Healthy Veteran Initiative Program Manager

About VFW Ole Beck Post 209

VFW Ole Beck Post 209 has served Veterans and their families in Missoula since 1921. In September 2026, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded the Post a Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant to launch the VFW Healthy Veteran Initiative (VFW-HVI), anchored in a new Veteran Gym and Resource Center opening in Missoula in early 2027.

The Gym delivers strength and conditioning coaching, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, inner strength programming including yoga, qigong, and meditation, and Veteran led outdoor adventure. The Resource Center provides outreach and screening, peer support, clinical connection, and benefits navigation for Veterans across western Montana.

The Role

The Program Director is the operational and relational lead for VFW-HVI, with full responsibility for program implementation, staff and vendor oversight, participant intake, grant financial management, compliance, and VA reporting. This person reports to the Post Commander and is VA’s primary point of accountability for program outcomes.

We need someone who can run a federally funded program with precision and who can also sit down next to a struggling Veteran and build lasting trust. This is not a role for someone who manages from a distance.

What You Will Do

• Lead VFW-HVI from startup through ongoing operations, including facility readiness, vendor activation, and enrollment
• Supervise the Fitness Program Manager, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach, peer support staff, and volunteers
• Own eligibility screening, intake, and service planning, including C-SSRS and the VA required BHL Touch screening battery
• Facilitate warm handoffs to VA Montana Health Care System, the Missoula Vet Center, and community providers
• Own all grant reporting in BHL Touch and UDPaaS and maintain audit ready case files
• Hold financial approval authority for grant expenditures under 2 CFR Part 200

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, public health, psychology, nonprofit or public administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Lived connection to the Veteran community through service, family, or professional work
• Experience managing a complex program with staff, contractors, and external stakeholders
• Grant administration or regulatory compliance experience
• Comfort working with mental health, suicide risk, trauma, and substance use in a nonclinical setting
• Valid driver’s license, background check, and travel within western Montana

Preferred

• U.S. military Veteran
• Graduate degree in a related field
• Experience in Veterans services, behavioral health, case management, or crisis response
• QPR Instructor, Mental Health First Aid, or peer support certification

Compensation

$42.50 per hour, full time, with employer health care contribution. This position is funded through the VA SSG Fox SPGP award, and continued employment beyond the current award period depends on renewed funding.

How to Apply

Email your resume and a letter of interest to VFW209MT@Gmail.com with the subject line “VFW-HVI Program Director Application.” Tell us about your connection to the Veteran community, a program you have led, and why this role matters to you. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with a target start of November 2026.

VFW Ole Beck Post 209 is an equal opportunity employer with a strong preference for Veterans and family members of Veterans.

Learn More: https://vfwpost209.org/now-hiring