Strategy and Operations Manager; Ministry

Strategy and Operations Manager Job Description

Seeds Wilderness Therapy is a Christian non-profit that serves families with teens struggling with emotional, spiritual, or relational brokenness. Suicide is the second leading killer of young people today. We are facing a mental health crisis in America; many people do not know their worth or who they are, and depression and addiction are the result. Parents are trying to provide hope for their teens, but often don’t know where to turn.

We are making a difference one family at a time.

Seeds has led many people to peace through the healing attributes of wilderness retreat. We combine therapy with the teachings of Jesus and solid discipleship. The group of people transformed by this ministry has been far broader than the students we serve; parents or extended families of each participant, their peer groups, and even our own staff (and families) have been radically transformed.

We believe this ministry reach could be expanded even more, because all people have some level of brokenness, and wilderness retreat has a unique ability to lead hurting people to the hope of Jesus.

For more information or to view testimonials, please visit www.

Seeds Wilderness Therapy .org

Seeds is currently rebranding away from the term “wilderness therapy” and the structure of a licensed childcare facility. This rebrand will expand our ministry to reach a broader clientele and will require unique ministry business implementation.

To be transparent, Seeds is pretty small right now. In 2022, our largest year, we had 35 employees. In comparison, some of our competition in wilderness therapy is grossing 12-18M per year with over 100 staff. The right candidate will help us transition from small start up to a sustainable and thriving business… perhaps able to scholarship a significant percentage of our students.

The Marketing, Strategy, and Operations Manager will provide needed support in organization, marketing, and strategy, and project management. This is a ministry position; the person in this role will join a team of like-minded believers with passion to transform lives and lead people to Jesus.

This unique position will take pastoral vision from the Director/Founder and help to turn it into day-to-day operations. Additionally, this position will help strategize and develop new products and initiatives. This position combines traditional roles of marketing/sales with ministry advancement.

Compensation

This is a ministry position, pivotal for the advancement of the ministry of Seeds Wilderness Therapy and the Kingdom of God. This position will be supported through raising personal missional support—financial partners who also want to see peace for those in deep brokenness. The core managers at Seeds Wilderness Therapy raise missional support to lower costs for families and individuals needing transformation, but also to have a team of people standing with them who always have their back.

Learn more about support raising in this short letter.

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The duties and expectations include:

Character

• Faithful and a mature disciple of Jesus is a must.
• Continual and observable growth in spiritual fruit and Christian values.
• Winsome, and charismatic leadership.
• Able to meet Elder standards (sans gender) as set forth by 1 Timothy and Titus.

Marketing/Outreach and Sustainability

• Oversee Marketing Department (internal or external)
• Develop pipeline for customer acquisition and onboarding
  • This may include developing or overseeing content for regular giveaways to build trust (i.e. How does our Facebook group learn to trust us enough to go on backcountry expeditions with us?)
• Strategize and develop a plan for sustainability
• Suggest conferences and events for exposure, recruiting, and referrals.
• Coordinate outreach events with local churches
• Plan in implementation of strategic giveaways and therapeutic prevention. (How do we resource the church, and keep kids from needing Seeds Wilderness Therapy?)

Financial

• Assist in creating, implementing and overseeing the budget.
• Help us set and reach quarterly financial goals through sales, fundraising, and faith
• Produce (and review w/ director) Profit and Loss statements.
• Over…