Area Director, Central Missouri/ St. Louis Metro

Job Details

Level: ExperiencedJob Location: St. Louis, MOPosition Type: Full TimeTravel Percentage: Up to 25%Job Shift: DayJob Category: Management

OVERVIEW

You believe that people want to come together to care for the most vulnerable, yet they struggle to know who to help and how to connect. You know that children shouldn't pay the highest price when families face extreme hardships, and you want to see the Church and the Community come together to care together. Colleagues would describe you as a steadfast organizational leader with a strategic mind, a compassionate heart, and a strong bias for action—a coalition builder committed to listening and facilitating unity (meaning concerted activity, not uniformity). Your ability to lead teams with clarity and humility while building relational partnerships to achieve measurable results allows you to be a positive agent for change.

CarePortal is Care-Sharing technology that drives action for local kids and families in crisis. We subscribe to the vision that through the Church and Community, there can be More Than Enough care for every child through the power of Care-Sharing in local communities before, during, and beyond foster care. The goal is transformation from child welfare to family well-being in the lives of hurting children/families, the Church, and the Community. We develop and mobilize robust Care-Sharing Networks and lead with Courage, Humility, and Excellence.

We do this through the local Church and in concert with child-serving organizations, businesses, and people who care - that’s where you come in.

POSITION SUMMARY
Area Director—Central Missouri 

In this full-time role, you have a strong desire to see the strengthening and empowerment of the local children and families in your area, and you’re ready to lead and mobilize the CarePortal network in Missouri one meaningful connection at a time. You’re goal-oriented, a self-starter, a creative problem-solver, and are committed to driving inspiration into action. You feel passionate about bridging the gap between child-serving organizations, the Church, and business leaders to see transformation in your state–you’re energized by the opportunity to deepen and expand their impact by working together. You bring expertise in community engagement, networking, and fundraising and have the tenacity to both effectively cast the vision and develop the networks and resources needed to sustain it. You’re a leader that finds joy in cultivating a new market from the pilot phase and growing it to maturity. This position’s responsibilities will change as the area grows--from being boots on the ground to leading the area.


At CarePortal, we believe that children belong in the care of healthy, loving families and that families should be supported by a local church and caring members of their community. If you are ready to put your expertise to work for a mission you care deeply about, then join us, and let’s get started as we go all out to close the front door of the foster care system in Missouri and beyond.

Your Responsibilities Include

• Implement national strategy and establish collaborative operational plans for the state.
• Recruit, train, and support partnering organizations.
• Build relationships with key government leaders, representing CarePortal in citywide and statewide policy and partnership conversations.
• Raise sustainable public & private funding, and recruit Community Champions.
• Hire, onboard, & supervise Regional Managers & other direct team members.
• Deliver financial and operational impact results as outlined by CarePortal Success Standards.
• Establish high-influence relationships in support of CarePortal. 
• Champion CarePortal culture of supportive accountability and employee well-being.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Skills, You Bring to the Organization

• Current resident of central Missouri
  • St. Louis, Missouri resident preferred
• 3+ years of progressive sales, operations, or general management; advanced experience preferred
• Excellent public speaking, interpersonal skills, and high emotional intelligence
• Ability to lead coordinated efforts across organizations of diverse audiences and perspectives
• Demonstrated experience in training/teaching (including the ability to teach others new tech platforms quickly)
• Previous experience working with the Church, child-serving organizations, businesses, and community partners preferred
• A passion for the social sector and a clear calling to this role and the CarePortal Core Values (Courage, Humility, and Excellence)
• Ability to engage diverse networ