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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 
 
History and Mission
 
Samaritan's Feet was founded in 2003 by Nigerian native Emmanuel (Manny) Ohonme. Samaritan's Feet is an international humanitarian organization providing relief to the feet of hurting children and poor people around the world displaced due to poverty, war, and natural disasters. We demonstrate compassion by washing and equipping their feet with shoes and touching their hearts with God's message of hope and love.
Our mission is to help alleviate human suffering by providing God's hope and love, and relief through shoes to children and the poor around the world. The goal of Samaritan's Feet is to equip the feet of 10 million impoverished people with 10 million pairs of shoes, over the next 10 years.
Our team of staff, board members, volunteers, partners and short term missionaries not only provide shoes to these children, but we get on our knees and wash the feet of each shoe recipient. We demonstrate servant leadership by washing the feet of each of them and tell them that God loves them. Our results have been incredible based on the hundreds of thousands of reformed lives that we have witnessed.
 
Position Overview
 
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will report to the Board of Directors. The candidate will be responsible for leading a diverse management team and carrying out the vision and mission of the organization. Reporting to the COO will be the Director of Missions, Accounting Manager, Volunteer Coordinator¸ Director of Marketing and Communications, and Development Director.  The COO will also be responsible for developing a relationship with the local and regional business community and promoting the fund raising efforts of the organization.
 
Candidate will work with the CEO and our respective Program Directors in South Africa, Peru, Brazil, Nigeria and Canada to set and implement operational strategies in respective countries.
 
The successful candidate will reside in or about Charlotte and work out of the worldwide headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.  
 
Responsibilities:
 
  • Develop and Implement long term strategic plan
  • Serve as leader of the organization's management team
  • Instill a human capital development and "coaching" culture
  • Produce and implement a Balanced Scorecard metric throughout the organization
  • Cultivate the values of Samaritan's Feet within the organization
  • Prepare and submit an annual operational budget
  • Make regular presentations to  the Board of Directors
  • Represent Samaritan’s Feet with external constituency groups, including community, governmental, and private organizations.
  • Work with Director of Development to expand Samaritan’s Feet’ donor base
  • Candidate must be able to work in a cross cultural and multi-ethnic global organization.
    
Qualifications
 
The successful candidate must believe in the core values of Samaritan's Feet and be driven by our mission.
 
Additional requirements are:
 
  • Track record of servant leadership
  • Seven to ten years of experience in building and directing a management team
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Proven record of exceeding goals and driving operating results
  • Demonstrated problem solving and  project management skills
  • Ability to think strategically
  • General understanding of finance, systems, and HR
  • Undergraduate degree required; MBA or similar advanced degree a plus
  •  Demonstrated ability to work with highly-visible civic, philanthropic, and business leaders
 
 
Compensation and Benefits:
 
Compensation is commensurate with experience.  

 

Candidates: 

 Please email your resume to Davida Serrani: dserrani@samaritansfeet.org