Overview
Chief Mission Program Officer Jobs in Seattle, USA at Uplift Northwest
Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Uplift Northwest (ULNW) continues the same focus of empowering people through employment. Uplift is one of Seattle’s oldest non-profits and is committed to serving individuals who are living in poverty and may be experiencing homelessness with supportive services and skills training in high-demand jobs.
Uplift Northwest (ULNW), the go-to staffing and support services organization has proudly been serving the greater Seattle area for over 100 years, is looking for a Chief Mission Program Officer (CMO) to further our mission of guiding people on their path to self-sufficiency by providing employment and job readiness services. To learn more about Uplift Northwest, please visit the website iftnw.org.
About the Role:
Chief Mission Program Officer
The Chief Mission Program Officer (CMO) reports to the Chief Executive Officer and is a strategic partner to the Senior Leadership Team and Board. The CMO leads the Mission Programs team, which includes Employment Readiness Training, Housing and Client Supportive Services Programs.
Uplift Northwest is seeking an experienced professional with expertise in workforce development and job readiness training, especially for underrepresented populations. The CMO will need to be concerned with and lead with a care for humanity as the face of the Missions Program. The CMO supports the CEO’s vision of evolving and expanding partnerships that support missions programming.
In this role, the CMO will work with the ULNW senior leaders and Missions team to design and deliver employment and job readiness programs and help our essential workers and training participants navigate and access key support services. They will identify and facilitate important community-based partnerships, oversee the successful deliverables of grant criteria and objectives, guide deployment of critical certifications required for job assignments and identify and provide accessibility to key resources for our clients.
The CMO will be a visible and influential strategist, collaborating closely with the Board, Senior Leadership, Mission Programs staff and community-based organizations, and local and state government agencies to deliver impactful and effective education, job readiness and core skills training and supportive services to our clients. The position requires a clear understanding and empathy for the challenges and inequities faced by unemployed, underemployed, low-income, homeless and marginalized populations and the resources available in a capacity limited community
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES Strategic Leadership
- As a member of the senior leadership team, collaborate on major organizational decisions affecting mission programs and services, internal operations and overall company culture.
- Oversee the successful management and deployment of programs and services, working with team leaders to establish milestones and schedules and keep efforts on track.
- Build cross-sector relationships identifying sectors in training opportunities, community development, housing and others.
- Engage in local-level relationship building to increase Uplift Northwest’s visibility and ensure strategic program and organizational growth.
- Provide regular strategic, mission and education, and organizational status reports to the Chief Executive Officer, senior leadership team and Board of Directors.
- Collaborate with staff across Uplift Northwest to build and support a culture of centralized support services as mission imperative initiatives tie all program services together.
- Provide vision, oversite, strategy, and operational leadership to develop and ensure departmental goals are met for earned income business centers
Program, Financial and Operational Management
- Direct development and daily management of department budgets.
- Partner with the leadership team and Program Managers to build and maintain solid operational infrastructure to support program and organizational growth.
- Review opportunities to update, enhance, or change course programming based on training participants and community partner feedback.
- Analyze job readiness and training programs through a lens of…
Title: Chief Mission Program Officer
Company: Uplift Northwest
Location: Seattle, USA
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