Job Title: Boston Executive
Director
Organization: Project HEALTH
Location:
Salary: commensurate with
experience
FT
Job
Description:
Project HEALTH is a rapidly-growing
national nonprofit that works to break
the link between poverty and poor
health. At each of our six urban sites, we
mobilize college students to
provide sustained public health interventions
in partnership with medical
centers, universities, and community
organizations. Project HEALTHs flagship
program, the clinic-based Family
Help Desk, draws upon the creative energy of
student volunteers to connect
families with community resources critical to
pediatric health.
At our
original site in
their pre-natal clinic, newborn nursery, pediatric
outpatient clinic, and
pediatric emergency department, reaching more than
1300 children and
families annually.
Project HEALTH is seeking an
entrepreneurial, passionate, mission-driven
individual to oversee operations
at the
substantial expansion. S/he will oversee Project
HEALTHs existing local
operations and drive development of key institutional
and funding
relationships to realize a long-term vision for high-impact
programming and
sustainable growth in
Key responsibilities of the Executive
Director include:
Program
Oversight
Manage and develop quality public health programs consistent with
the
Project HEALTH model, including identifying opportunities to expand
the
scope of program operations.
Oversee efforts to recruit student
volunteers committed to philosophy,
goals and
objectives of these programs.
Actively cultivate volunteer leadership for
programs, including
identifying opportunities for volunteer involvement at
the program, site,
and national levels.
Support Project HEALTHs volunteer leaders in goal-setting,
evaluation
implementation, and strategizing around program
improvement.
Implement evaluation tools to measure program
performance and collaborate
with local and national stakeholders to determine
data-driven program
improvement strategies.
Resource Development
Engage current and identify new hospital, university, and
community
partners to ensure active support for Project HEALTHs programs
and
volunteers.
Work the national staff team to capitalize on financial,
technological,
and human resources of key corporate
and institutional partners.
Raise funds to support site operations and
growth by identifying and
securing local individual, foundation, corporate,
and government funding,
and partner with national
staff on local Project HEALTH fundraising
initiatives.
Site Strategy
Cultivate a
growing partnership with the City of Boston and community
health officials,
and spearhead a strategy for site growth consistent with
Project HEALTHs
values and priorities.
Ensure site success with respect to Project HEALTHs
resource development,
volunteer leadership, and
programmatic metrics. Partner with local staff to
achieve and measure these
targets.
Strategize with national staff and local institutional partners to
create
a vision for additional human resource capacity on a local level.
Engage the Boston Advisory Board to provide strategic direction and
mobilize
support for the site.
Financial Oversight
Prepare
annual site operating budget, manage effectively within this
budget, and work
with staff and accountants to ensure timely, accurate, and
useful financial
reporting.
Organizational
Strategy and Development
Provide leadership in promoting the sharing of
best practices amongst
Project HEALTH staff at other sites.
Work
collaboratively with the Project HEALTHs national staff team to
develop and
implement organizational strategies, and ensure those strategies
are
responsive to site and local needs.
Qualifications:
The Boston Executive Director should
have a strong interest in addressing
the root causes of health disparities; a
deep commitment to the development
of undergraduates as lifelong leaders for
social change; a firm
understanding of the links between direct service and
advocacy; and the
ability to lead the Boston site by setting a powerful
strategic vision and
to inspire and support a diverse team of stakeholders to
realize that
vision.
At
least 4 years related experience, including both direct service,
leadership
of a staff team, and fundraising experience
Strong, demonstrated interest
in working with and developing emerging
leaders
An entrepreneurial
spirit and proven skill in developing institutional,
funding, and/or other
external partnerships
Exceptional self-direction, flexibility and dynamic
leadership
Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication
skills
Strong organizational and logistics skills
Ability to manage
multiple projects simultaneously and to work both
independently and in
collaboration with diverse groups of stakeholders
Ability to provide
leadership toward a long-term vision without
compromising undergraduates
ownership of dynamic programs
Capacity to think critically about systems,
both internal to Project
HEALTH and in local policy and public health
contexts
Experience with non-profit organizations, management, program
operations,
and boards
Bachelors degree; advanced degree in public
health, business, public
policy, education, or other relevant field
preferred
Project HEALTH
offers a competitive compensation package including health,
retirement, and
vacation benefits and salary commensurate with experience.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and a full
cover letter
outlining qualifications for, and interest in, the Boston
Executive Director
position to Nell Perlmutter,
Chief Operating Officer at
hiring@projecthealth.org.
Organization Web
Site: projecthealth.org
Email replies to:
hiring@projecthealth.org