Chief Mission Officer
Avera
Sioux Falls, SD - United States
Avera seeks a dynamic and distinguished executive to serve as its next Chief Mission Officer. Avera is a large rural health system that employs 20,500 at 315 locations. These include 37 hospitals, 200 primary and specialty care clinics, and 40 senior living facilities in addition to home care and hospice, sports and wellness facilities, home medical equipment outlets, and more. The Chief Mission Officer provides strategic direction in leading the integration of the mission, vision, values, beliefs, and history of the Presentation Sisters and Benedictine Sisters into Avera’s Catholic Health ministry.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Chief Mission Officer models, leads, and assists Avera and all senior leaders to sustain, deepen awareness of, and fully realize Avera’s identity as a healing ministry of the Catholic Church and to support Avera’s broad strategic and organizational commitment to the mission, vision, and values. The new leader will be accountable for the development and implementation of strategic processes and services associated with mission, including formation, ecclesial relations, Catholic ministry identity, Ethical and Religious Directives, stewardship, clinical pastoral education, ethics, and workplace spirituality and solidarity.
Reporting to the President and CEO of Avera, the Chief Mission Officer is responsible for the conceptualization, development, promotion, implementation, and measurement of a full continuum of activities designed to enrich spiritually and culturally the leadership and employees of Avera. The new leader will coordinate and participate in the ministry’s ongoing ecclesial relationships with local diocesan bishops and the larger Catholic community. The ideal candidate will be a system thinker and team player with a proven track record of aligning mission integration with organization and operating strategy, while leading complex organizational changes that support an integrated enterprise. This experience would likely be gained through five years of progressively responsible leadership working in a Catholic mission services program in a healthcare related field.
Confidential expressions of interest, nominations, and applications are welcomed and should be directed to the WittKieffer search consultants, Donna Padilla and Michelle Johnson through the office of Angela Raphael via email at araphael@wittkieffer.com or apply for this position using the buttons below.