Executive Director of Family Promise of West Central Minnesota
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Executive Director Family Promise of West Central Minnesota
Location: Facilities in Willmar and Montevideo, MN
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Executive (minimum 5 years)
Compensation: 75,000-90,000
Reports To: Board of Directors
About the Opportunity
Building on the foundation of more than 13 years of building brighter futures for families facing homelessness, Family Promise of West Central Minnesota an Affiliate of the Family Promise National Network, exists to end homelessness, one family at a time, through a community approach to provide prevention services and emergency shelter to families with children experiencing homelessness — and to provide additional programs to assist them in finding housing and sustaining their independence.
This moment in the organization’s history calls for an inspirational leader with a deep passion for ending family homelessness, a vision for driving sustainable growth and impact, an aptitude for fundraising, and a commitment to collaborative, agile, performance- and mission-driven leadership.
The next Executive Director will lead Family Promise of West Central Minnesota into a new era of growth and evolution. This leader will excel at maintaining positive relations with partner entities, stakeholders, donors, and board members while bringing great business acumen, an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for our mission, and a strong belief that homelessness can be rare, brief, and non-recurring.
About Us
Family Promise of West Central Minnesota offers an inclusive and meaningful work environment with a platform to do life-changing work in the Willmar and Montevideo area and surrounding communities. We recognize that communities and organizations are stronger when they combine the skills, experiences, and efforts of a diverse group of individuals. We foster a culture that embraces diversity, promotes inclusivity, furthers social justice, and empowers all to connect. As an organization, we are constantly evolving, listening, and learning to meet the needs of our team members and other stakeholders.
Our Core Values:
1. Sustained Impact — We work tirelessly to ensure our impact transforms communities and fosters independence for the families we serve.
2. Community-Based — We maximize impact by leveraging existing resources and driving local and national partnerships.
3. Inclusive and Equitable — We strive for diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all that we do.
4. Dynamic Innovation — We bring innovative, adaptable, and scalable responses to our work, informed by families with lived experience.
5. Authentic Hospitality — We are a compassionate, caring, and connected community — more than just a shelter.
6. Empathetic Engagement — We listen, learn, and support everyone we encounter, embracing the uniqueness of every person and family.
About You
You have executive leadership experience, including managing operations, finance, programming, and fundraising. You’re an excellent communicator with outstanding organizational, analytical, prioritization, judgment, and problem-solving skills. You enjoy coaching and mentoring team members and are passionate about creating a dynamic, healthy culture where everyone thrives. You can see — or better yet, design — the big picture and think strategically, while remaining patient and practical about details and boots-on-the-ground operations.
Are you a self-starter who has a passion for improving the lives of families in your community? Are you equally at ease talking to a major donor, managing cash flow, and representing your organization at a community meeting? Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial space and have experience building programs, operations, and teams? If so, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Organizational Management
• Provide leadership, inspiration, and vision to all staff, volunteers, congregational partners, and donors in service of the strategic plan.
• Drive a strong, mission-aligned culture of equity, inclusion, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Develop, maintain, and support a high-functioning board of directors; cultivate board member relationships and engagement.
• Ensure equitable, inclusive, culturally competent, and trauma-informed services and staff environment.
Financial Management & Community Relations
• Oversee all fiscal management of the organization, including budgeting, investments, assets, audits, financial reports, and general accounting functions.
• Manage community relations, strategic partnerships, and all PR and marketing to maintain and elevate the organization’s image and brand.
• Lead all aspects of fund development to achieve revenue goals, including grant writing, annual campaign management, major donor development, sustainability planning, and strategic corporate relations.
Programs & Services
• Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, including program management, delivery, and evaluation to confirm best practices are deployed and community needs are met with compassion, efficiency, impact, and sustainability.
• Champion the voice of lived experience in influencing program growth and evolution.
• Deliver services that are trauma-informed and strengths-based.
• Lead strategic community engagement with local municipalities, coordinating bodies, and community initiatives related to housing and homelessness.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Business, Nonprofit Administration, Public Administration, or equivalent work experience (required).
• Minimum 5 years of organizational-level executive leadership experience (required).
• Strong skills in financial strategy, management, and compliance.
• Excellence in managing strategic relationships and navigating the political environment of a diverse community.
• Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Past success working with a board of directors, with proven ability to cultivate board member relationships.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, innovative, self-directed, and mission-committed.
• Experience working in a faith-based or multi-faith environment.
• Be willing to work at the Willmar Facility and the Montevideo Facility.
What You’ll Get
A chance to work with an awesome organization and includes the following;
• Salary of 75,000-90,000
• Earned PTO/ESST
Equal Opportunity Employer
Family Promise of West Central Minnesota provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
About Family Promise
Founded in Summit, New Jersey in 1988, Family Promise, Inc. is the leading national nonprofit addressing the crisis of family homelessness. Our organization, comprised of approximately 180 Affiliates, takes on the full range of issues that can lead to homelessness — from prevention services to emergency shelter, stabilization supports, and permanent housing — ensuring families have access to critical resources to achieve lasting housing independence. We have served more than one million individuals since our founding. Learn more at
familypromise.org.
