Office Director

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war‑torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

The Office Director is the principal representative of World Relief in the local community. This position provides strategic leadership and oversight of multiple teams in two offices. The Office Director is responsible for overall management, technical development, implementation, personnel, budget and financial oversight of all programs as well as building partnerships with multiple stakeholders and funders. Responsibilities include staff supervision, grant and budget management, program implementation, interdepartmental collaboration, coordination of services to foreign nationals, fundraising from private donors and outreach to local communities.

Within a matrix management context that includes national and local staff, the Office Director ensures alignment with World Relief’s core mission and values.

The Office Director is the senior leader of the local World Relief office, as well as a key leader alongside other directors within the US Programs division of World Relief. The Office Director is responsible to:

• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi‑weekly check‑ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief
• Embody the mission, vision, and values of World Relief, setting an example for the office staff, volunteers, clients, churches and the community
• Contribute to the development of World Relief projects through participation in national and divisional meetings and other dialogues
• Ensure that the culture of the local field office is defined by respect for clients and their families; prioritizing their dignity, participation and safety
• Provide coaching and supervision of direct reports, focusing on leadership development
• Establish a strategic plan and clear, achievable goals, assuring that individual office goals and directions are consistent with the overall direction of US Ministries and World Relief

The Office Director is responsible for creating and maintaining a healthy office culture that fosters staff and missional growth. The Director will:

• Foster effective and clear communication within the office and with national colleagues
• Adhere to World Relief policy and procedures
• Create staffing plans to deliver the core functions of the office, demonstrating a commitment to increasing the gender and ethnic diversity of World Relief staff
• Manage federal and state grant funding streams.
• Oversee office fiscal…