CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Child Protect of Mercer County, Inc. is officially announcing the search for the organization’s next Executive Director! The job description is attached with some key details below. Applications will be accepted through Friday, April 11. Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and three references to Courtney Gracon, Board President via email to childprotect@frontiernet.net

 

More about the role:

The Executive Director of Child Protect is a unique role that requires professionalism, vision, and leadership. Under the governance direction of the Board of Directors and in partnership with an amazing team of talented staff, the Executive Director works daily to carry out the mission of the organization.

 

Skill and experience we’re looking for:

Ideally, we’re looking for someone who has some or all of the following as a background:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Financial management skills (building, revising and managing various funding streams while also monitoring expenses)
• Organizational management experience (building leadership and managing individual staff and teams)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (speaking, writing and engaging with individuals and groups)
• Grant writing and grant management experience with local, private, state and federal grants
•  Strong organization skills to deftly manage a number of urgent and concurrent deadlines, needs and responsibilities
• Extensive leadership experience (to lead the Child Protect staff and Board with the highest moral character and integrity)
• Experience in the field of child welfare, child advocacy or human services

 

What we value as an organization:

Collaboration, innovation, and empathy are just a few of Child Protect’s cultural values. We work hard to practice what we preach and believe strongly in parallel process—how we treat one another impacts services to clients. We are looking for a leader who values positive organizational climate and knows how to put in the hard work to empower a team to do their best.

Perks and benefits:

We hope you’re excited by the possibilities that come with working at Child Protect! In addition to our positive organizational culture, we also offer these benefits:

• Starting salary consideration of $75,000 annually
• Paid time off: Child Protect observes state holidays, enjoys a holiday break in December, and has a generous leave policy
• Other benefits: sabbatical leave policy; health, vision, dental and life insurance; partially-paid gym membership, annual merit-based bonus consideration, ongoing education stipend, paid family leave; retirement