NON-DENOMINATIONAL

STAFF: 7

Meet The Field’s Edge

At The Field’s Edge, our mission is to restore dignity by providing homes for the homeless and encouraging a lifestyle of service inspired by Christ. Founded in 2016 by John-Mark and Briana Echols after years of volunteering with local nonprofits, the couple deepened their commitment by moving to Austin in 2017 for a four-month internship at Community First Village, learning how to build a tiny home community for Midland’s chronically homeless.

We aim to create not just housing, but a true sense of home, supporting people as they rebuild relationships with God, themselves, others, and the rest of creation. Our greatest hope is that our residents experience the love and transformative power of Jesus Christ. We believe that community and relationships are key to overcoming homelessness, so we focus on building these into every aspect of our work.

Our vision is for those who have faced long-term homelessness to find a place to heal and thrive. We also hope our village inspires all Midland residents to better love and serve their neighbors. The Village is open to everyone-come visit, volunteer, share a meal, or even join our community. With the first 10 homes built, we’re just getting started—99 more homes are planned to make this vision a reality!

About the Chief Executive Officer

The CEO of The Field’s Edge will provide strategic leadership, direction, and oversight to all organizational operations, focusing on advancing our mission and maximizing community impact. This role requires understanding, affirming, and communicating TFE’s Christ-centered mission, vision, and values to staff, volunteers, neighbors, and the public. 

The CEO ensures ministry operations address the whole person, working to restore their relationships with God, self, others, and creation. Additionally, the CEO oversees financial management systems and contributes to the ministry’s strategic goals, management and HR functions.

The Chief Executive Officer’s responsibilities include:

Leadership & Communication

• Visible spokesperson for The Field’s Edge, communicating organizational direction and vision internally and externally to build commitment and support.
• Leads staff and board in comprehensive development to achieve goals and maintains strong relationships with government leaders, private donors, and the funding community. 
• Provides leadership and innovation for operations. Requires a thorough understanding of finance, systems, and HR, plus broad experience. 
• An impactful team leader on both strategic and tactical finance and administration initiatives. 
• Possesses exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills to effectively interface with the board, volunteers, donors, and the community. 
• Proven success in managing multiple tasks and priorities. 
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders (board, volunteers, donors, for-profit/nonprofit).

Financial/Administrative

• Upgrades and implements appropriate policies, internal controls, accounting services, standards, and procedures. 
• Plans, coordinates, and executes the annual budget process. 
• Advises the board on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and policy matters. 
• Serves as management liaison to the board and audit committee, effectively communicating critical financial matters at meetings. 
• Ability to manage and prioritize varied workloads with sound judgment and confidentiality. 
• Ensures The Field’s Edge’s IRS compliance, including annual Form 990 filing and maintaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, employee wage reporting, and volunteer gift regulations.

Operations

• Identifies best practices and improves internal systems for future needs and budget realities. 
• Maintains continuous communication with the board on critical issues. 
• Contributes to the development of strategic goals and objectives and overall ministry management. 
• Ensures programmatic partner contract renewals. 
• Works effectively with vendors on capital projects and oversees construction details. 
• Requires some travel to Mobile Loaves and Fishes (Austin, TX) a few times annually.

Fundraising & Awareness

• Empowers donors to serve the homeless creatively, utilizing their time, talent, and treasure.
• Encouraged participation in Midland Homeless Coalition, and the Midland Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA)
• Manages donor database: donation and information input, thank you letters, tax receipts, and fundraising reports. 
• Coordinates and creates educational, promotional, and fundraising events, including volunteer support, design/implementation of mailings, materials, logistics, and printing needs. 
• Develops and implements systems for local revenue generation reporting and measurement. 
• Stays current on nonprofit fundraising, marketing, and direct mail trends. 
• Being tech savvy is a bonus. With AI being used in many ways even in the nonprofit world, innovation and creativity are important to us.

What you bring

The following describes many of the characteristics of the ideal candidate for the Chief Executive Officer:

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s / Master’s / MBA would be a bonus. 
• At least (5) years of overall non-profit experience as a leader or manager in a nonprofit, social services, or a similar setting.
• At least (5) years’ experience working with the homeless.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Provide leadership as a visible spokesperson who communicates The Field’s Edge.
• Organizational direction and vision internally and externally to build commitment and support.
• Lead staff and board in comprehensive development activities to achieve goals, and maintain strong relationships with government leaders, private donors, and the funding community.
• Provides leadership and innovation for The Fields Edge operations.
• Will have a thorough understanding of finance, systems, and HR, broad experience.
• A team leader who can positively and productively impact both strategic and tactical finance and administration initiatives.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with The Field’s Edge’s board of directors, volunteers, donors, and the community.
• Success in roles requiring execution of multiple tasks while responding to multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of people stakeholders, board, volunteers, donors, for-profit and nonprofit, and from diverse backgrounds.

Personal characteristics and qualifications

• A rich personal relationship with Jesus Christ and membership in a local church is essential. 
• Modeling a faithful walk with Christ in his work.This is a ministerial position in which a condition of employment is to affirm The Field’s Edge’s Protestant Evangelical Christian statement of faith and policies in terms of doctrinal belief and practical application.
• The CEO will work to empower our homeless neighbors in carrying out The Field’s Edge Mission. 
• The CEO will steward God’s provision of resources with excellence and great care. 
• They will prayerfully seek the welfare of our neighbors, share the Gospel with them, and empower them to live meaningful and fulfilling lives in Christian community.
• Strong commitment to Christian values and principles, with a passion for serving those in need.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategic plans, manage budgets, and drive
• organizational growth.
• Effective use of Microsoft Office and QuickBooks accounting software.
• Ability to learn and maintain Donor Software Program/database.
• Experience working with the public, media, the local church, and volunteers.

What it’s like to live in Midland, TX

Midland, Texas, in West Texas’s Permian Basin, is a vibrant, fast-growing city with a strong identity and economic vitality driven by oil and gas. It offers a close-knit, generous community with active civic and faith-based organizations-ideal for nonprofit leaders seeking collaboration and impact. People often say that the best thing about Midland are the people. the community, relationships, generosity, and kindness are what cause people to love our City.

The city’s culture is faith-oriented and family-friendly, with strong church participation, good schools, sports, arts, and a relatively low cost of living. Economic resilience, fueled by the energy sector, supports active philanthropy and nonprofit partnerships. Midland’s expanding amenities, airport access, and scenic West Texas landscapes add to its appeal, making it a welcoming place for both work and family life.