Associate Director, Community Partnerships

Associate Director, Community Partnerships

ACS - American Cancer Society

Multiple Locations, United States

Position Description

JOB SUMMARY

A specialized role to impact the entire cancer care continuum through engagement with FQHCs, community health centers, community-based organizations (CBOs), and volunteers with aligned KPIs to drive pillar metrics.

FQHC's Systems, community health centers and CBOs offer access to patients most vulnerable to health dipartites due to multiple factors including the social determinants of health and healthcare coverage.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Building medical neighborhoods.
  • Leveraging networks within a community for volunteer recruitment.
  • Provide technical assistance to encourage implementation of evidence-based interventions.
  • Manage partner relationships with Federally Qualified Health Centers, community health centers, community-based organizations.
  • Engage partners through convening, implementing evidence-based strategies, sharing resources, cultivating health care champions and driving system policies and practices to improve the lives of patients with cancer and their families.
  • Recruit and mobilize pillar volunteers.
  • Identify community resources.
  • Create linkages of care within targeted communities.
  • Serve as the liaison with the Area/Market leads.
  • Lead pillar integration through account management.

Position Requirements

FORMAL KNOWLEDGE

  • Bachelor's degree in public health, health administration, healthcare, nonprofit management or equivalent required; graduate degree a plus. Minimum of five years of experience in health care-related management, administration, account management, with a proven background in executive relationship development and volunteer recruitment and mobilization, preferably with a multi-million-dollar organization.

OTHER SKILLS

  • Able to cultivate relationships with health systems, community organizations, partners and volunteers to create a sense of urgency related to awareness of cancer as a major health problem, motivate to action across the cancer continuum and influence strategies and techniques.
  • Ability to represent the Society effectively and professionally to primary care health systems, administrative, agency and community leaders, including working with disparate populations and diverse constituents.
  • Strong experience with state and community-based program planning and implementation.
  • Knowledge of health insurance and coverage issues, advocacy, and government policy.
  • Extensive knowledge of state health care and insurance structures, Medicaid and Medicare practices and policies, primary care and oncology payment models.
  • Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
  • Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, quality measures, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
  • Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in required meetings.
  • Leverages volunteers as door openers and relationship builders.
  • Ensures engagement and mobilization of diverse constituents and volunteers in a prioritized and coordinated way.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING OR KNOWLEDGE

  • Extensive knowledge of health care markets, managed care organizations, and primary care infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
  • Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
  • Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in enterprise and regional meetings.
  • Experience recruiting, retaining and recognizing volunteers

SPECIAL MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • Travel, including evening and weekend work required.

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