What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Executive Officer position at Wellspring Life Ministry?
Wellspring Life is seeking its next CEO: a spiritually grounded, courageous, and visionary leader with proven experience leading within a ministry nonprofit organization. This leader will build on a legacy of faithful leadership and expand Wellspring’s impact, embodying conviction and compassion while holding firm to a strong pro-life position. They will continue to amplify Wellspring’s compelling voice in the community, partner with churches and donors to advance the mission, and strengthen staff culture by ensuring excellence in operations and client services. This is an opportunity to ensure every client is welcomed with love, dignity, and practical support, so they feel empowered with the information, medical care, sexual health services, and holistic support needed to choose life and move forward with confidence. The next CEO will build on a solid foundation, guiding Wellspring to reach women with compassionate care and Christ-centered hope.
A great match for this position would be:
- Deeply Pro-Life and Christ-Centered: unwavering in conviction, grounded in prayer, and able to represent the sanctity of life with biblical wisdom, humility, and courage.
- A Compelling Communicator: articulate and persuasive, able to serve as Wellspring’s public voice with pastors, donors, legislators, and the media.
- An Empowering and Strategic Leader: collaborative and transparent, able to invest in leadership development, strengthen team culture, and cultivate key relationships that sustain and grow the ministry.
- A Resilient and Adaptive Leader: emotionally intelligent, humble, and forward-thinking, able to navigate challenges with wisdom while stewarding resources and guiding the organization into its next season.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide spiritually grounded leadership, ensuring Wellspring’s gospel mission shapes client care, staff culture, donor relations, and strategic direction.
- Serve as the public voice and advocate for Wellspring Life, representing the mission with clarity, conviction, and grace.
- Strengthen donor engagement and church partnerships, cultivating major gifts and household giving to expand the financial base.
- Empower and develop directors and staff, fostering a culture of feedback, collaboration, and shared ownership.
- Oversee operations, including finances, HR, marketing, and compliance, ensuring excellence and sustainability.
- Collaborate with directors to design, evaluate, and continually improve programs, ensuring they remain innovative, effective, and responsive to the evolving needs of clients and the community.
- Partner with the Board of Directors on strategic planning and governance, promoting effective collaboration and clarity of direction.
- Digital marketing outreach.
This role is based out of the Annapolis office with regular in-person work at other locations; some statewide/DC travel and conferences.
Key Qualifications
- Mature and growing relationship with Jesus Christ; deep alignment with the sanctity of life.
- Proven senior leadership experience within a ministry organization.
- Skilled communicator with ability to influence across diverse audiences (clients, churches, legislators, media).
- Demonstrated success in fundraising and donor cultivation, including churches and households.
- Relationally wise, emotionally intelligent, and collaborative.
- Demonstrates resilience and balance by leaning on a healthy personal support system of family, friends, and mentors, recognizing the weight of this demanding mission.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 7–10 years of progressive leadership experience, including meaningful responsibility within a pro-life or pregnancy care ministry context.