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Vice President, Program Planning and Growth
Lutheran Services in America
May 22, 2025
Washington, DC
The Vice President, Program Planning and Growth is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, responsible for shaping and scaling some of Lutheran Services in America’s most dynamic national initiatives and advancing the organization’s long-term strategic objectives.Join Our Member Organizations
Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM)
April 22, 2025
Cleveland, OH
LMM seeks an engaging development professional who will support stewardship with funders, foundations, and corporations. The primary responsibilities for this position include funder engagement, research, reporting, and tracking. The candidate will have experience with a CRM, grant writing, funder research, and maintaining deadlines and attention to detail.Personnel Bulletin
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Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM)
April 22, 2025
Cleveland, OH
LMM seeks an engaging development professional who will support stewardship with funders, foundations, and corporations. The primary responsibilities for this position include funder engagement, research, reporting, and tracking. The candidate will have experience with a CRM, grant writing, funder research, and maintaining deadlines and attention to detail.Director of Marketing, Communications and Advocacy
Des Moines, IA
The Director position oversees all marketing, internal and external communications, and advocacy communications for Lutheran Services in Iowa.
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Development Coordinator
Seattle, WA
As a member of the Advancement team, the Development Coordinator at Compass Housing Alliance plays a key role maintaining and managing the Raiser’s Edge database, managing the annual fund fundraising activities, and supporting the fund development functions of the department.
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Vice President of Faith Integration
Colorado | Wisconsin
The VP of Faith Integration makes evident our Christian Mercy Mission identity through the integration of faith into the working and serving environment at AbleLight.
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Director of Development
Cleveland, OH
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry seeks a Director of Development with donor relations experience, an engaging personality and the ability to articulate a compelling case for support.
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Human Resources Coordinator
Seattle, WA
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry seeks a Director of Development with donor relations experience, an engaging personality and the ability to articulate a compelling case for support.
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Program Manager, Lutheran Disaster Response-US
Remote
The Program Manager, Lutheran Disaster Response-US at ELCA manages the active WH-domestic grants for quality and accountability.
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Director, World Hunger
Remote
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is seeking a Director for World Hunger to provide strategic planning, budget development, direction setting and supervision of the ELCA World Hunger grants team.
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Program Manager, World Hunger-International
Remote
The Program Manager, World Hunger-International at the ELCA manages the active WH-international grants for quality and accountability.
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Program Manager, World Hunger-Domestic
Remote
The Program Manager, World Hunger-Domestic at ELCA manages the active WH-domestic grants for quality and accountability.
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Program Manager - Lutheran Disaster Response-International
Remote
The Program Manager – Lutheran Disaster Response-International at ELCA manages the active LDR-I grants for quality and accountability.
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Chief People Officer
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
Phoenix, AZ
As a member of the Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest Executive Team, this newly created role is responsible for all Human Resources efforts in support of LSS-SW’s Strategic Plan and organizational health goals.
Working closely with the Chief Finance Officer and Chief Program Officer, you and your team would design and implement the organization’s People Strategy which includes diversity, equity and inclusion, recruitment and selection, onboarding and orientation, rewards approaches (including compensation, benefits programs, employee recognition and rewards), staff learning and development, employee relations, and regulatory compliance at the national, state and local levels.
This role requires:
- a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organization Development or similar AND greater than ten (10) years’ experience in Human Resources roles, including at least 3 years leading a Human Resources team
- current certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) or SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
Salary Range $90 -110k.
Please forward your resume to HR@LSS-SW.org with subject line “Chief People Officer.”
Community Engagement Manager
Seattle, WA
The Community Engagement Manager at Compass Housing Alliance is responsible for managing and operating the volunteer and in-kind resources programs.
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Program Manager
Seattle, WA
The primary role of the Program Manager at Compass Housing Alliance is to ensure service delivery consistent with the Compass mission, values, and vision through appropriate planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of assigned programs.
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Program Coordinator, PSMP
Seattle, WA
The Program Coordinator at Compass Housing Alliance provides oversight and coordinates programming that will directly address a guest’s barriers and enable a smooth transition from homelessness into next step housing.
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