Associate Executive Director

Nexus Family Healing is looking to add an Associate Executive Director to lead our Statewide Foster Care, Adoption and Community services in Minnesota!

Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit mental health organization that restores hope for thousands of children and families who come to us for community & outpatient mental health services, foster care & adoption, youth & teen residential treatment, and crisis & stabilization services.

Considering & encouraging nationwide foster care leaders - - $10k Relocation Assistance to MN!

Schedule/Pay/Location:

• Regular remote work with travel to locations throughout Minnesota as needed
• Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to Minnesota
• Pay range: $120,000 - $130,000

Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• 5 weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Position Summary:

Responsible for leading our statewide foster care, adoption and community services into the future. As Nexus evolves this line of service to meet the growing needs of youth and families in Minnesota, we are looking for a leader who has been part of similar transformations in large statewide or regional systems. Our Associate Executive Director is responsible for providing leadership, engage in growth and development activities to ensure long-term agency viability, and ensure operational, budgetary, and service effectiveness of Nexus within applicable rules and standards of the organization, as well as internal and external stakeholder expectations.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. We serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Primary responsibilities:

Agency Strategic Planning & Standards

• Leads strategic planning efforts, execution, and achievement of relevant goals
• Manages operational procedures
• Supports Nexus initiatives and objectives and leads expansion and growth initiatives to ensure viability
• Initiates contracts as needed; reviews, negotiates, and supervises compliance with the service agreements and contracts
• Oversees billing, office administration, and quality assurance

Agency Oversight & Leadership

• Maintains positive staff morale and ensures effective training programs
• Actively participates in the interview and selection process, as needed, in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Supervises staff, ensuring accountability and professional development
• Mentors senior leadership ensuring that they are properly trained to be effective in their respective roles and duties
• Conducts performance evaluations and provides meaningful performance feedback to employees
• Fosters an environment of courtesy and respect to maintain employee engagement, commitment, contribution, and retention
• Develops and maintains positive relations with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensures proper supervision procedures are established and executed by other leaders on a consistent basis
• Develop and maintain positive relations with stakeholders.

Financial Oversight, Risk Mitigation

• Supports risk management and continuous quality assurance efforts
• Reviews and approves incident reviews and internal investigations as needed
• Maintains census and budget/expenses, to achieve budgetary goals
• Participates in budget development and manages the current agency budget
• Ensures that referrals are managed effectively to meet census requirements overseeing the safety of youth
• Approves all major expenditures and ensures proper oversight minor expenditures

Agency Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with support departments to ensure necessary resources.
• Manage policies and procedures according to regulations and Nexus standards
• Exceeds standards for accreditation and licensing and ensures that the agency maintains all regulatory licensing and certificates as needed for operations
• Coordinates internal and external audits, licensing reviews, and agency visits by stakeholders
• Collaborates with company leadership in evaluating long-term changes that support the therapeutic treatment process

Agency Policy, Procedure, Compliance & Training

• Oversee policies, procedures, licensing, and regulatory compliance
• Ensure confidentiality and ethical conduct
• Represents the organization in public relations situations
• Actively seeks ways to expand and grow services through agency innovation to enhance better outcomes and impact, while responding to opportunities to grow services and participate in new program/department design
• Understands and accepts the broader responsibility to the organization's success and ensures staff complies in a timely way with policies, procedures, requests, and expectations generated from the corporate office
• Actively supports and promotes the concept of "organizational citizenship" in which staff recognizes they are a part of the larger company organization
• Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements
• Develops and maintains healthy relationships and appropriate boundaries with clients, families and employees and exhibit a high degree of ethical conduct, integrity, and confidentiality
• Continually seeks knowledge and exhibit an understanding and acceptance of differences in gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, and disability to better appreciate staff and clients within the agency as well as in dealing with all individuals with whom the agency serves

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychology, Clinically related or Human Services field with licensing preferred; a combination of business, education, or leadership program Master's degree with direct, related experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of related experience working with youth or families in a foster care setting
• 2+ years of related clinical or operational leadership experience focusing on foster care
• Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenge
• Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values
• Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements.

Nice to Have:

• Experience leading the evolution of foster care systems to meet the needs of a wide range of youth
• Additional years of related and supervisory experience
• Previous experience managing program budgets, setting program or department goals and objectives, and providing strategic direction to others

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Our ICARE Values:

• Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches
• Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern
• Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly
• Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate
• Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards

APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM! When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives - including your own!

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