Chief Program Officer

POSITION SUMMARY

The Chief Program Officer (CPO), report ing to the President / CEO as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) , is responsible for ensuring that Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) maintains the program offerings necessary to maximize both Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) facilit ies and community -wide presence in support of the Missions' V ision Statement : to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward anyone experiencing hunger and homelessness.

This includes establishing the goals, impact measures, and strategic direction of all MTM programming .

RESPONSIBILITIES

Programs

The Program's role is responsible for developing a well-structured plan of action that will develop and support all program implementation, execution and continuous evaluations.

In addition, the Program's role is responsible for coordinating various interrelated tasks, which include :

• Designing, directing, implementing, and disseminating objectives and operational strategies
• Developing, processing, and monitoring evaluation toolkits and indicators to measure program performance

Through supervision of the CEO :

Through supervision of Chief Program Officer :

In partnership with the S VP of Operations :

In partnership with the VP of Development and their staff :

Leadership

Financial Oversight

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Mel Trotter Ministries Staff Attributes

We expect all staff and leadership to project and exemplify a passion for a faith-based approach to advocacy for the guests, to be humble, supportive team players, who acknowledge their own gifts and those of others, are truthfully transparent, seek input from others, admit and learn from mistakes, and are highly coachable and approachable.

We expect a hungry, innovative, goal-oriented, and eager contributor, who shows a dedicated work ethic. We expect our staff to exhibit empathy, compassion, active listening, be self-aware, sensitive across racial, class, and cultural lines, ethical, and approachable. We look for work habits of punctuality, dependability, accountability, responsibility, cooperation, team participation, integrity, problem-solving, and overall positivity.

These attributes, combined with the performance of your duties and meeting set goals / metrics, will be the items we base your overall job performance on. Please refer to them often and feel free to ask for feedback on these areas regularly.

Mel Trotter Missions is both an equal opportunity employer and a distinctly faith-based Christian organization. Mel Trotter Mission complies with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, and strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, n ational original or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, parental status, marital status, political ideology, or current or prospective service in the uniformed services. This policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment including recruitment, employment, training, and promotion opportunities. Based upon Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, and the U.S. Constitution,  M e l Trotter Ministries has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with our Statement of Faith and align with our Christian mission.