Operations technician Jobs in Centennial, CO

Operations Director

The Operations Director designs, implements, and stewards financial structures across YFC/USA and the YFC Foundation, translating strategic financial objectives into clear systems, processes, training, and operating rhythms.

This role manages YFC Foundation operations, such as Growth Grants, Estate Planning, and Investments, while coordinating subject matter expertise retained through outside counsel and specialized advisors. The ideal candidate is a process-minded operational leader who can build new workflows, equip stakeholders, and lead a small team with clarity, accountability, and service.

Essential Functions

• Design and Implement Financial Structures Across YFC
• Manage YFC Foundation Operations
• Implement Financially Related Strategic Plan Objectives
• Lead Team, Training, and Process Excellence

Spiritual Responsibilities

• 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 Cultural Attributes

• 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 includebut are not limited to extending invitations to fund raising 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.

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.

This position has direct oversight of assigned Operations/YFC Foundation operational budget(s), as delegated.

Position Requirements

Knowledge and Skills

• Experienced operations leader with a passion for the mission of Youth For Christ USA and the ability to lead with both process excellence and relational wisdom.
• Strong systems and process design acumen, including the ability to build new workflows, document procedures, improve handoffs, and implement change across teams.
• Ability to understand financial concepts and services well enough to lead operations, communicate clearly, and identify when outside counsel or specialized expertise is needed.
• Skilled at translating strategic direction into practical implementation plans, training resources, dashboards, and operating rhythms.
• Strong and patient communicator, comfortable explaining financial processes and service offerings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Able to lead a small team with role clarity, accountability, encouragement, and a focus on service quality.
• Comfortable working with outside counsel, advisors, vendors, donors, chapters, and cross-functional internal teams.
• Strong project management, prioritization, follow-through, and problem-solving skills.

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

• Bachelor's degree required in Business, Finance, Accounting, Operations, Organizational Leadership, or related field.
• Preferred experience in nonprofit operations, foundation operations, finance, grants, investments, planned giving, estate planning administration, or related services.
• Demonstrated experience building systems, documenting processes, training users, and leading process implementation across teams.
• Experience leading a small team preferred.
• Strong Excel skills required; experience with Salesforce, CRM, project management, workflow, or financial systems 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

• Occasional travel to YFC training/events. Approx. 2-4 trips/year.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Vacation time
• Sick Time
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid week off between Christmas and New Years
• Health & Welfare Benefits (Voluntary Enrollment):
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Supplemental Accident

Health and Welfare Benefits (Company Sponsored):

• YFC Contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA): $800 Single / $1,000 Family
• Must be enrolled in an eligible plan and amounts are prorated based on hire date.
• Up to 3% 403(b) match upon hire, up to 5% with tenure.
• Access to EAP services
• Short-term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life/AD&D

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) 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, 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 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.