Senior Director of Mission Investment Management

THE SALVATION ARMY

NORTH & CENTRAL ILLINOIS DIVISION

JOB DESCRIPTION

 

JOB TITLE: Senior Director of Mission Investment Management

PEOPLE MANAGER: Yes

REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Social Services

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

PAY GRADE:   412

PAY RANGE:   $116,207-$145,259

 

WHO WE ARE

At The Salvation Army, we are dedicated to “Doing the Most Good”. We are made up of thousands of officers, soldiers, staff, volunteers, donors, and partners working together to holistically meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our most vulnerable neighbors. We do this through programs designed to combat homelessness and hunger, provide safe spaces for kids after school and on the weekends, achieve and maintain sobriety, and give hope to the hopeless. The Salvation Army North and Central Illinois Division provides these services to people in need.

 

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Director of Mission Investment Management leads the divisional team responsible for protecting and growing the public and private resources that fund missional work across The Salvation Army’s North & Central Illinois Division. The role holds strategy and authority for contract compliance, quality assurance, accreditation, and the stewardship of funder relationships, and ensures that compliance expertise is positioned close to where each contract is administered. The Senior Director establishes the systems, standards, and tools that enable consistent oversight of division-wide and multi-region contracts and programs, while supporting regional teams to administer site- and region-level agreements with discipline and continuity. Working in close partnership with the Executive Director of Social Services, the role ensures that public and private resources are protected, performance and reporting obligations are met, and the division’s investment in mission delivery is sustained over time.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to the following:

 

Capacity Leadership and Divisional Authority

• Sets direction for Mission Investment Management across the division, ensuring the function delivers on its purpose of protecting and growing the resources that fund field work.
• Establishes the policies, procedures, and processes required for the function to meet its objectives, maintain compliance, and sustain accreditation where applicable.
• Holds administrative oversight of division-wide programs and initiatives and ensures unified compliance oversight and continuity across the portfolio.
• Builds and maintains the systems, standards, and shared tools that enable consistent contract administration at the divisional, regional, and site levels.
• Anticipates and responds to changes in the funding, regulatory, and accreditation environment, and positions the function to adapt accordingly.
• Leads divisional research and pursuit of public funding opportunities that are division-wide or multi-region, including eligibility analysis, go/no-go decisions, and proposal development.

Contract Compliance and Funder Stewardship

• Ensures every active contract has clear ownership, current vouchering, and reimbursements received on schedule.
• Ensures programs follow all grant and contractual performance and reporting requirements, including those of government agencies, foundations, and private funders.
• Maintains a divisional repository of funding, regulatory, and accreditation applications, awards, and mandated performance criteria, and ensures information is accessible to those who need it.
• Cultivates and supports relationships with funding agency staff, in coordination with the Executive Director of Social Services, and identifies new grant opportunities aligned with divisional priorities.
• Coordinates with Business Administration on the financial infrastructure that supports contract administration, including cost allocation, vouchering, reimbursement, and procurem