Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Waukegan, IL
1,001-5,000 employees

The Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Lake County is the senior leader responsible for advancing CCAC's mission, visibility, and impact in Lake County. As the public face of Catholic Charities in Lake County, this role provides operational leadership, drives program performance and innovation, and cultivates key relationships with civic leaders and community partners. The Executive Director oversees all facilities and community-based operations with a focus on optimizing service delivery, improving client outcomes, and ensuring fiscal and regulatory accountability. Internally, the Executive Director fosters a mission-driven, inclusive, and high-performing culture, championing employee engagement, leadership development, and workplace excellence. The role ensures that Catholic Charities' facilities in Lake County are welcoming, safe, and aligned with organizational values. The role drives high levels of internal collaboration to lead in integrating and aligning Lake County operations with the broader Charities' organization. This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer with a dotted line to the President and Chief Operating Officer.

  • Drive performance excellence, client impact, and community partnership for Catholic Charities in Lake County, ensuring alignment with our organizational mission and priorities.
  • Act as the primary spokesperson and ambassador for Catholic Charities in Lake County, building and sustaining relationships with civic leaders, elected officials, faith communities, nonprofit partners, and coalitions.
  • Oversee operations for all community-based programs and facilities in Lake County, ensuring community centers are welcoming, safe, and aligned with Catholic Charities' core values.
  • Collaborate with peer leaders overseeing program offerings that cross Cook and Lake counties to assure cohesive workplace culture.
  • Collaborate and receive guidance from CCAC's Mission Support leaders to manage finances, data and technology, human resources, facilities, and legal.
  • Collaborate and receive guidance from CCAC's Outreach and Engagement leaders in fostering strong priest and parish relations.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Strong relationship management experience combined with strong organizational management experience.
  • Strong communication and public speaking skills.
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.
  • Ability to collaborate and thrive in a matrixed reporting environment.
  • Operational oversight and program optimization skills.
  • Commitment to mission-driven and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Familiarity with data-driven decision-making and performance metrics.
  • Experience in leading multi-site or regional operations.
  • Established relationships with Lake County human service and community networks.
  • Knowledge of Lake County's regulatory and funding environment.
  • 401k
  • health_insurance
  • dental_insurance
  • vision_insurance
  • paid_holidays
  • paid_volunteer_time
  • flexible_scheduling
  • professional_development
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