Executive Director

The Executive Director exists to lead and manage the YFC ministry in Indian River County. This includes casting vision, implementing strategy, managing a healthy financial account balance, supervising staff and volunteer leaders, and empowering the YFC team to establish a fruitful and sustainable ministry. The role of the Executive Director will have a heavy emphasis on fundraising and community relations.

Key Responsibilities:

Fundraising & Development (approx. 55% of time)

• Create and implement a development plan which is consummate with the overall objectives of the annual budget.
• Discover, invite, and steward donors as partners of the organization and cultivate donors toward their full giving potential. Engage high-value leads to discover and identify major donors, including but not limited to churches and individuals.

• Develop and manage the annual operating budget. Build relationships with the community, oversee grants and acquire new grants, and regularly update donors on ministry news and needs of the ministry

• Recruit, identify, and select staff, volunteers, and board members. Provide leadership of the Board and staff, including formulating a staff development plan using YFC training platforms. Lead and develop the board, staff & volunteers to work towards forwarding the mission of YFC.

• Develop a 3 to a 5-year strategic plan, and a 1-year marketing plan and communicate and align YFC’s vision and mission to operations and ministry.

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

• COMMITTED to a Christ-centered Christian faith and living in accordance with the organizational beliefs.
• COMMUNITY ORIENTED to connect naturally and relationally with people and organizations in Indian River County.
• SELF MOTIVATED to pursue strategic goals, both individual and organizational, with discretion and little oversight while embodying a collaborative working spirit.
• RELATIONSHIP CULTIVATOR values people over projects and is willing to do what it takes to build trusted relationships with staff, donors, and volunteers.
• PASSIONATE STORYTELLER Cast vision in a compelling way so others will join in the mission of YFC, whether as donors, volunteers,, or both.
• FUTURE-BUILDER who is like-minded and dedicated to building the mission and advancing the strategic ministry efforts in the school systems and beyond in Indian River County.