Director of Flourishing Families
World Relief
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Memphis • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for World Relief Memphis’ Flourishing Families Department
- Guide programs that strengthen and honor the family
- Lead a department dedicated to creating holistic, two-generational program models
- Oversee programs designed to strengthen refugee families
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
- Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree social work, marriage and family therapy, nonprofit management, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of five years of experience in youth and family services, social work, federal refugee service programs, or nonprofit leadership.
- Experience working cross-culturally and in partnership with immigrant or refugee communities.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills with experience supervising and developing professional staff.
- Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and evaluate two-generational family-oriented programs.
- Proven ability to think strategically and execute operational plans effectively.
- Strong background in children, youth and family services, Motivational Interviewing, De-escalation, and trauma-informed practice.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a high degree of cross-cultural competency.
- Experience cultivating partnerships with diverse stakeholders including educational institutions, public and non-profit social service providers, government agencies, community-based organizations, and others.
- Strong financial and grant management skills with ability to manage multiple funding streams.
- Commitment to trauma-informed, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and client-centered service delivery.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Current driver’s license and access to reliable transportation required.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Employee discount program for full-time, Regular, and part-time (25+ hours per week) employees
- Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding core components of well-being program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
social workmarriage and family therapynonprofit managementyouth and family servicesfederal refugee service programsMotivational InterviewingDe-escalationtrauma-informed practiceprogram designgrant management
Soft skills
leadershipteam-buildingstrategic thinkingoperational executioncommunicationinterpersonal skillscross-cultural competencypartnership cultivationclient-centered serviceculturally responsive service