Executive Director Catholic Charities Oklahoma City

Executive Director

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (CCAOKC) has served the people of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1912. Rooted in the Church’s commitment to human dignity and solidarity, the organization provides direct services across three integrated domains: housing stability, mental and emotional wellness, and pathways to self-sufficiency.

Programs include adoption and pregnancy services, immigration legal services, counseling, emergency assistance, homeless services, disaster relief, and workforce development. The organization also works through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development to address systemic poverty and injustice across the archdiocese.

CCAOKC is a mature, well-governed institution with a strong track record of organizational discipline and mission alignment. The organization enters its next chapter with a recently completed strategic plan, a committed board of directors, and a staff dedicated to advancing the Church’s social mission in concrete, measurable ways.

The Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City holds the organization’s highest leadership responsibility and maintains a position of public trust, leading the organization’s administrative and operational functions while serving as its most visible representative within the Archdiocese, among its parishes and clergy, and in the broader community. The Executive Director must navigate the relational and structural dynamics of Catholic institutional life with credibility, advance the Church’s social mission, and build the relationships that sustain the organization’s work across Central and Western Oklahoma.

The Executive Director is also accountable for the operational health of the organization, ensuring sound management of its people, finances, programs, and systems.

This is a significant leadership opportunity for a Catholic leader who is deeply formed in the faith, fluent in the culture and systems of the Church, and ready to lead a well-established organization into its next season of growth and impact. The incoming Executive Director will inherit a strong foundation: a clear strategic direction, an experienced staff, and a board committed to the mission.

The leadership opportunity calls for someone who can deepen CCAOKC’s presence across the Archdiocese, strengthen its community relationships, and lead with the kind of credibility that comes from living the mission.

• Serves as the primary ambassador of the organization’s mission and Catholic identity across the Archdiocese, its parishes, and the broader community, representing the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church in a manner that is authentic, credible, and consistent.
• Cultivates and stewards relationships with the Archbishop of Oklahoma City, diocesan leadership, pastors, and parish communities as a trusted representative of Catholic social ministry.
• Navigates the structures, culture, and relational dynamics of Catholic institutional life with confidence and appropriate deference, including the norms of consultation and discernment that characterize well-functioning Catholic organizations.
• Speaks fluently about Catholic social justice, its theological grounding, its relationship to the work of Catholic Charities, and its application to the communities CCAOKC serves.
• Preserves and advances the Catholic identity of the organization, enhancing the visibility of the Church’s social mission in the community and across the diocesan field.

• Provides executive leadership and strategic direction to the agency; leads the Executive Team in implementing and evaluating programs and services.
• Leads the implementation of the organization’s strategic plan, ensuring priorities are translated into clear action, measurable progress, and accountability across the Executive Team.
• Supervises Executive Team members; supports their…