Operations Director

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and prioritize ministry initiatives based on strategic importance, organizational capacity, and available resources.
• Translate ministry priorities into actionable operational plans with clear milestones, accountability, and measurable results.
• Align cross-functional efforts to ensure initiatives support the ministry's mission, strategic objectives, and operational goals.
• Facilitate executive decision-making by ensuring leaders have the information, recommendations, and follow-up necessary to make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Cook up activities across departments, foster collaboration and assist in removing barriers that impede progress.
• Identify operational risks, bottlenecks, competing priorities, and resource constraints; develop solutions or escalate issues as appropriate.
• Promote operational consistency and disciplined execution while balancing changing organizational priorities.
• Establish and maintain processes that promote accountability for commitments, deliverables, and organizational priorities.
• Develop executive dashboards, performance metrics, and status reports that provide meaningful visibility into strategic initiatives.
• Encourage a culture of ownership, transparency, collaboration and timely follow-through across the organization.
• Evaluate ministry operations and execution processes to identify opportunities for greater efficiency, effectiveness, and collaboration.
• Develop and implement standardized processes, tools, and best practices that improve organizational execution and project governance.
• Lead post-initiative evaluations to identify lessons learned and recommend operational improvements.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness and stewardship of ministry resources.
• Serve as a trusted operational partner to executive leadership, providing timely updates, recommendations, and decision support.
• Foster strong working relationships throughout the ministry, building trust and collaboration across departments.
• Promote operational excellence by proactively identifying opportunities to improve ministry effectiveness, mitigate risks, and strengthen organizational performance.
• Ensure appropriate implementation and consistent use of ministry policies, standard operating procedures, and operational best practices.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to assigned staff while cultivating a culture of accountability, collaboration, service, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, project management, organizational leadership, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more years of progressive experience leading cross-functional projects, strategic initiatives, or operational functions with a demonstrated record of successful organizational execution.
• Three or more years of leadership experience managing staff, developing teams, and driving organizational accountability, operational improvements, and process optimization.
• Experience supporting executive leadership and facilitating organization-wide initiatives across multiple departments preferred.
• Spiritual Alignment
• Demonstrate a vibrant Christian faith and wholehearted commitment to the mission, values, and Statement of Faith of Jewish Voice Ministries International.
• Integrate biblical principles, wisdom, prayer, and discernment into leadership, decision-making, and relationships.