Disaster Relief Director

The Disaster Relief Director serves as the senior leader responsible for the strategic direction, leadership development, and external relationships of Texans on Mission disaster relief operations. Reporting to the Executive Leadership Team’s Chief Missions Officer, this role functions as a senior command-level leader responsible for building and leading high-capacity teams, cultivating relationships with emergency managers, churches, associations, other state directors, and state government partners, and ensuring organizational readiness for large-scale disaster response. The Director would not personally manage every operation, but install, equip, and lead those who do, while providing clarity, authority, and spiritual leadership in complex, high-pressure environments.

RESPONSBILITIES & TASKS

Strategic Leadership

• Provide executive leadership for the disaster relief ministry.
• Establish a proactive, long-term disaster response strategy that includes readiness, leadership, and volunteer pipelines.
• Provide incident-level authority during major disaster activations and be able to delegate operational control to trained and qualified leaders.

Team Development

• Build, mentor, and deploy senior disaster relief leaders.
• Develop a succession-ready structure across all disaster relief positions and functions.
• Set expectations, culture, and accountability for all disaster leadership personnel (paid and volunteer).

Develop and Build Relationships

• Liaise with: State and local emergency management; VOAD and partner organizations; Church, denominational, and associational leaders; and other state disaster relief directors.
• Effectively represent Texans on Mission as a trusted and credible disaster response organization in the sector.

Organizational Readiness

• Ensure disaster relief teams, apparatus, operations, and equipment are ready, able, compliant, and scalable to meet the need.
• Oversee, though not personally manage, logistics, equipment, systems, teams, and volunteers through competent leaders.

Spiritual and Ministry Leadership

• Lead the disaster relief ministry with authentic Christian values and mission-mindedness, ensuring that it is done so with compassion, Christian witness, and professionalism as an indispensable element.
• Serve as a visible spiritual leader during deployments and daily work.
• Be adept at understanding, respecting, and navigating Baptist and other denominational polity and parlance.

REQUIREMENTS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

NOTE: These requirements represent minimum levels to perform the job on a satisfactory basis. Candidates must have the ability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the job.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a committed Christ-follower whose faith influences leadership approach and decision-making.
• Be deeply committed to and personally invested in the mission and vision of Texans on Mission.
• Be comfortable with authority, both giving and receiving orders, and accountability.
• Remain steady and calm, decisive, and reliable under pressure in complex situations.
• Be a self-starter, internally motivated, and self-directed within established guidelines.
• Be relational, outgoing, and comfortable with initiating new connections and building upon current relationships.
• Be humble and mission-centered rather than ego-driven, but able to exercise clear and respected authority with the ability to lead both paid staff and volunteer leadership effectively and with confidence.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excel in strategic thinking by developing and executing a comprehensive plan to expand disaster relief ministries and maximize the impact of volunteers.
• Possess an exceptional ability to process extremely large amounts of information, providing quick problem-solving solutions, in an extremely short amount of time.
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree at a minimum.

Texans on Mission is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers to serve communities in times of crisis and ongoing need. Rooted in Christian values, the organization is best known for its disaster relief efforts, responding to events such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornadoes by providing practical help like debris removal, home repair, mass feeding, clean water, and essential support services. They serve communities in Texas, across the U.S., and in select international regions, working closely with churches and local organizations.

Texans on Mission offers the opportunity to be part of a mission-driven team focused on service, impact, and compassion. The organization values collaboration, servant leadership, and a heart for helping others, combining hands-on humanitarian aid with encouragement and spiritual care.