Director, Community Health and Impact

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with local facility leaders, clinical teams, operational stakeholders, and enterprise Community Health & Impact leaders to align community health priorities with organizational strategies, service line objectives, and population health targets.

• Direct the Community Health Needs Assessment cycle, associated Implementation Strategies, and governance responsibilities for designated markets or facilities.

• Design, implement, and enhance community health programs that address priority social determinants of health and improve both social and clinical outcomes.

• Establish performance metrics, evaluation methods, and reporting systems to measure program effectiveness and guide ongoing improvements.

• Identify, evaluate, and promote local community initiatives for potential low-interest loan investments.

• Support Community Engagement strategies and foster relationships with community-based organizations, public entities, civic leaders, philanthropic partners, and local stakeholders.

• Supervise community benefit data entry, documentation, and validation processes.

• Interpret community data, partner insights, and implementation progress to create recommendations, presentations, and updates.

• Gather internal and external partners, track progress towards goals, and tackle implementation challenges.

• Travel locally within the assigned service area and occasionally across enterprise service areas.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Public Administration, Community Planning, Health Administration, or a related field.

• At least 7 years of experience in addressing and enhancing social determinants of health, community health strategy, population health initiatives, or similar areas.

• Proven experience in formulating strategies to improve health outcomes in underserved communities.

• Ability to foster clarity, alignment, and decision-making support throughout a complex organization, including senior executives.

• Understanding of current and emerging best practices in large health systems that address community needs, social determinants of health, and health disparities.

• Proficient in public health data collection and analysis.

• Familiarity with Community Benefit Reporting methods and standards.

• Experience in addressing social determinants of health in collaboration with coalitions and community-based partners.

• Strong analytical and writing abilities.

• Demonstrated capacity to build, convene, and unify cross-functional teams and working groups towards collective objectives.

• Ability to lead through influence and ensure accountability within a matrixed organization.

• Skilled in developing and managing projects within complex community settings.

• Capability to work from a non-Advocate Health location.

• Preferred: Master's degree in Public Health, Public Administration, Community Planning, Health Administration, or a relevant field.

• Preferred: experience in developing strategies, partnership approaches, or investment opportunities across various sectors and stakeholders.

• Preferred: demonstrated program/project management skills, including translating strategy into actionable workplans, managing timelines and milestones, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, and providing clear status updates.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs.

• Competitive compensation.

• Generous retirement offerings.

• Career development programs.

• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay based on job role.

• Incentive pay for select positions.

• Opportunity for annual performance-based salary increases.

• Paid Time Off programs.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer matching.

• Additional financial wellness programs.

• Educational Assistance Program.