We’re Hiring: Executive Director

About the role

Valley Children’s Advocacy Center works to strengthen the community’s response to child abuse and neglect and make the community a safe place for children to grow and thrive. This is a highly visible role requiring a high level of energy and dedication to serving victimized children. The Executive Director will manage the ongoing strategic and tactical operations of the center, ensure continued delivery of child advocacy services, maintain and expand the funding base, build and strengthen relationships, manage the center’s responsibilities, and represent the center in the community.

Valley CAC works to build resilience, inspire healing, and lower the impact of trauma for survivors of child abuse and their families through collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, utilization of evidence‑based practices, and education to create an empowered community. Programs span a continuum of care including prevention, early childhood intervention, crisis response, forensic interviews, mental health treatment, and family support services. The goal is to ensure that every child within the catchment area who has been traumatized by sexual abuse or by witnessing homicide or domestic violence receives immediate, compassionate, and effective investigation, assessment, and, if needed, mental health treatment. The center serves Augusta, Bath, Alleghany, and Rockbridge counties.

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for ensuring the organization consistently achieves its mission and financial objectives. The Director must be skilled in collaboration and relationship building, value staff input, be a clear communicator who fosters trust, possess strategic vision and follow through on operationalizing that vision, and bring intentional, rational decision‑making to organizational management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the current and future development and implementation of program, organizational, and financial plans.
• Oversee and maintain current core programs, while also exploring new programming options and mission‑related activities and services for new audiences.
• Ensure that programs are implemented with a high level of excellence.
• Develop and implement a long‑range strategy consistent with Valley CAC’s mission.
• Keep the Board of Directors fully informed on the organization’s condition and all important factors influencing it.
• Ensure Valley CAC complies with National Children’s Alliance accreditation standards.
• Maintain strong inter‑agency relationships with entities such as the Augusta County Sheriff’s Department; Staunton and Waynesboro Police Departments; Shenandoah Valley Department of Social Services;