Director of Facilities

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through its integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and to thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice. GLIDE’s mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

Position Summary:

GLIDE’s Director of Facilities oversees campuswide buildings, security infrastructure, fleet, and warehousing, including campus-wide maintenance, major building systems, regulatory compliance, renovations, budget management, vendor management, and warehousing inventory and logistics. This leader handles creating a high-performance team that meets or exceeds Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets for performance (efficiency and effectiveness), regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction.   The Director must be a changemaker committed to driving continuous process improvement through systemic staff and systems performance measurement using data-driven systems. This position requires excellent administrative skills, commitment to implementing significant workflow and campus wide improvements, excellent project management skills, a solid background in building management, and an unshakeable commitment to science-based workforce development using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The Director will grow a culture of high performance through frequent staff training, evaluation, revision of standard operating procedures (SOPs), routinized regulatory and compliance inspections, and adherence to workplans and service level agreements (SLAs).