Associate Vice President of Economic Opportunities and Youth Support Services

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota is a dynamic social service organization serving children, youth and families, people with disabilities, older adults, and military veterans. Trustworthiness is a value and strength shared by our employees and recognized by the communities we serve. We offer an ALIVE Workplace (Supportive, Positive, and Fun) and careers that challenge, energize, and reward employees. Consider joining us!

Job Summary:

Provide leadership and direction for the overall activities related to the major service areas. Stimulate and foster integration of services, grow services, develop new models of service, and lead people to perform. Plans and participate as a strategic and tactical partner in evaluating and advising on the impact of market changes and regulatory action on the areas of responsibility. Manage the budget process for service operations through education of management team on budget and business issues impacting financial performance. Foster a team environment and drive execution of quality, business planning, accreditation, and strategic imperatives and organizational priorities throughout the service organization. Effectively manage internal/external relationships. Cultivate and sustain commitment to the organization's mission, vision, values, employee vision, and business plans to provide people high-quality services.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Four-year degree in Human Services and/or Business required, advanced degree desirable.

• Five to eight years of experience in leading and managing a business unit/LOS with responsibility for budgets, business planning, people development, contract development and negotiation, and building and maintaining community and external business relationships. Knowledge of social service and health care systems preferred.

• Demonstrated financial management and budgeting skills and fiscal aptitude.

• Critical thinking skills: The ability to look inward to discover new awareness and insights. Value alignment of individual's guiding principles with those of the organization. The ability to adapt behavior to any given situation.

• Strategic Thinking Skills: The ability to look outside oneself and focus on the organization's future. Promotes a work environment and culture that enables employees to achieve success. Includes the ability to anticipate service and business trends and processes and break them into manageable pieces for others to understand. The ability to clearly communicate organization's vision and manage responsibilities in a manner that meets the needs and expectations of all organizational stakeholders. Examines situations carefully and considers information without bias.
• Effective Communication Skills: The ability to skillfully communicate with everyone throughout the organization through the use of all communications mechanisms. Possess active listening skills and the ability to ask pertinent questions.