Job description
Executive Director
Are you ready to lead with purpose and impact? At Maria Droste Counseling Center (MDCC), we believe that quality mental health care should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. As we step into an exciting new chapter of growth and transformation, we’re seeking a visionary Executive Director to guide our team, inspire innovation, and build sustainable pathways for the future of mental health in Colorado.
This is more than a leadership role, it’s an opportunity to leave a lasting mark on a mission-driven organization that has been a trusted pillar in the Denver community for decades.
Reporting to the Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Maria Droste Counseling Center’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
○ Ensuring ongoing excellence of services and operations, oversight of KPI development, tracking, and evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve strategic goals.
○ Actively engage and energize Agency volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders, in collaboration with relevant directors.
○ Develop, maintain, and support a strong and diverse Board of Directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction
○ Lead, coach, develop, and retain Agency’s directors
○ Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components with relevant directors, to ensure adequate KPI tracking and data collection; communicate information to the Board, funders, and other constituents.
Fundraising and Communications
○ Ensure expansion of revenue generating and fundraising activities to support program operations.
○ Deepen and refine all aspects of communications, using external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.
○ Ensure fundraising responsibilities of the Board of Directors are consistently demonstrated.
Planning and New Business
○ Execute the strategic business plan with Leadership Team
○ Be an external presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the Agency’s mission, reach, and impact.
Required Background, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
○ Minimum of 5 years of successful senior management experience in similar‐sized (or larger organization), including supervision of professionals
○ Specific experience in mental health/behavioral health highly preferred
○ Degree in nonprofit or public health management, business, social work, psychology or related area preferred
○ All candidates should have proven track record in:
- Managing a substantial budget ($3M) with full accountability for results
- Leadership, coaching, and relationship management
- Effective scaling of a performance-and-outcomes based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth.
- Achieving strategic and operational objectives in an organization
- Developing effective strategic partnerships and community relationships
- Fundraising with major donors, foundations, government grants
- Managing a diverse Board of Directors
○ Exhibits passion for and commitment to mission of Maria Droste Counseling Center; unwavering commitment to the Agency’s mission.
○ Demonstrates highest ethical standards and integrity
○ Treats all individuals with respect, commitment to inclusion and diversity
○ Well‐developed written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
○ Highly engaged, open and collaborative style of management with diverse groups of people; well demonstrated delegation skills
○ Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning and development
○ Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed
Reports to: Board of Directors (Board Chair)
Directly Supervises: Directors, others, as required
Why Join Us?
○ Be part of a team deeply committed to access, inclusivity, and belonging.
○ Help shape the future of mental health services across Colorado.
○ Enjoy unique perks including an on-site gym, free paid parking, and a collaborative work culture.
○ Competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support your well-being.
Compensation and Benefits
○ $84,650 - $120,050 salary range
○ 4 weeks PTO/sick leave
○100% paid Employee healthcare benefit plans available
○ 401(k) plan
○ Gym on site, paid parking
○ Potential for remote work days
○ Colorado Service Corps eligible site
○ Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible
○ Professional development and certification opportunities
○ Access to clinical professionals for peer consultation and support
○ Mission oriented organization with strong reputation in the community
To apply please submit a resume and cover letter. Maria Droste Counseling Center is an equal opportunity employer.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Nonprofit HR is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do for the benefit of our employees and the clients that we serve. To fully realize our goal, we prioritize our understanding of the complexities of DEI within our workforce to inform our approach to talent management. We believe that this guides how we do our work, advise our clients to operationalize DEI and position our content and educational opportunities help strengthen the talent management capacity of the social impact sector.
Continue reading our about our commitment at nonprofithr.com/deinow.
