Job Opportunities API

We Bloom Summary Founded in 2017, We Bloom is an Indianapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to co-creating communities of love, healing, and justice by empowering individuals with the resources, support, and relationships they need to grow and thrive. We envision communities where healing is collective, recovery is accessible to all, and individuals and families can move from surviving to thriving through connection, dignity, and shared responsibility. We Bloom Recovery Cafe Summary The Recovery Café is a love-based, peer recovery community rooted in radical hospitality and loving accountability, welcoming people seeking recovery in all its forms. By honoring every pathway to recovery, we create space where each person’s gifts are known, needed, and loved. We support recovery from trauma and its impacts—including substance use, mental health challenges, homelessness, and systemic barriers. Position Summary The Associate Director of Recovery Programs & Operations is We Bloom's primary implementation leader and operational builder, partnering closely with the Executive Director to translate organizational vision into consistent, mission-driven execution. This role strengthens people, programs, systems, and operations while helping prepare We Bloom for its next phase of growth. We seek a leader who is energized by building healthy teams, developing emerging leaders, improving organizational systems, and creating the infrastructure that allows both people and mission to flourish. Through thoughtful leadership, reflective supervision, healthy accountability, and a commitment to trauma-informed practices, this leader ensures that We Bloom's values are lived out through exceptional daily operations and meaningful member experiences. We seek a leader who is both deeply compassionate and highly accountable—someone who can nurture people while building the systems that allow our mission to flourish. Primary Areas of Responsibility 1. Recovery Café Program Leadership • Provide day-to-day leadership for We Bloom Recovery Café. • Supervise and coach Recovery Café Managers and program staff. • Ensure high-quality implementation of programming and member services. • Develop emerging leaders and create opportunities for staff growth. • Maintain consistent, trauma-informed practices throughout Recovery Café operations. 2. Organizational Operations & Implementation • Translate the Executive Director & Board’s vision into clear operational plans and measurable actions. • Lead cross-functional implementation of strategic initiatives and organizational improvements. • Continuously improve systems, workflows, and policies; identify barriers and implement practical solutions. • Oversee facilities, technology, vendors, inventory, safety, and logistics. • Provide operational stewardship of assigned budgets & approve operational purchases within delegated authority. • Partner with the Executive Director in developing annual program and operational budgets and monitoring financial performance. • Make thoughtful operational decisions aligned with We Bloom's mission and values. 3. Organizational Systems, Grants & Data • Ensure grant implementation aligns with organizational priorities. • Improve data quality, reporting reliability, and organizational metrics. • Support operational budgeting related to programs and grants and financial stewardship of grant-funded programs 4. Future Growth & Leadership Development • Build infrastructure for future organizational growth. • Develop leadership pathways for managers and staff. • Support launch of future initiatives including Youth Café and Co-Creators Community. • Foster innovation while maintaining operational excellence. Leadership Philosophy • Provide regular reflective supervision. • Hold staff accountable with compassion, clarity, and consistency. • Conduct performance conversations that promote learning and growth. • Build a culture of accountability, support, transparency, and continuous learning. • Model We Bloom's values in every interaction. Qualifications Required • 5+ years of progressive leadership and supervisory experience. • Personal lived experience in recovery, broadly understood as healing from substance use, mental health challenges, trauma, grief, or other significant life experiences, with active engagement in one's own ongoing recovery journey. • Demonstrates emotional maturity, self-awareness, and an ongoing commitment to personal healing, self-reflection, and growth. • Experience supervising and developing staff in a recovery or social services setting. • Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills. • Proven experience managing grant outcomes, data collection & associated budgets. • Commitment to trauma-informed leadership and We Bloom's mission. • Management of Daily Operations (ideally facilities management included). First-Year Priorities & Outcomes • Build trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, volunteers, and community partners. • Develop leadership capacity within the Recovery Café team. • Strengthen a culture of transparency, collaboration, loving accountability, and continuous learning. • Establish clear operational systems, workflows, and communication practices. • Implement process improvements that increase efficiency. • Strengthen cross-functional coordination. • Successfully implement grant-funded initiatives and deliverables including improvement of organizational data quality and reporting reliability. • Increase readiness for future organizational growth. • Empower managers and staff to assume increased ownership of operational responsibilities, creating a more distributed and sustainable leadership structure across the organization. • Create greater organizational capacity by enabling the Executive Director to focus on strategic leadership, fundraising, partnerships, and organizational development. Compensation Package Salary: • $60,000 – $69,000 annually, dependent upon relevant experience Benefits • Comprehensive Medical Coverage (75% sponsored by We Bloom) • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Health Savings Account (HSA) Benefits • 401k Option • Generous PTO Offering – up to 4 weeks • Paid Parental Leave – 6 weeks • 10 Paid Holidays • 2 Floating Holidays • Annual Professional Development Fund of $350 Schedule (Salaried role but must be present at a minimum on the following days/hours for oversight of We Bloom Recovery Café & staff supervision) • Tuesday through Friday: 9AM – 6:30PM • Saturday: 8:30AM to 1:30PM