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Case Western Reserve University Associate Director, Community Health Programs in Cleveland, Ohio
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
Design, implement, and oversee large, innovative, and complex programs representing $8-$12M million annually, that comprise FTEs from many institutions and partners in the State of Ohio. Plan and execute all daily operations and Community Health Programs teams. Hire, mentor, and supervise Community Health Programs personnel. Collaborate with sponsors, content experts, and production teams to determine relevant issues, priorities, content, and topics. Plan and lead workflow for administrators and team members. Lead processes and procedures to ensure compliance with policies and sponsor requirements. Lead and be accountable for daily operations, including personnel and administrative functions and oversight. (40%)
Lead process to develop/produce deliverables and program offerings and meet