Regional Coordinator: Region 1

Catholic Charities USA; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Charities USA seeks a Regional Coordinator to lead strategies for engaging regional membership and supporting member agencies with best practices and capacity building.

You will promote services, mentor peers, and advocate for regional needs while coordinating trainings and convenings with CCUSA teams. Strong facilitation and networking are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in a membership-based non-profit organization.
• Experience in social or health services with focus on poverty and well-being.
• Experience in a Catholic institution preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategies to build regional membership engagement and support member agencies through consultation, best practices, and capacity building.
• Promote CCUSA services and peer mentoring to increase adoption of effective models across the network.
• Advocate for regional needs and ensure local concerns inform decisions.
• Coordinate regional convenings and trainings with CCUSA Convening department.
• Conduct listening synodal processes with member leadership to assess needs and resources.
• Utilize CCConnect or other tech to organize and support the region with CCUSA staff.

Skills

Relationship building

Written and verbal communication

Facilitation

Networking

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s degree and equivalent work experience

Job description

REPORTS TO

Executive Vice President, Member Services

DIVISION

Member Services

STATUS

Exempt

Summary Description

CCUSA has identified six regions composed of USCCB episcopal regions to engage, listen to, support, and connect with network membership agencies. The Regional Coordinator serves as a “strategic network facilitator” to provide best practices, resources, and convening services for agencies in the identified region. The Regional Coordinator possesses individual gifts, skills, and expertise to share with other Regional Coordinators, the CCUSA staff, and the Catholic Charities network.

CCUSA Regions

• Region 1 (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, Hawaii, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam)


• Region 2 (Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas)


• Region 3 (North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri)


• Region 4 (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio)


• Region 5 (Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)


• Region 6 (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead strategies to help build regional membership engagement and support member agencies in their collective action through consultation, lifting best practices, and capacity building support.


• Promote targeted CCUSA services and peer-to-peer agency mentoring/sharing to generate greater adoption of “models that work” across the network.


• Advocate for the needs and priorities of their region, ensuring that local concerns are considered in decision-making.


• Coordinate local regional convening and member agency trainings in conjunction with the CCUSA Convening department and other relevant CCUSA Teams.


• Host frequent and timely “listening” synodal processes in the region with appropriate member agency leadership to ascertain needs, resources, assets, and analysis of the relevance of the work.


• Utilize CCConnect or other appropriate technology to organize and support their region, along with CCUSA staff responsible for various Communities of Practice.


• Act as regional support liaison to the CCUSA Disaster Operations Team as needed during crisis in the region.


• Support the CCUSA Data Analysis Team as needed with regional reporting efforts.


• Manage related and other duties as assigned to support CCUSA’s regional membership support model.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of the Catholic Charities ministry.


• Knowledge of Catholic social and moral teachings


• Embrace CCUSA’s values and the behaviors that support the values.


• Strong written and oral communication skills.


• Demonstrated skills and aptitude for facilitating dialogues and connections.


• Appreciation of networks and practical understanding of network theory as opposed to “headquarters” or “franchises.”


• Strong emotional intelligence as a servant leader, who connects others to form a network and can help create networks of networks.


• Demonstrated skills in convening leaders for dialogue and information sharing.


• Active listening skills and ability to synthesize dialogues, learnings, and insights.


• Ability to work alone, and with groups, to develop action plans and responses.


• Ability to work effectively in diverse cultural settings and adapt strategies accordingly.

Educational & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and equivalent work experience


• Minimum of seven years of experience in a membership based non-profit organization
  
  
  
  • Work experience in social or health services with special attention to poverty and/or the social factors of health and well-being preferred
  
  
  • Work experience in a Catholic institution preferred
  
  
  
  

Work Environment

• Relocation or ability to live in REGION 1


• Ability to travel to respective regions as necessary (up to 30% travel)


• This position may require extended periods of standing, sitting, as well as some repetitive movements, bending and repetitive lifting of minimal weight


• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key components and primary responsibilities

CCUSA provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or gender, military service or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, disability or marital status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. CCUSA complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

Catholic Charities USA recruits only for positions that are included on this careers page. Candidates who advance in the recruitment process should anticipate communications directly from both the departmental hiring manager and the Senior Human Resources Director. Any email communications will be sent from a verified CCUSA email domain (@CatholicCharitiesUSA.org).

Catholic Charities USA will never ask candidates to share personally sensitive information (Social Security number, bank accounts, etc.) during the interview process and CCUSA will never request any payment from candidates in connection with a job application.