Executive Director - Care Net Pregnancy Center

Christiancareercenter; Vero Beach (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Care Net Pregnancy Center of Indian River County seeks an Executive Director to lead the ministry with a Christ-centered vision, overseeing staff, programs, finances, operations, development, and community relationships. The role requires spiritual maturity, strategic leadership, and strong communication to advance life-affirming services.

The Executive Director will collaborate with the Board, cultivate donors, ensure program excellence, and uphold biblical ministry, while serving as a visible

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and a commitment to Christian ministry.
• Fully supports Care Net's Statement of Faith, Mission, Vision and core values.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, preferably in a Christian nonprofit, ministry, pregnancy center, healthcare, family-support, or community-service organization.
• Experience supervising and developing staff and leading organizational operations.
• Experience with budgeting, financial oversight, fundraising, donor development, and community relationships.
• Strong strategic thinking, organizational, interpersonal, communication, writing, and public-speaking skills.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, initiative, flexibility, problem-solving ability, confidentiality, emotional maturity, integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Proficient in technology and organizational management systems.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and model Christ-centered servant leadership.
• Champion Care Net's Mission, Vision, Core Values, Statement of Faith, and life-affirming ministry.
• Provide spiritual leadership, encouragement, prayer, and direction to staff and volunteers.
• Foster a culture of compassion, dignity, grace, integrity, accountability, and excellence.
• Ensure Care Net's Christian identity is reflected throughout its programs, services, communications, and relationships.
• Implement the Strategic Plan and Board-approved priorities.
• Translate strategic priorities into annual goals, measurable objectives, and departmental plans.
• Evaluate organizational and ministry effectiveness using appropriate data and outcomes.
• Ensure staffing, programs, finances, technology, and resources are aligned with the organization’s Mission and strategic priorities.
• Identify opportunities, challenges, risks, and emerging needs that will affect the future of Care Net.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Board of Directors.
• Maintain a transparent, collaborative, and accountable relationship with the Board.
• Attend Board meetings and provide timely reports regarding ministry impact, finances, staffing, operations, development, and strategic progress.
• Implement Board-approved policies, budgets, priorities, and strategic direction.
• Maintain a clear distinction between Board governance and staff operational responsibilities.
• Recruit, supervise, develop, evaluate, and retain qualified staff who support Care Net's Mission and Christian values.
• Establish clear responsibilities, expectations, goals, and accountability.
• Provide leadership development, training, encouragement, and appropriate correction.
• Facilitate regular staff and leadership meetings that promote communication, prayer, teamwork, problem-solving, and accountability.
• Ensure volunteers are appropriately recruited, trained, supported, and equipped for ministry.
• Build a healthy organizational culture characterized by trust, teamwork, clarity, compassion, and excellence.
• Provide executive oversight of all patient/client services and ministry programs.
• Ensure patients/clients receive compassionate, confidential, professional, life-affirming, and Christ-centered support.
• Work with the Medical Services Manager and Client Services Director to assess patient/client needs and evaluate program effectiveness and outcomes.
• Ensure that appropriate systems are in place for patient/client access, follow-up, education, discipleship, referrals, and community connections.
• Evaluate programs for mission alignment, effectiveness, sustainability, staffing capacity, and financial impact.
• Work with the Treasurer, Finance Committee, and appropriate staff to develop and manage the annual budget.
• Provide oversight of revenues, expenditures, financial controls, restricted funds, and resource allocation.
• Ensure accurate financial and organizational records and timely reporting to the Board.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, policies, procedures, facilities, technology, data systems, and administrative infrastructure.
• Ensure appropriate confidentiality, compliance, risk management, and internal controls.
• Model faithful stewardship, transparency, integrity, and accountability in the use of all resources entrusted to Care Net.
• Provide leadership for Care Net's annual development and fundraising strategy.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with donors, churches, foundations, businesses, and community partners.
• Participate actively in major fundraising initiatives, campaigns, events, sponsorships, and donor communications.
• Work with the Board and Development staff to identify and cultivate new sources of financial support.
• Communicate the ministry's impact and financial needs clearly and effectively.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for Care Net within the community.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with pastors, churches, community organizations, professionals, and strategic partners.
• Represent Care Net appropriately in public, media, church, and community settings.
• Provide oversight of marketing, branding, communications, digital presence, and public messaging.
• Strengthen awareness of Care Net's services and mission among the individuals and communities it serves.
• Promote a culture of evaluation, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor ministry, financial, development, staffing, and operational indicators.
• Address organizational gaps, inefficiencies, and risks.
• Help develop future leaders and support succession planning.
• Ensure Care Net remains sustainable and prepared to fulfill its Mission for future generations.
• The Executive Director is accountable to the Board of Directors. Annual performance goals will be established collaboratively by the Board and the Executive Director and will be aligned with the Strategic Plan.
• Faithfulness to Mission, Vision, and Core Values
• Strategic Plan progress and organizational goals
• Client and ministry impact
• Staff leadership and organizational culture
• Financial stewardship and budget performance
• Fund development and donor relationships
• Church and community partnerships
• Operational effectiveness and compliance
• Board communication and accountability
• Organizational sustainability and future leadership

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Fundraising

Strategic thinking

Communication

Public speaking

Staff development

Donor relations

Christian leadership

Tech systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Leadership experience

Tools

Technology systems

Job description

The Executive Director serves as the chief executive and ministry leader of Care Net Pregnancy Center of Indian River County. As an ambassador of Jesus Christ, the Executive Director provides Christ-centered leadership and oversees the organization’s people, programs, finances, operations, development, and community relationships.

Mission

To connect with and empower women and men facing an unplanned pregnancy with free, immediate transformational support to choose life for their unborn child and discover abundant life in Christ.

Vision

To be a transformational Christian refuge.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and a commitment to Christian ministry.
• Fully supports Care Net's Statement of Faith, Statement of Principle, Mission, Vision, Core Values, and life-affirming ministry.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, preferably in a Christian nonprofit, ministry, pregnancy center, healthcare, family-support, or community-service organization.
• Experience supervising and developing staff and leading organizational operations.
• Experience with budgeting, financial oversight, fundraising, donor development, and community relationships.
• Strong strategic thinking, organizational, interpersonal, communication, writing, and public-speaking skills.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, initiative, flexibility, problem-solving ability, confidentiality, emotional maturity, integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Proficient in technology and organizational management systems.

Key Responsibilities

CHRIST-CENTERED MINISTRY LEADERSHIP

Demonstrate a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and model Christ-centered servant leadership.

Champion Care Net's Mission, Vision, Core Values, Statement of Faith, and life-affirming ministry.

Provide spiritual leadership, encouragement, prayer, and direction to staff and volunteers.

Foster a culture of compassion, dignity, grace, integrity, accountability, and excellence.

Ensure Care Net's Christian identity is reflected throughout its programs, services, communications, and relationships.

STRATEGIC & ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Implement the Strategic Plan and Board-approved priorities.

Translate strategic priorities into annual goals, measurable objectives, and departmental plans.

Evaluate organizational and ministry effectiveness using appropriate data and outcomes.

Ensure staffing, programs, finances, technology, and resources are aligned with the organization’s Mission and strategic priorities.

Identify opportunities, challenges, risks, and emerging needs that will affect the future of Care Net.

BOARD RELATIONSHIP & ACCOUNTABILITY

Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Board of Directors.

Maintain a transparent, collaborative, and accountable relationship with the Board.

Attend Board meetings and provide timely reports regarding ministry impact, finances, staffing, operations, development, and strategic progress.

Implement Board-approved policies, budgets, priorities, and strategic direction.

Maintain a clear distinction between Board governance and staff operational responsibilities.

STAFF & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

Recruit, supervise, develop, evaluate, and retain qualified staff who support Care Net's Mission and Christian values.

Establish clear responsibilities, expectations, goals, and accountability.

Provide leadership development, training, encouragement, and appropriate correction.

Facilitate regular staff and leadership meetings that promote communication, prayer, teamwork, problem-solving, and accountability.

Ensure volunteers are appropriately recruited, trained, supported, and equipped for ministry.

Build a healthy organizational culture characterized by trust, teamwork, clarity, compassion, and excellence.

MINISTRY PROGRAMS & PATIENT/CLIENT IMPACT

Provide executive oversight of all patient/client services and ministry programs.

Ensure patients/clients receive compassionate, confidential, professional, life-affirming, and Christ-centered support.

Work with the Medical Services Manager and Client Services Director to assess patient/client needs and evaluate program effectiveness and outcomes.

Ensure that appropriate systems are in place for patient/client access, follow-up, education, discipleship, referrals, and community connections.

Evaluate programs for mission alignment, effectiveness, sustainability, staffing capacity, and financial impact.

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP & OPERATIONS

Work with the Treasurer, Finance Committee, and appropriate staff to develop and manage the annual budget.

Provide oversight of revenues, expenditures, financial controls, restricted funds, and resource allocation.

Ensure accurate financial and organizational records and timely reporting to the Board.

Oversee day-to-day operations, policies, procedures, facilities, technology, data systems, and administrative infrastructure.

Ensure appropriate confidentiality, compliance, risk management, and internal controls.

Model faithful stewardship, transparency, integrity, and accountability in the use of all resources entrusted to Care Net.

FUND DEVELOPMENT & DONOR RELATIONSHIPS

Provide leadership for Care Net's annual development and fundraising strategy.

Cultivate and steward relationships with donors, churches, foundations, businesses, and community partners.

Participate actively in major fundraising initiatives, campaigns, events, sponsorships, and donor communications.

Work with the Board and Development staff to identify and cultivate new sources of financial support.

Communicate the ministry's impact and financial needs clearly and effectively.

COMMUNITY, CHURCH & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Serve as a visible ambassador for Care Net within the community.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with pastors, churches, community organizations, professionals, and strategic partners.

Represent Care Net appropriately in public, media, church, and community settings.

Provide oversight of marketing, branding, communications, digital presence, and public messaging.

Strengthen awareness of Care Net's services and mission among the individuals and communities it serves.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

Promote a culture of evaluation, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Monitor ministry, financial, development, staffing, and operational indicators.

Address organizational gaps, inefficiencies, and risks.

Help develop future leaders and support succession planning.

Ensure Care Net remains sustainable and prepared to fulfill its Mission for future generations.

PERFORMANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

The Executive Director is accountable to the Board of Directors. Annual performance goals will be established collaboratively by the Board and the Executive Director and will be aligned with the Strategic Plan.

Performance Will Be Evaluated In Areas Including

Faithfulness to Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Strategic Plan progress and organizational goals

Client and ministry impact

Staff leadership and organizational culture

Financial stewardship and budget performance

Fund development and donor relationships

Church and community partnerships

Operational effectiveness and compliance

Board communication and accountability

Organizational sustainability and future leadership