Senior Director of Mission Investment Management
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Mission Investment Management leads the divisional team responsible for protecting and growing the public and private resources that fund missional work across The Salvation Army’s North & Central Illinois Division.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Capacity Leadership and Divisional Authority
Ensures direction for Mission Investment Management across the division, maintaining compliance and sustaining accreditation where applicable.
Establishes policies, procedures, and processes for the function to meet its objectives, maintain compliance, and sustain accreditation where applicable.
Holds administrative oversight of division-wide programs and initiatives and ensures unified compliance oversight and continuity across the portfolio.
Builds and maintains systems, standards, and shared tools enabling consistent contract administration at the divisional, regional, and site levels.
Anticipates and responds to changes in the funding, regulatory, and accreditation environment, positioning the function to adapt accordingly.
Leads divisional research and pursuit of public funding opportunities that are division-wide or multi-region, including eligibility analysis, go/no-go decisions, and proposal development.
Contract Compliance and Funder Stewardship
Ensures every active contract has clear ownership, current vouchering, and reimbursements received on schedule.
Ensures programs follow all grant and contractual performance and reporting requirements, including those of government agencies, foundations, and private funders.
Maintains a divisional repository of funding, regulatory, and accreditation applications, awards, and mandated performance criteria, ensuring information is accessible to those who need it.
Cultivates and supports relationships with funding agency staff, identifying new grant opportunities aligned with divisional priorities.
Coordinates with Business Administration on the financial infrastructure supporting contract administration, including cost allocation, vouchering, reimbursement, and procurement.
Coordinates with Advancement on funder-specific stewardship, ensuring contract performance data and compliance outcomes inform funder relationships in accurate and timely form.
Quality Assurance, Reviews, and Accreditation
Develops, maintains, and improves internal systems for monitoring contract compliance, performance-to-plan, and the financial effectiveness of grant-funded programs.
Facilitates programmatic reviews and audits, including Territorial and Divisional reviews, state programmatic and financial audits, and accreditation processes such as CARF, DCFS, and other accrediting bodies.
Reviews program policies and procedures to ensure programs meet the quality assurance standards of The Salvation Army, accrediting agencies, and the compliance requirements outlined in government, foundation, and private funding awards.
Capacity Building and Field Support
Builds the training, tools, and standards required for those administering contracts to manage compliance, performance, and reporting effectively.
Ensures program leaders and contract administrators have the knowledge and resources to manage funder requirements with confidence.
Maintains matrix relationships with regional counterparts, ensuring divisional standards are translated into practical support at the regional and site levels.
Provides ongoing consultation and coaching on contract compliance, quality assurance, and funder requirements to corps and program directors.
People and Culture
Provides leadership, supervision, and development for staff responsible for delivering Mission Investment Management at the divisional level and through matrix relationships with regional teams.
Ensures positions are staffed with individuals who can carry out objectives in an environment characterized by clear vision, effective communication, teamwork, and ongoing professional growth.
Fosters a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration across the function and with partner departments.
Acts as a representative of The Salvation Army and its mission in all internal and external relationships.