Chief Operating Officer Children's Services

The Groden Network; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HRA

FSA

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Holidays

EAP

CEUs

Job summary

The Groden Network in Providence, RI seeks a dynamic Chief Operating Officer to oversee children’s services across educational, residential, outpatient, and community-based settings. You will shape operational strategy, ensure safety and quality, and align programs with the Network’s mission.

Lead budgeting, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional collaboration, while fostering an inclusive, trauma-informed culture and delivering measurable outcomes for students and individuals served.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of progressive leadership experience in educational, residential, outpatient, community-based, behavioral health, or human-services nonprofit settings.
• Strong executive management, budgeting, program development, quality improvement, and cross-departmental supervision abilities.
• Oversee multi-program or multi-site operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily administration of school, residential, outpatient, and community-based programs.
• Develop and execute strategic planning initiatives.
• Ensure high standards of care, safety, clinical quality, accessibility, and developmental support.
• Foster an inclusive, trauma-informed, person-centered work culture.
• Maintain adherence to state, federal, local, licensing, accreditation, and payer requirements.
• Oversee health, safety, emergency response, and field-safety protocols.
• Ensure services meet authorization, medical necessity, and documentation timeliness.
• Partner with CFO to develop and manage operational budgets.
• Monitor expenditures, staffing productivity, service utilization, and contract performance.
• Address variances with finance and program leaders to support growth.

Skills

Executive leadership

Budgeting

Program development

Quality improvement

Cross-department supervision

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree in Education, Special Education, Social Work, Non-Profit Management, or related field

Bachelor's with equivalent experience accepted

Job description

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Chief Operating Officer Children's Services

Full Time Senior Management Providence, RI, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1545

Salary Range: $140,000.00 To $168,000.00 Annually

Job Posting Title Chief Operating Officer Children's Services

Job Description

Are you ready to take on a pivotal leadership role in an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children and adults with behavioral health challenges, autism spectrum disorder, and developmental disabilities? The Groden Network is seeking a dynamic, experienced Chief Operating Officer to oversee and enhance our children's services and practices, provide strategic and operational oversight of educational, residential, outpatient, and community-based programs, ensure coordinated service delivery, safety, quality, clinical effectiveness, accessibility, and alignment with the Network's mission. Our highly respected agency has over 50 years of distinction, nationally and internationally, in providing high-quality, compassionate care to individuals across the lifespan. As our COO, you’ll play an integral role in shaping the future of our organization. We welcome applications from dynamic, experienced professionals to direct and advance the Network's vision and programmatic strategies across our children's programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the daily administration of school, residential, outpatient, and community-based programs.
• Participate in the development and execution of strategic planning initiatives.
• Ensure high standards of care, safety, clinical quality, accessibility, and developmental support for students, residents, and individuals served in community settings.
• Foster an inclusive, positive, trauma-informed, person-centered, and community-responsive work culture.
• Maintain strict adherence to applicable state, federal, local, contractual, accreditation, licensing, documentation, and payer requirements across school, residential, outpatient, and community-based services.
• Oversee health, safety, emergency response, clinical escalation, and field-safety protocols for facilities and community service locations.
• Ensure outpatient and community-based services meet authorization, medical-necessity, billing-support, documentation-timeliness, and service-plan requirements in collaboration with clinical and administrative leaders.
• Partner with CFO to develop and manage operational budgets for school, residential, and community-based programs.
• Monitor and manage expenditures, staffing productivity, service utilization, reimbursement trends, and contract performance to support fiscal sustainability and target alignment.
• Partner with finance and program leaders to address variances, optimize resources, and support responsible growth of outpatient and community-based capacity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education, Special Education, Social Work, Non-Profit Management, or a related field (Bachelor's with equivalent experience accepted).
• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of progressive leadership experience in educational, residential, outpatient, community-based, behavioral health, or human-services nonprofit settings, including oversight of multi-program or multi-site operations.
• Strong executive management, budgeting, program development, quality improvement, and cross-departmental supervision abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to oversee outpatient workflows, community-based service delivery, referral relationships, caseload management, access and utilization, interdisciplinary coordination, and outcome measurement.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and respond effectively to inquiries or complaints from individuals, families, regulatory agencies, payers, and external partners.
• Company Paid 80% of Health Insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Company Paid 100% of Dental Insurance with Delta Dental (Individual)
• Vision Insurance with VSP
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
• 401K with Company Match / ROTH Contribution Plan
• Free Long Term Disability Insurance
• Free Life Insurance
• AFLAC
• Voluntary Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Up to 24 days of Paid Time Off in your First Year!
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for paid CEUs
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Cell phone stipend

The Groden Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values inclusion in its workforce. Take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact!