Community Development International (CDI) Director

Resurrection, A United Methodist Church; Leawood (KS); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Resurrection, A United Methodist Church, in Leawood, Kansas, seeks a CDI Director within the Ministries and Programs division to lead strategy, operations, and partnerships for global community development. This is a part-time exempt role located at 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood.

The Director will steward CDI’s mission, manage day-to-day operations, and cultivate partnerships with church and global communities, including Malawi. Governance, budgeting, and fundraising are core duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
• Three or more years of demonstrated success in leadership in an equivalent field, with at least one year in management.

Responsibilities

• Lead CDI’s strategic planning and implementation aligned with the church's mission and CDI priorities.
• Foster collaboration, transparency, and accountability across Resurrection, staff, board, and global partners.
• Represent the organization publicly and advocate for global community development initiatives.
• Manage governance, operations, staffing, budgeting, and fundraising outside of Resurrection’s members.
• Develop and execute an operational playbook for global community development, partner vetting, and program design.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Relationship building

Non-profit governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

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Community Development International (CDI) Director

Leawood, KS, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1795

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World.

Resurrection has an opening for a Community Development International (CDI) Director in the Ministries and Programs division! The position is part-time, exempt, and is located in Leawood at 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood, KS 66224. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary

In partnership with and consistent with the direction of the Church of the Resurrection and CDI Board of Directors, the CDI Director will serve as the chief strategist, relationship builder, and operational leader of CDI. The Director will steward the CDI mission, manage day-to-day operations, and cultivate partnerships within the church and global communities. The Director is responsible for the strategy, execution, budgeting and day-to-day oversight of global community development partners. The Director will work with the CDI Board of Directors to lead governance, compliance and all other activities and requirements of the non-profit entity.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Position-Specific

• Lead CDI’s strategic planning and implementation in alignment with Church of the Resurrection’s mission and vision and CDI values and priorities.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and accountability across Resurrection, staff, board, Resurrection donor development, the Resurrectin Foundation, and global partners.
• Represent the organization publicly and advocate for global community development initiatives.
• Successfully run non-profit organization including governance, operations, staffing, reporting, marketing, budget, financial management, and fundraising outside of Resurrection’s members.
• Develop and execute an operational playbook that leverages best practices of global community development. This will include identification and vetting of potential new partners and programs, fostering local design of community development programs led by local leaders of partner organizations, ensuring programs are culturally responsive, community-driven, and outcome-oriented with focus on local sustainability, and monitoring and evaluating program effectiveness and impact.
• Collaborate with the Church of Resurrection and the Board to strengthen governance, strategic direction, and organizational capacity.
• Manages the relationship with an NGO in Malawi, Opulence Malawi, with the potential of vetting future partnerships on the continent of Africa.
• Partner with Resurrection in creating a model of community development that increases impact
• Coordinating and executing donor development trips for participants outside of Resurrection on behalf of CDI.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.
• Activating - proactively takes on new challenges and opportunities with energy and urgency.
• Adapting – remains flexible and modifies behaviors quickly to help CDI and the church meet the dynamic needs of community development partners, congregants and employees.
• Catalyzing Growth – overcomes inertia by discovering new solutions and casting vision for innovation that will elevate global community development.
• Community Partnering – understands the international community in which we serve, establishes community relationships and represents CDI in the broader community.
• Focusing on Details – pays attention to important details, avoiding errors and fine‑tuning the results for maximum impact.
• Motivating – creates a climate where people are inspired to do their best to help the church achieve its purpose.
• Orchestrating – ensures everyone works together to achieve the same goal of staging seamless, coherent user experiences.
• Team Building – forms highly effective teams, whether supervised or informal, where individuals with diverse skills achieve ambitious goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred but not required.
• Three or more years of demonstrated success in leadership in an equivalent field, with at least one year in management.