Director Of Operations

Location: The Salvation Army Savannah Corps

About this opportunity:

Executes projects and provides administrative and managerial support to the Savannah Corps. Supervises, monitors, and evaluates all core businesses, including the Family Stores/Donation Centers and Warehouses, and Community Center to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished and to confirm adherence to established policies and procedures; serves as liaison and technical resource to the Corps Officer, external organizations, Advisory Board, and Executive Committees regarding the Savannah Corps business and programs; assumes additional responsibilities in the absence of the Corps Officer.

Key responsibilities:

   Community Center

• Oversees daily operations to include the efficient use of personnel, fiscal responsibilities, and safety of activities; continuously evaluates programs and services.
• Supervises the After School Coordinator.
• Oversight for all programming for the Community Center
• Facility Use Agreements - manages rentals and usage of building; coordinates activities with community groups and organizations, coordinating HQ approvals.
• Health and Wellness: Programming is focused on building a healthy livable community in Savannah for all ages; responsible for maintaining mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations,
• Community Recreation: Develops and delivers general recreational programming to the community in the form of age specific and family events, which include educational, entertainment, and wellness­ based programs, and special events.
• Summer Camp/ After School Programs: Oversees all education programming for youth; is responsible specifically for after school and summer camp programs for Community Recreation.
• Athletics: Oversees athletic programs. Develops programs; prepares budget plans; schedules programs; orders programming equipment; and manages registration, volunteer recruitments, and trainings.
• Outdoor: Manages all levels of outdoor programs, outdoor special events, and camps; coordinates activities and projects affiliated with outdoor user groups; and facilitates the development of assigned projects.
• Special Events: Oversees special events for the city. Assists with security staffing and volunteers, seeks sponsorships for events, works with community groups and agencies to plan events, assists with website to promote events, and works with boards and co-sponsored groups.
• Senior: Programs specifically for adults ages 55 and over, develops programs and activities.

Facilities Management

• Oversees all facilities management (Family Stores, Warehouse, Center of Hope, and Community Center)
• Oversight of inspection, repairs, testing of all machinery, heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems. Coordinates scheduling for all repairs. continuously evaluates services.
• Serves as supervisor to all Maintenance and Custodial staff.

Family Stores/ Warehouse

• Oversees planning, monitors, and evaluates overall operations of Family Stores and Warehouses ensuring compliance with established policies; continuously evaluates programs and services.
• Serves as supervisor to the Family Store Manager and Warehouse Supervisor
• inspects work in progress and upon completion for accuracy and completeness; conducts performance evaluations of subordinate personnel and makes hiring/firing recommendations.
• Fleet oversight
• Oversees the Warehouse Manager regarding CSRC Beneficiary oversight. And the receiving, sorting, pricing, and distribution of donated items in the warehouse.

Additional Duties

• Works closely with his direct reports to bring common unity and purpose to departments within the Savannah Corps.
• Strategic Planning for future projects and ways to improve the mission of The Salvation Army- Savannah Corps.
• Assists division/department with special events across all areas.
• Performs additional duties to support operational requirements as assigned.

What we are looking for in you:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration or a related field; and
• Five (5) years progressively responsible experience in managing business and financial affairs of a complex, multi-functional organization, or
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull heavy objects (50-100 lbs). Duties are usually performed by combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis. Work is performed in a warehouse, store and normal office environments. There may be physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision
• Holiday and Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  10/03/2024-10/31/2024

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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