Chief Programs and Services

Chief Programs and Services

Job category: Other

Job Type: Full Time

Location:
Washington, District of Columbia

Closes on:
11/04/2018

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

This is a highly responsible professional position working under the general direction of the Chief Executive Officer with broad administrative, operational, and resource development responsibilities for a multidisciplinary workforce and a wide variety of programmatic and service work. It involves frequent collaboration with fellow staff, committee members, funding agencies, federal and other governmental officials, partner organizations, local health departments, and, as requested by the Chief Executive Officer, NACCHO board members. The work of this position requires the exercise of discretion, sound independent judgment, a high level of accountability, and the ability to work effectively with other members of the NACCHO Leadership Team and staff.

This position contributes to the advancement of NACCHO’s vision and mission and local health department success and requires attention, accountability, and responsibility for activities including personnel management and development; strategic planning; budget management and oversight; program implementation and oversight; oversight of association services including membership and events; internal and external partner relations; and, resource coordination and development. This position requires the ability and willingness to travel throughout the nation regularly and to operate in a dynamic, rapidly changing, and periodically stressful environment.

COMPENTENCIES AND EXPECTATIONS: ·

  • Ability to work independently.
  • Ability to work effectively within a team.
  • Ability to establish effective working relationships with diverse groups and individuals.Ability to coordinate the development of programmatic and service resources and materials.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
  • Ability to work well under times of high stress or pressure.
  • Ability to balance and effectively accomplish multiple priorities and complete tasks within assigned time frames.
  • Ability to anticipate emerging issues and proactively implement policy and programmatic and service solutions and integrate related policy and programmatic and service-related issues across categorically funded programs.
  • Ability to develop accountability measures to analyze progress, evaluate outcomes, and sustain success.
  • Ability to strategize about work team and organizational needs to support continuous quality improvement.
  • Ability to read, analyze and interpret the most complex documents.
  • Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
  • Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
  • Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret and extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Ability to work well under times of high stress or pressure.
  • Ability to anticipate emerging issues and proactively implement policy and programmatic solutions and integrate related policy and programmatic issues across categorically funded programs.
  • Ability to develop accountability measures to analyze progress, evaluate outcomes, and sustain success.
  • Ability to strategize about work team and organizational needs to support continuous quality improvement.
  • Ability to comprehend and apply principles of advanced calculus, modern algebra and advanced statistical theory.
  • Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
  • Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
  • Customer Service – Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
  • Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
  • Visionary Leadership – Displays passion and optimism; Inspires respect and trust; Mobilizes others to fulfill the vision; Provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates.
  • Change Management – Develops workable implementation plans; Communicates changes effectively; Builds commitment and overcomes resistance; Prepares and supports those affected by change; Monitors transition and evaluates results
  • Delegation – Delegates work assignments; Matches the responsibility to the person; Gives authority to work independently; Sets expectations and monitors delegated activities; Provides recognition for results.
  • Leadership – Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Effectively influences actions and opinions of others; Accepts feedback from others; Gives appropriate recognition to others.
  • Managing People – Includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement; Takes responsibility for subordinates’ activities; Makes self available to staff; Provides regular performance feedback; Develops subordinates’ skills and encourages growth; Solicits and applies customer feedback (internal and external); Fosters quality focus in others; Improves processes, products and services.; Continually works to improve supervisory skills.
  • Business Acumen – Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals.
  • Cost Consciousness – Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; Contributes to profits and revenue; Conserves organizational resources.
  • Diversity – Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; Educates others on the value of diversity; Promotes a harassment-free environment; Builds a diverse workforce.
  • Ethics – Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
  • Organizational Support – Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; Supports organization’s goals and values; Benefits organization through outside activities; Supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
  • Strategic Thinking – Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization’s strengths & weaknesses; Analyzes market and competition; Identifies external threats and opportunities; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
  • Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions; Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; Makes timely decisions.
  • Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.
  • Professionalism – Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
  • Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
  • Quantity – Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
  • Safety and Security – Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
  • Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
  • Initiative – Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.

POSITION SPECIFIC DUTIES:

External: Member and Funder Relations

  • Ensure member and funder needs are identified and met for assigned programmatic and service areas.
  • Collaborate regularly with existing and prospective members and funders
  • Ensure that work in assigned areas contributes to members’ ability to improve the health status of their communities or jurisdictions.
  • Anticipate and respond strategically to changing policy and programmatic or service issues
  • Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of professional development resources for NACCHO members.
  • Contribute to the development, dissemination, and evaluation of model and promising practices and other information, resources, tools, technical assistance and capacity building assistance to enhance local health department practice, policy development, program implementation, and enforcement.
  • Serve as the primary contact to NACCHO advisory groups as assigned or needed by the Chief Executive Officer.
  • Provide knowledgeable and timely input to federal policy as well as to NACCHO governmental affairs staff.
  • Develop new programmatic and service areas in response to member, funder, and other needs.
  • Ability to make decisions in a timely manner and prioritize issues in a proactive and reactive manner.
  • Ability to make decisions in a timely manner and prioritize issues in a proactive and reactive manner.

External: Partner Relations

  • Serve as NACCHO’s primary liaison and representative for assigned programmatic and service-related areas.
  • Sustain and manage existing partnerships and initiate new partnerships to meet the needs of membership and of NACCHO.
  • Represent NACCHO at external meetings, workshops, and conferences including NACCHO advisory group meetings, NACCHO conferences, and those gatherings hosted by other organizations and partners.
  • Serve as liaison for work with other national, state, or local non-profit organizations.
  • Serve as a liaison with federal or other policy makers and funders such as HHS/ASPR, CDC, DHS, EPA, FDA, foundations, and corporate partners, as appropriate.
  • Participate in project meetings and advisory committee meetings for initiatives in other parts of the larger public health system.
  • Serve as a central coordinating point for external requests and inquiries regarding programmatic-related and service-related issues.

Internal: Strategic Oversight

  • Serve as a member of NACCHO’s Leadership Team, represent issues and priorities of programmatic and service areas, and integrate them into larger, overall organizational priorities and demands and strategic organizational considerations.
  • Provide leadership and strategic direction for short-, mid-, and long-term planning related to assigned and envisioned programmatic and service areas.
  • Within the context of NACCHO’s overall strategic map, set yearly priorities for assigned programmatic and service areas.
  • Capture and make available to members: policy, program, and project-related tools (e.g., best practices, model policies and programs, and strategic steps for implementation, to affect improvement in population health).
  • Prioritize and assess the alignment of current and potential programs with the organization’s strategic map and the needs of members.
  • Ensure the development and effective use of contract and compliance management systems for the Team in coordination with other Leadership Team members.
  • Integrate and discover opportunities to create and coordinate existing and projected work within the AEP’s Team and with other NACCHO Teams.
  • Participate in and/or lead internal NACCHO meetings, as assigned.
  • Coordinate areas of work with that of other senior staff (e.g., membership, outreach, and advancement; other senior advisors; and finance).
  • Stay current with, and as needed, analyze, develop and represent NACCHO’s position on national policy that has the potential to impact local health departments and NACCHO.
  • Provide knowledgeable and timely input to NACCHO human resources and finance staff.
  • Represent Leadership Team to staff through all modes of communication effectively and appropriately to staff.

Internal: Resource Development

  • Analyze, forecast, plan for, and secure adequate human, financial, technological, and informational resources for current and projected activities.
  • Identify priority programmatic and service areas for resource development and organize and oversee efforts to pursue them.
  • Provide strategic direction and long term planning for assigned programs.
  • Assure the completeness, clarity, and professional nature of all written work produced across assigned programmatic and service areas.
  • Develop new restricted and unrestricted revenue sources.

Internal: Supervision and Personnel Management

  • Operationalize strategic objectives for own Team within the context of NACCHO’s strategic map.
  • Assume responsibility for and assure accountability, timeliness, completion of, and accuracy of final products from AEP’s Team.
  • Ensure adequate and appropriate staffing to meet member and funder needs.
  • Provide oversight of, and participate as needed in, the staff recruitment and hiring process for assigned programmatic and service areas and, as necessary, coordinate and assure staffing coverage.
  • Identify, plan and implement training opportunities for assigned staff to encourage continuous learning, growth and development.
  • Ensure participation of programmatic and service staff in ongoing NACCHO or Team training.
  • Address, resolve, or ensure as appropriate, all performance- and behavior-related issues of and among staff.
  • Ensure consistent application of NACCHO’s personnel policies within AEP’s Team and with other NACCHO teams.
  • Work with other members of the Leadership Team to ensure the development of effective personnel and organizational policies.
  • Work with Human Resources and other members of the Management Team to develop and implement performance planning and appraisal processes to monitor and measure performance of staff.
  • Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

Master’s degree in relevant field with a minimum of 10 years relevant and progressively responsible managerial, administrative, and supervisory work experience in a complex programmatic and service-oriented operating environment and with a multidisciplinary staff.

  • Required: Experience managing a large staff including motivating; developing and evaluating staff performance;
    • Preferred: Knowledge of local health department and public health issues and practices and of local, state, and federal health department issues and practices as those relate to the local health department environment.
    • Preferred: Knowledge of federal grant and budget management processes.
    • Preferred: Broad knowledge and technical competence on a variety of public health issue areas such as preparedness, community and environmental health, and public health infrastructure and systems.
    • Good working knowledge of Windows and the suite of Microsoft Office software.
    • Basic knowledge of employment law.
  • Preferred: at least three recent years experience as a senior staff member reporting directly to an executive officer for a nonprofit organization or federal, state or local agency. Preferred: Earned doctorate degree in public health, medicine, or a business-relatedfield.
  • Preferred, as adjunctive to education and experience areas listed above: general knowledge of non-profit association practices.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Occasionally required to sit.

  • Occasionally required to walk.
  • Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
  • Occasionally required to talk or hear.
  • Occasionally required to bend, lift or climb stairs.
  • Occasionally required to lift light weights (less than 25 pounds).

JOB CLASSIFICATION

Full-time, Exempt, TERMThis position is considered Fiscal Year term, however it is a mission critical role. NACCHO will continually strive to maintain funding for all positions.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: Salary commensurate with experience

SELECTION PROCESS: We only accept applications that follow the electronic process. No phone calls or emails please. Position may require an initial video interview if selected for the first step. This position is subject to background screening. Qualified applicants should send a cover letter, resume, one writing sample with salary requirements to: Chief Programs and Services, using the following link:

https://naccho.hrmdirect.com/employment/view.php?req=878759

NACCHO offers generous benefits plan including but not limited to 13 days of sick leave annual leave allowable accumulation up to 225 hours, and paid vacation leave, as well as other types of leave. NACCHO benefits include a generous executive health, dental, and vision plan, 5 percent of base salary contribution to 403(b) plan, (not a matching contribution); paid short and long term disability plan and paid term life insurance 2 x salary up to 300K. Language removed regarding gym membership because we do not do that anymore with the current gym on premises.

At NACCHO, our commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action seeks to ensure a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We respect and value work force diversity among all employees and all those with whom we do business.

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