Chief Operating Officer

Company: Cavendish Farms Corporation
Location: New Port Richey
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Description:
YFA is a nonprofit organization that is committed to working in partnership with communities and our families to create a safe, nurturing environment for children, and to lead the way in building a bridge for children to have a stable and loving family. To
this end, YFA is committed to ensuring a dynamic and diverse leadership team; where every leadership position is expected to demonstrate the values, we all strive for: inspiration, integrity, impactful, integrated and innovation.
YFA seeks a Chief Operations Officer (COO) to enhance its operating capacity and strategy execution as the organization continues to grow and evolve through the expansion of our Clinical, Housing and ancillary services and prevention support, and by ensuring we are a more robust organization, that can play a larger leadership role in partnering with our communities and our families to create a safe, nurturing environment for children.
This executive position requires a seasoned, mission-focused, process-minded, and hands-on individual with experience executing on vision and strategy through day-to-day operations, business development, financial oversight, and staff management. The COO will be the primary strategic and management partner to the Chief Executive Officer, supporting the aggressive and successful growth of the company; and will also oversee and execute the operational functions of the organization.
Reporting to the President, the COO is an integral member of the senior management team; and will be expected to maintain the highest professional standards, producing rigorous timely work product in a timely manner and earning the trust and confidence of everyone internally and externally with the organization. The successful candidate will have a high degree of professional maturity and personal integrity, strong interpersonal skills, self-motivated, comfortable in an evolving, and growing organization. S/he must excel in managing finance and operations, including experience with developing an organization's workflow, internal communications, and critical business processes. The successful candidate will be highly collaborative, with an exceptional ability to listen and foster productive working relationships among the staff, customers and contractors. Education & Experience:
- Enthusiasm for YFA's mission and an unwavering commitment to making YFA a high-performing nonprofit organization.
- Master's degree in related field required, business degree preferred.
- Minimum of 10+ years' operational and financial management experience in a for profit or nonprofit business; 7 years of which in senior business or program management roles.
- A demonstrated ability and proven track record of success in developing and sourcing business development opportunities; designing and executing strategies in support of organization's growth and expansion vision, in a dynamic, high performing,
results-based environment a plus.
- Self-starter who takes initiative, using sound, independent judgment and discretion and seeks guidance and feedback where appropriate - a doer as well as a manager.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; highly organized with concern for detail and a commitment to rigor.
- Demonstrated experience with scaling up organizational infrastructure.
- Experience with creating and leading a diverse and energetic staff, including an ability to motivate individuals and foster team spirit.
- Knowledge of human resources and experience setting individual and team performance goals and evaluating their execution.
- Knowledge of risk-management and the ability to develop effective risk management strategies.
- Familiarity with state-of-the-art organizational development tools.
- Excellent verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong time management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Professionalism, empathy, and the ability to work as part of a team, maintain a sense of humor, and interact with a diverse array of people all walks of life.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to bend, lift and carry 30 pounds.
- Ability to travel on a local and regional basis as required.
- May require extended periods of time at a keyboard. Requirements Leadership Functions:
As a leader, YFA expects:
- Ability to tackle issues directly and have the crucial, sometimes difficult, conversations
- Makes timely decisions that are based upon data and logical conclusions
- Demonstrated effective problem-solving techniques
- Ability and leadership finesse to ensure win-win collaborative solutions
- Handle ambiguity in a manner that creates breakthrough thinking
- Lead cross-functional project management programs and build project management capability amongst the teams
- Ensure the department meets monthly, quarterly and annual fiscal goals and objectives
- Demonstrate managerial courage
- Be results-oriented while striving for excellence
- Use data, daily visual management and metrics to measure outcomes and deliverables, and action items in real-time as required
- Demands a high level of accountability of self and others
- Be timely in decision making and communicate clearly
- Delegates appropriately
- Ensure managerial consistency
- Be adaptive and work towards organizational excellence
- Always portraying a positive image of the company
- Promote and reward YFA values
- Inspire others by sharing our values and encouraging new ideas
- Be forward looking and approachable
- Be self-aware and practice humility
- Develop effective and efficient teams delivering high performance
- Actively mentor, build and support employee/team
- Ability to abide by principles of EEO compliance and a workplace of dignity and respect
- Ability to work cooperatively in a group/team setting
- Ability to show respect to others
- Ability to take guidance and direction from supervisors
- Ability to abide by core values and mission statement of the agency
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suites
- Ability to arrive/report to work on time and ready to work

Essential Functions:
Strategy, Vision and Business Development
- Assist the CEO in achieving YFA's growth and development goals, in a timely fashion, consistent with the agency's evolving business plan and its annual budgets.
- Establishes comprehensive knowledge of the organization, services, communities served, market environments and opportunities, and utilizes this knowledge to proactively identify business opportunities that might be suitable for fulfilling YFA's
mission.
- Strategic leadership in the attainment of YFA's growth and expansion goals, and promotes them internally and externally, and implements business development plans to achieve them.
- Successful track record of leading the development of business opportunities in new, existing and adjacent markets with demonstrated wins and successes, supported by rigorous reporting and metrics to track and communicate status and progress. (Business opportunities include stewarding major funding opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, and securing grants in excess of $100,000)
- Proactively prepares and maintains competitive analysis of viable business markets for the organization. Researches potential competition on projects the organization pursues. Externally focused outreach activities to support the growth
and expansion goals.
- Manages multiple teams of internal and external staff resources responsible for multiple business development opportunities from concept through operational implementation; and developing project action plans and required related
materials.
- Develop and write proposal responses (i.e. responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs), Intent to Negotiate (ITN), foundations, and other philanthropic funders, agency service requests, etc.), persuasively communicating YFA's mission.
- Adopts a mindset of continuous improvement of processes and establishes standard work and SOPs.
- Leads a team upon completion of a project to identify lessons learned, process strengths and weaknesses, and future opportunities for improvements; and makes changes to existing processes as a result of these learnings.
- Provide organizational leadership, support, coordination and communication throughout all operating areas of the agency.
- Participate in board of director meetings as needed, providing updates to-and seeking feedback from board members on the organization's operating performance and effectiveness.
- Promote a culture of high performance and achievement, with a focus on continuous improvement and a commitment to quality, while ensuring open lines of communication and candid conversations.
- Represent the agency at meetings, conferences, special events, etc., as requested by the CEO.
- Assist the CEO in maintaining positive relationships with all client organizations, with all sources of funding for the agency, with all peer organizations, with all relevant government entities and representatives, and with the public.
- Work, at all times, to promote and protect YFA's reputation as a responsible and effective social service agency and to ensure the efficacy of its programs.
- Assist in the ongoing formulation of the agency's overall promotional strategy and the development of associated marketing materials and initiatives.
- Provide leadership and assistance in the development and ongoing revision of a comprehensive agency business model designed to achieve financial sustainability within a framework of services that is aligned with the mission of the agency and consistent with the business plan developed for YFA.
Management and Operations
- Assume overall responsibility for the day-to-day performance of all of the functions and activities that are supervised by agency managers who report to the COO.
- Assist in the ongoing development of needs assessments and program quality assessment tools to identify next steps and areas of opportunity for the agency and to support a culture of continuous quality improvement for all agency services.
- Provide analytical support to Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc. internal management team including development of internal management reporting capabilities.
- Oversee the organization's infrastructure requirements, including appropriate information technology and work environments in across all Operations sites.
- Directly supervise the VP of Operations and the VP of Behavioral Health and Prevention.
- Directly supervise any additional agency personnel as assigned by the CEO.
- Lead the development of a sustainable plan to support targeted, professional development for Operation's staff.
- Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach, set annual performance and development goals, and ensure accountability for timely achievement of goals and driving a high-performance culture.
- Conduct annual performance appraisals and administer salary adjustments.
- Ensure all team members receive timely and appropriate training and development.
Finance and Legal Compliance
- Develop a risk management approach that is appropriate for the organization's scale, mission, and exposures and that enables effective oversight by the Corporate Compliance Committee and the board.
- Assume overall budget compliance responsibility for all of the functions and activities referenced above.
- Assume overall contract compliance for all of the functions and activities referenced above.
- Report any material deficiencies in any of the areas outlined above, whether current or anticipated, as soon as identified, and presents a plan of action to the CEO.
- Assist the CEO and the CFO in the development of agency-friendly financial management and reporting strategies and in the refinement of a set of management metrics to predict outcomes.
- Work, at all times, to carry out the fiduciary responsibilities of YFA and to ensure agency compliance with all applicable rules, policies, procedures, laws, and regulations. Undertake such other tasks and responsibilities that are consistent with the position of COO, as assigned by the CEO. Job Information

• Job ID: 55760325
• Position Title: Chief Operating Officer
• Company Name: Youth and Family Alternatives
• Industry: Child Welfare Standards of Excellence
• Job Function: Other
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Job Duration: Indefinite
• Min Education: Master's Degree
• Min Experience: Over 10 Years
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