Associate Director, Community Health Programs

POSITION OBJECTIVE

Established in 2012, the School of Medicine’s Community Health Programs (CHP) focus on leading efforts to improve health care and eliminate health disparities for underserved and at-risk populations by addressing challenges associated with the use of research to achieve more evidence-based practice in health care and fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue. As a member of the Center for Translational Science Institute leadership team, the associate director leads diverse and complex programs and functions that require high accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality. Under the direction of the Center for Translational Science Institute co-director develops and leads Community Health Programs, timelines, and budgets across multiple institutions.

Leading local, regional, statewide, and multi-state initiatives, Community Health Programs  focuses on solving complex healthcare problems by motivating providers to use effective treatments in routine practice to improve patient outcomes and transform health care by developing and guiding processes to translate research into practice through innovative models of education and outreach, in partnership with health systems, healthcare providers, state and federal agencies, public and private organizations, end users (e.g. patients, consumers or community populations) of the implemented evidence-based practices, and urban and rural community-based organizations. Community Health Programs represents a diverse network of hundreds of content experts and program participants that seek to identify research, guidelines, interventions, innovations, and evidence, focusing on adherence to guidelines and research use, to successful implementation of interventions, innovations, and evidence, including the application of research-based knowledge into practice. The associate director develops, leads, and manages program personnel and participants, deliverables and timelines, budgets, and reporting requirements. 

Oversees the functionality of a broad range of Community Health Programs  teams and working groups, both internal and external and continuous quality improvement, meets all key objectives, ensures workflow to implement the strategic direction of Community Health Programs , develops strategies and plans to achieve and measure goals in all programmatic areas, including information technology and data analytics to inform, modify and evolve strategies for success, supervises and oversees internal program teams, connects individuals and partners across Community Health Programs to build a cohesive brand and strong support base, leads and supervises personnel and program participants to produce program deliverables that are engaging and unique for targeted audiences, oversees and organizes teams of subject matter experts, writers, and editors and channels of dissemination including Community Health Programs’ digital platforms, e.g., websites, online resources, social media outlets, podcasts, newsletters, email communications, webinars, virtual learning, development of augmented/virtual reality, etc.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS  

NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

CONTACTS 

Department: Contact with all levels of departmental faculty and staff to maintain workflow.

University: Regular contact with the Office of the Vice Dean for Translational Research Office, government relations, and communications to exchange information. 

External: Daily contact with partners, government leadership, and other private and nonprofit entities. Contact with contractors, outside vendors, and distributors of products. 

Students: Little or no contact with students

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY 

Supervises internal and external program staff including senior project manager, communications, web/IT, graphic design, and as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: 8+ years of relevant management/supervisory experience in a corporate or nonprofit organization; a healthcare setting is a plus. 

Education: Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS  

WORKING CONDITIONS

Some local and statewide travel. Evening and weekend hours may be required.

This position is eligible for hybrid work arrangement up to two remote days per week at the discretion of the department. New employees may begin a hybrid schedule upon approval from the supervisor, successful completion of an orientation period and signing the remote work checklist certification form.

In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity.  Women, veterans, members of underrepresented minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Case Western Reserve University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.  Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Equity at 216-368-3066 to request a reasonable accommodation.  Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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