staff: YFC may attach a minimum fundraising goal to certain projects, activities, departments, or individuals. 

 

Knowledge & Skills

• A proven track record in fundraising, donor relations, sales, ministry partnership, or related relationship-based work.  

• Demonstrated ability to manage, steward, and grow a portfolio of giving partners and prospects.  

• Experience with donor identification, research, qualification, cultivation, invitation, stewardship, renewal, and upgrade strategies.  

• Ability to assess donor readiness and help determine appropriate donor pathways across core, mid-level, major, monthly, campaign, and other giving opportunities.  

• Expertise in Kingdom fundraising philosophies and principles.  

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.  

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to personalize donor outreach, stewardship, and follow-up.  

• Ability to make decisions and exercise good judgment in a changing environment, with the ability to anticipate future needs.  

• Strong customer service orientation, earning the trust of giving partners and team members alike.  

• Relational but goal-oriented person, driven by the need to resource a critically important mission of reaching kids while respecting the stewardship priorities of all giving partners.  

• Ministerial — able to minister to giving partners’ personal needs and help disciple their walk with Christ, especially as it relates to generosity in God’s Kingdom.  

• Comfortable using CRM systems, donor reports, dashboards, and move-management tools to guide daily work.  

• Ability to maintain accurate donor records, track next steps, and report progress toward goals.  

 

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred 

• Certifications in Kingdom-oriented fund development a plus 

• 3-5 years’ experience in fund development, sales, donor and customer relations, ministry partnership, advancement, or other related relationship-based fields.  

• Experience in a nonprofit, ministry, faith-based, or complex organizational environment preferred.  

• Experience with Salesforce or another CRM preferred.  

 

Physical Requirements

The ability to communicate orally with customers, vendors, management, and other co-workers is crucial. Regular use of the telephone and e-mail for communication is essential.  Sitting for extended periods is common. Hearing and vision within normal ranges is essential for normal conversations, to receive ordinary information, and to prepare or inspect documents. 

 Activities require the ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time, occasionally move about inside the office to access files or office equipment, operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, handheld devices, copy machine, and computer printer.   

 No heavy lifting is expected, though occasional exertion of up to 10 lbs. of force may be required. Good manual dexterity is required for the use of computers, mobile devices, and other productivity technologies. 

 The job is performed indoors in a traditional office setting. Extended periods of sitting and extensive work at a computer and phone are normal. 

 

Travel Requirements

10-15 days travel per month anticipated, primarily to meet with major giving partners across the nation, but also to participate in key YFC events.  

 

Budget Responsibilities

A Budget Manager is responsible for aligning all financial resources to the YFC/USA strategic plan in accordance with the delegation and direction of the Division Head. The Budget Manager is responsible for coding, approval, and financial decision-making for their assigned Division, Department and/or Action Plan budget. When a budget is overfunded or underfunded, the Budget Manager is responsible for course correcting through the MCCR process. 

EEO Statement 

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

 Disclaimer 

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. 

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