Executive Director of Mission Expression

Sisters of Saint Joseph of Baden, Pennsylvania

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden is a Catholic congregation of vowed women who are dedicated to loving and serving God and neighbor. Rooted in prayer, community living and the Gospel, we commit ourselves to the mission of unity and reconciliation, nonviolence and peacemaking through our presence, our prayers and our service. We live and work to be in union with God, with Earth, with one another, with the Church and with all whom we meet.

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Reports to:

Congregational Leadership Team

This role works in a three-person leadership team including the Executive Director of Operations and Guide to Vital Community Living. This team leads the Civil Corporation of the Sisters of St. Joseph under the auspices of the four-person selected Leadership Team of the Congregation.

The Executive Director of Mission Expression supports the Congregation as it focuses on how our mission and values are expressed and sustained into the future through collaborations among staff, sisters and partners. This role assists the Congregation in developing, fostering, promoting, and communicating initiatives, activities, processes, and structures necessary for expression of mission; and helps ensure our mission, values and legacy are sustained.

• Oversee the strategic planning process for mission expression, aligning with the CSJ Chapter Commitments, Directional Statement, Congregational Ministries, and organizational priorities.
• Collaborate and communicate with the Executive Team to make decisions and recommendations on how staff, sisters, and partners can contribute to innovative ways to advance our mission, values, and charism.
• Collaborate and communicate with the Leadership Team on the development of strategies and initiatives that support and sustain mission expression.
• Provide leadership in identifying and shaping the Congregation’s legacy, ensuring its continued relevance and impact.
• Advance the Congregational priorities by providing strategic mission planning, decision-making, and implementation of initiatives.

• Oversee and integrate the activities of Mission Advancement, Ecology, Spirituality, Justice and Peace, Community Outreach, and Archives departments, fostering a unified approach to mission expression.
• Empower department managers to holistically express mission by collaborating with one another, doing things differently, and making decisions based on capacity and resources.
• Create an understanding of the historical context of the Congregation in efforts to determine how staff, sisters, and partners envision legacy into the future.
• Work with Guide for Vital Community Living to inculcate core values, charism and mission integration into the system.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with lay partners, staff, sisters, and other stakeholders, fostering a shared understanding of our mission and charism.
• Establish and expand avenues for effective relationship building, both internally and externally.
• Serve as a member of the Campus Neighborhood Partners committee to promote networking and shared activities on the campus.
• Assist in identifying the “legacy” of the Congregation and ways to continue it into the future with input from the Leadership Team, Executive Team, key staff and sisters.

• Advocate for the resources necessary to support and enhance the infrastructure for mission priorities.
• Maintain transparent and consistent communications with staff and sisters regarding mission expression activities.
• Regularly review and assess the impact of new initiatives, structures, and strategies to help ensure continuous improvement.

• Supervise and evaluate seven high level personnel at a director and management level: the Executive Assistant and managers of Mission Advancement, Ecology, Spirituality, Justice and Peace, Community Outreach and Archives.

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