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Volunteers of America - Minnesota and Wisconsin (VOA MN/WI) strengthens communities across the region by integrating housing, health, and human services, guided by a vision where all lives are uplifted. By co-creating whole-person solutions across the community-based continuum of care and opportunity, VOA MN/WI fosters safe and stable homes, healthy minds and bodies, access and opportunities, and community belonging and social connectedness.

With the arrival of President & CEO Karina Forrest-Perkins, VOA MN/WI is taking a thoughtful look at how the organization is structured to support its mission. The creation of the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) role is designed to bring cohesion to functions that have developed over time and to help the organization move from vision to consistent execution. As part of a broader period of change and growth, the CAO will help shape how VOA MN/WI builds the internal capacity needed to support its people, strengthen impact, and prepare for the future.

The CAO will provide visionary and operational leadership across the organization’s administrative infrastructure ensuring strong, integrated systems that advance program excellence, organizational effectiveness, and staff wellbeing. A strategic partner, this role will ensure that administrative systems are both mission-aligned and future-ready while championing a healthy, equitable, and high-performing workplace culture. 

The ideal candidate will be a systems-oriented leader who aligns people, processes, data, and technology; drives change with clarity and care; and builds future-ready infrastructure while fostering trust, equity, and staff wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in administrative, operations, or systems management roles—preferably in nonprofit or mission-driven environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and cross-functional integration initiatives.
• Proven success in building high-performing teams, organizational cultures, and modernized infrastructure through technology, process redesign, and people strategy.
• Experience overseeing talent strategy, workforce planning, and organizational design.
• Legal or compliance background.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or similar certification is a plus.
• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership, or related field preferred.

Compensation: $165,000 - $185,000. More details in the full position profile.

Applications due by February 20, 2026. Review of materials begins immediately. We encourage early application.

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Questions may be directed to Jamie Millard at jamie@ballingerleafblad.com.