Chief Executive Officer - Thrive Ministry

Chief Executive Officer

Thrive is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to replace our retiring CEO of 20 years. We are seeking someone who has strong communication and collaboration skills, along with a heart for building relationships with partners, donors, and other constituents. Eligible candidates must have a visionary approach with which to carry the ministry forward into the next season, along with fundraising skills and an awareness of and sensitivity to multi-cultural concerns and current trends in missions. Time spent working cross-culturally is a plus, as is experience with non-profit ministry.

Key qualities include:

• Must embrace the mission of Thrive and agree with our Statement of Faith
• Strong spiritual character and leadership abilities
• Strong communicator
• Skilled in collaboration
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Ability to network
• Visionary
• Experience in successful donor development
• Vibrant and healthy spiritual life
• Breadth of multicultural awareness/sensitivity

Bonus qualities preferred:

• Missions/cross-cultural experience
• Experience in the field of Member Care
• Three+ years in a C-Suite leadership role

Our Culture:
We love our team. It's one of the core pillars we work from every day…which is why we take care of our staff as best we can. 

We deeply believe in and care for each other. Our mission is to “replenish women ministering overseas” and for our ministry to be effective, we believe it starts with us - to have a natural flow of lovingkindness into our relationships and work. 

As a small team doing exceptional work, each of our roles hold a lot of responsibility. We value a culture of collaboration and support that permeates through all areas. 

We all work hard but are sensitive to family needs. Flexibility and communication are backbones of our work. We have a hybrid of in-office (Mon |Tues | Thurs) and remote work (Wed | Fri).

Our Tools:
We love innovation and utilize industry standard tools such a Salesforce, Box, Slack, Airtable, and Trello to name a few. We are also an all Mac environment.

The Benefits:
We provide excellent Medical and Dental coverage plans for you as an employee. You can preview our 2024 benefits here.

Paid Time Off: 2 weeks of vacation plus 1 week of sick leave

Ministry Paid Time Off: Thrive encourages our employees, along with their families, to occasionally serve in ministry outreach endeavors. (Up to two weeks)

Monthly Personal Retreat Days (PRDs): - one day per month to unplug and take the day with the Lord to refresh.

The Hiring Process:
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The first round ends February 28th, 2025. We'll respond to applications as they arrive. Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process. 

Phase one: Receive candidate applications. Complete a brief questionnaire.

Phase two: Selected candidates will be asked to fill out a more in-depth CEO Questionnaire and provide references.

February 28th, 2025 round one of candidate applications closes.

Phase three: Selected candidates will have an initial Zoom interview with our Search Committee. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions you have to ask our team. You're interviewing us as much as we're interviewing you. Multiple interviews might take place during this phase.

Phase four: In-person interview with members our Board and Meet & Greet with our staff. 

Organization Description:

Thrive is a nonprofit Christian organization located in west Denver. Our mission is to replenish women ministering overseas. We offer numerous resources including an in-person retreat ministry (two international and one US-based retreat each year), a 4-day virtual Gather event each spring, one-on-one relationships to assist in setting and accomplishing goals and nurturing spiritual growth, an online community hosting a variety of electronic publications designed to meet the specific needs of women serving overseas, and an advocacy focus that engages and educates individuals, churches, and agencies to be equipped and empowered to proactively meet the needs of global women.