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Community Health Transformation Director

Posted on: April 24, 2013

Posted by: William J. Clinton Foundation

Description

The Community Health Transformation Director will manage the growth, development and implementation of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) community health strategy. Specifically, s/he will work with regional directors to convene key industry, governmental, and non-governmental stakeholders in each focus region to develop and implement a blueprint for action focused on addressing key health needs and reducing health disparities. The position will support the Foundation's mission to begin working year-round to mobilize individuals, communities and industries to improve preventable health outcomes, and to reduce health care costs through a combination of individual and systemic actions.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, lead and direct the team of CHMI regional directors
  • Direct regional directors' work to develop and implement regional health priorities, and gain support and resources for improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities in the focus regions
  • Identify hurdles for achieving key priorities and develop, negotiate, and implement action steps to overcome those hurdles
  • Help broker relationships between key stakeholders to national resources and other possible partners. Develop trust and build strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners both nationally and locally
  • Communicate and partner with NGOs focused on preventable disease and key stakeholders to ensure agreement on division of roles and responsibilities on specific collaborative support to the focus regions, ensuring delivery of specialized technical expertise when needed
  • Maintain appropriate communication and information flow with the Clinton Health Matters national team to ensure that the organization's capabilities are fully leveraged across key stakeholders
  • Coordinate efforts with the Initiative's partners, and identify and establish additional partnerships as appropriate
  • Provide high-quality technical assistance on strategic health and prevention planning to national and regional stakeholders, as needed/requested
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of the preventable disease landscape and overall health systems priorities and gaps
  • Manage processes and tools for planning, budgeting, financial reporting, and monitoring and reporting programmatic progress

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's degree is required. A Master's degree in public policy, public health, or related field is preferred.
  • Five to ten years of experience in government, business or NGO sectors with focus on policy development, project management or community organization, including inter-organizational cooperation, strategy and negotiation.
  • Strong technical and policy background in public health preferred.
  • An excellent consensus builder able to balance the competing demands diverse constituencies.
  • Mature, credible and comfortable working with senior business, industry and governmental officials.
  • Exceptional problem-solving, interpersonal and strategic thinking capabilities.
  • Experience conceiving, planning and executing programs or projects with verifiable results.
  • Proficiency with working on highly complex problems without extensive structural or operational support.
  • Equally adept and comfortable from a broad strategic perspective and able to drill down to a very granular level of detail.
  • Able to effectively lead and manage in a fast-paced and changing environment, both internally and externally.
  • Ability to work within budgetary constraints.
  • Excellent business-oriented verbal, visual, and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills and insight.
  • Ability to navigate complex strategic planning processes with multiple influencers, as well as negotiate and achieve consensus.
  • Ability to travel an average of 30% of time globally.
  • Ability to work some evenings and weekends.

Physical and Other Requirements

  • Significant computer work, which may require repetitive motion, prolonged periods of sitting, and sustained visual and mental applications and demand
  • Occasional lifting, bending, pulling, collating, and filing, some of which could be heavy (>10 lbs) or require the use of carts
  • Frequent travel may require walking distances, lifting & carrying luggage and boxes, and prolonged periods of sitting in tight quarters. Significant computer work, which may require repetitive motion, prolonged periods of sitting, and sustained visual and mental applications and demand.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the positions.

The William J. Clinton Foundation maintains a strong policy of equal opportunity in employment. It is our objective to recruit, hire, and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Our equal employment philosophy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, job benefits, and terminations.

How to apply

Please go to http:careers-clintonfoundation.icims.com to send us your cover letter and resume.

Location

TBD, TBD, New York, United States

Details

Education requirements
Master's degree
Employment type
Full time
Professional level
None specified
Job function
Health and medical, Public policy
Owner's areas of focus
Community development, Philanthropy, Human rights and civil liberties, Economic development, Poverty and hunger

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