Program Director

Tennessee Voices Inc.

is Tennessees collaborative leader in mental health and family well-being.

Each year, we serve thousands of children, parents, and adults across all 95 counties with services that prevent crises, heal trauma, and build long-term stability.

Our model works because its whole-family, trauma-informed, and community-driven.

By healing parents alongside their children, providing critical resources like housing and mental health support, and advocating for systemic change, TN Voices helps families thrive and communities grow stronger.

Summary: The Director of Rural THRIVE Tennessee provides leadership, oversight, and strategic direction for TN Voices' Rural THRIVE Tennessee initiative.

Rural THRIVE Tennessee is a peer-led, Whole Family coaching and navigation initiative designed to improve access to healthcare, behavioral health, preventive services, workforce and economic mobility resources, and other health-promoting supports for individuals and families living in rural Tennessee.

The program is designed to expand from 30 high-need rural counties in Year 1 to all 89 rural Tennessee counties by Year 3.

The Director is responsible for successful implementation of the grant, achievement of contractual and programmatic requirements, staff development and supervision, fiscal and operational oversight, community and statewide partnerships, quality improvement, data-informed decision-making, and sustainability planning.

The Director ensures that Rural THRIVE Tennessee maintains a consistent, high-quality, peer-led model while remaining responsive to the needs and resources of rural communities across Tennessee.

The position provides day-to-day authority for grant implementation once hired, consistent with TN Voices' MARTHA implementation planning.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Program Leadership and Implementation Provide overall leadership and day-to-day management of Rural THRIVE Tennessee.

Ensure implementation is consistent with the approved grant application, contract, budget, work plan, logic model, deliverables, and TN Voices policies and procedures.

Lead phased expansion of the program across rural Tennessee while maintaining quality and fidelity to the Rural THRIVE model.

Develop, implement, and continuously improve program procedures, workflows, referral processes, documentation standards, and service expectations.

Ensure the program maintains its peer-led, Whole Family, strengths-based, person-centered approach.

Coordinate implementation across East, Middle, and West Tennessee.

Identify operational barriers and develop timely corrective action strategies.

Staff Leadership and Supervision Directly supervise and support Regional Program Managers and other assigned staff.

Provide leadership for recruitment, onboarding, training, supervision, coaching, and retention of grant-funded employees.

Establish clear performance expectations and promote consistency across regional teams.

Support Program Managers in supervising R...