Description

Restore Hope Ministries, based in Tulsa, OK, exists to restore families in financial crisis to economic and spiritual vitality. Founded in 1978 by United Methodist congregations, Restore Hope provides hunger relief, eviction prevention, and spiritual support to vulnerable families. The next Executive Director will honor this legacy of compassionate service while steering the organization toward a bold, sustainable future marked by operational excellence, measurable impact, and expanded community presence.

• Lead with integrity and a heart for service; models grace, compassion, and respect. 
• Balance hands-on leadership with the ability to step back and drive long-term strategy.
• Clarify and cast compelling vision while empowering staff, board, and volunteers.
• Develops clear success metrics, roadmaps, and resource plans that enable execution.
• Support a board partnership rooted in transparency, engagement, and shared vision.
• Lead initiatives with strong planning, prioritization, and execution discipline.
• Oversee complex initiatives with defined goals, milestones, and team alignment.
• Build upon Restore Hope’s strong outcomes record by advancing data collection, analysis, reporting and partnerships. 
• Translate impact data into stories that resonate with stakeholders and lead to strategies that meet desired outcomes. 

Requirements

• Proven experience in leadership of service-focused or community-based initiatives such as hunger relief, homelessness prevention, housing support, or related human services.
• Development and oversight of multi-million-dollar budgets, annual operating plans and measurable program impact for at least 3 years.
• Experience leading a strategic planning process and developing metrics of success.
• Educational achievement in nonprofit leadership/management, public administration, social work, or related field.
• Experience leading teams of staff and volunteers, ideally in an executive or senior management role, with demonstrated success in staff development and retention.
• Track record of raising several hundred thousand to millions of dollars in cumulative funds through diverse fundraising strategies, including major gifts, grants, campaigns, and donor cultivation.
• Highly skilled in effectiveness internal and external communication.

Why Join Us?

• Play a central role in keeping families housed and fed, addressing the root causes of poverty and preventing homelessness in Tulsa.
• Join an organization trusted by major foundations, congregations, and civic leaders, with deep roots across Tulsa’s nonprofit and faith-based networks.
• Step into a pivotal executive role with the chance to shape strategic direction, strengthen fundraising capacity, and guide a dedicated, long-tenured staff team and invested board.
• Lead at a critical moment of growth and transition, with the opportunity to build on strong programs while reimagining how Restore Hope can meet future community needs.

Apply here!