Professional Opportunities

Below is a current listing of health and human service related job opportunities. OPEN MINDS Circle members can post their organization's opportunities on this page free of charge for 60 days.

We're looking for a few talented individuals to join the OPEN MINDS team! Consulting Practice Manager: We're currently seeking an executive to lead our 30+ member consulting team. Great organizational, people, and computer skills are a must—along with knowledge of health and human services. For detailed position description, or to apply, click here! Accounting Manager: We're also searching for a manager of accounting, human resource administration, and office operations. Superior computer skills and attention to detail is a must. For detailed position description, or to apply, click here! Book Editor: The OPEN MINDS information services department is looking for a new book editor to coordinate the development of our upcoming publications—this includes marketing planning, copy editing, and layout. For detailed position description, or to apply, click here! Vice President, Advertising Sales: The information services department is also looking for an executive with proven sales experience to lead our advertising and subscription sales team. This position will focus on key customer sales while managing our sales team. For detailed position description, or to apply, click here!

Most Recent Outside Listings:

Vice President, Product Line Management (Core Market) - Essential Learning (Posted January 20, 2012)

Position Description - Works closely with the sales and marketing teams to grow and develop new business in the Essential Learning “core markets”. Currently this market segment principally includes mental health, addictions, child welfare and social services programs as well as some smaller sub-market segments (e.g. 211 and information and referral services). In the future, this market may be extended to programs for older adults.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Serves as primary point of contact and principal account manager for selected strategic partner relationships with national association and content partners in this area (examples include the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare; Child Welfare League of America; State Associations of Addictions Services, etc.). Develop new strategic partnerships as required.

2. Develops and manages national content advisory boards for the key segments.

3. Conducts ongoing analysis of and recommendations about development of specific geographic priority target markets. Develops and maintains a strategic market development plan.

4. Identifies industry and regulatory trends, both national and on a state by state basis, and other opportunities related to the core market with the goal of recommending appropriate packaging and branding of training content.

5. Works closely with the course development team, the content advisory board, strategic partners, and current customers to identify priority areas for course development targeted to this market segment.

6. Works with the marketing department on lead development, development of promotional materials, e-mail campaigns and targeted mailing.

7. Participates as appropriate in presentations and sales demos for the core market.

8. Participates in industry conferences/trade shows and assess the value of new potential relationships with associations and other potential content partners.

9. Participates in sales and management meetings, document activities in ACT and provide periodic reports of activities as requested.

10. Works with the sales and marketing teams to develop and monitor an annual market development budget, including annual trade show and conference planning.

11. Conducts other project management activities as required.

Type of Position: Full-time / Exempt

Level: Management

Department: Strategic Development

Location: Work at Home

Reports to: Sr. Vice President, Strategic Development

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

• Requires strong knowledge of one or more of the following core market sectors: child welfare, behavioral health, general social services.
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, influence results and drive direction.
• Requires excellent communications skills.
• Requires excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Requires strong computer skills, and working knowledge of internet browsers, MS Office applications and project management applications.
• Ability to work in virtual environment with distributed work force.

Educational and Work Experience:

• Requires a Master’s degree in related field. Licensure/certification in one of the core clinical professions preferred.
• Minimum of ten years background and experience in one or more of the following core market sectors: child welfare, behavioral health, general social services; experience in multiple sectors in the core market sectors preferred.
• Successful work experience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with one or more key national associations. Access to thought leaders in these market sectors is a plus.
• Experience with providing consultative sales and marketing support.

Other Requirements - Requires an environment free from distraction and a home office setup including broadband internet connection, PC properly configured with current Windows operating system and a private business line.

Essential Learning is an equal employment opportunity employer.

For more information, please contact: jobs@essentialearning.com

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VP, Market Segment Editor - Essential Learning (Posted January 20, 2012)

Position Description - Accountable for managing curriculum development projects in a defined area such as Regulatory Compliance and Workforce Development; Clinical Behavioral Health; or Corrections. Directs all activities associated with the successful planning and development of new and revised course content in accordance with best practices, and Essential Learning’s standards. Engages and interacts with content partners and other departments to ensure on time delivery of quality content.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Sources, recruits and manages contract authors, staff writers, and subject matter experts, in conjunction with other Editors to develop new and revised course content.. Accountable for all aspects of contractor management including onboarding, project oversight, and approval of time and invoices.

2. Partners with other departments within the Content Development Services Group to assess content needs of our customers, develop new content or identify necessary revisions, and deliver content to Educational Technology to complete the design, quality check, and timely release of courses in accordance with project schedules.

3. Interacts and works closely with Product Line Development staff and or external content partners to maintain and manage course projects. Maintains favorable content partner relationships over time.

4. Researches and analyzes content topics, emerging needs, and new markets to ensure development of up to date, relevant course content, including evidence informed practice.

5. Manages all aspects of curriculum development including but not limited to relevance of content, development and review of storyboard, outline, content and copy editing.

6. Supports promotion and marketing of new and revised course content in conjunction with Course Asset Management, Marketing, and CRM.

7. Prepares and conducts presentations for user group meetings, focus groups and other venues.

8. Effectively recruits, interviews and selects staff. Coaches, mentors, and guides staff on employee development and performance-related matters.

Type of Position: Full-time / Exempt

Level: Professional

Department: Curriculum Development and Research

Location: Work at Home

Reports to: SVP, Content Development Services

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

• Requires strong knowledge of curriculum development, preferably in online environment.
• Requires strong knowledge base in specific market segments assigned.
• Requires excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Requires excellent writing skills and demonstrated attention to details.
• Requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, influence results and drive direction
• Requires strong communications skills.
• Requires strong computer skills, and working knowledge of internet browsers, MS Office applications and project management applications.
• Ability to work in virtual environment with distributed work force.

Educational and Work Experience:

• Requires a Masters Degree in related field.
• Requires a minimum of 10 years experience in curriculum development or a related field.
• Requires 5 years management experience and demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate with contract workers and internal staff, including project management experience.
• Requires demonstrated experience working with internet browsers and major MS Office applications.

Other Requirements - Requires an environment free from distraction and a home office setup including broadband internet connection, PC properly configured with current Windows operating system and a private business line.

Essential Learning is an equal employment opportunity employer

For more information, please contact: jobs@essentialearning.com

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Chief Strategic Officer - Holy Family Institute (Posted January 4, 2012)

Holy Family Institute (HFI) seeks a mission-focused, seasoned, strategic, and process minded leader with experience scaling an organization, leading an executive management team, and developing a performance culture among a group of diverse, talented individuals.

The CSO is responsible for assisting the CEO, senior management and the Board of Directors with creating, communicating, implementing, and sustaining strategic initiatives. The position requires strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills, the ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovative thinking and the capability to successfully implement strategy. The CSO will work with, and across, all departments and organizational units, to establish specific plans, deliverables and measurable objectives. This position will drive and influence decision-making that will result in both the short and long-term growth of the organization. This is a grant funded position.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Strategic Officer (CSO) is responsible for leading and managing all services and programs, and for enhancing the internal organization processes and infrastructure that will allow Holy Family Institute to continue to grow and fulfill its mission.

The CSO is charged with three critical tasks that together form the definition of strategy execution:

1. Communicate Holy Family Institute’s strategy to every organizational unit within the organization so that all employees, partners, board members, clients, and other stakeholders understand the organization’s strategic plan and how their activities support the organization’s overall strategies and goals;

2. Drive immediate results across the organization in support of the long-term strategy through the creation of implementation plans; and

3. Guide decision making across the organization to ensure alignment with HFI’s strategy by creating immediate change within the organization when needed.

The CSO will utilize the human centered design process to 1) gather input and knowledge from the executive staff, the board of directors and other stakeholders; 2) continue discussion and dialogue with these groups as well as other staff throughout the organization; and 3) encourage continued research, learning and knowledge sharing, all of which will lead to breakthrough opportunities and innovative solutions for new programs and implementation plans. An important organizational and behavioral aspect of innovation is that innovation is rarely an output of isolated genius. Today’s significant innovations are developed through effective collaboration between people in different parts of an organization.

Specifically, the CSO will be responsible for:

• Leading and managing the organization’s senior program directors.
• Partnering with his/her peers – the chief financial officer, the director of human resources, information technology, quality improvement, and corporate communications – to solve identified design challenges while managing all program planning, operations, and staffing.
• Ensuring that the organization’s strategic goals are communicated to internal as well as external stakeholders.
• Coaching the executive team and the Board of Directors to fully understand the Company’s mission, revenue and performance goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidate must possess a Master’ Degree in Business or related field with at least 10 years of progressive management experience and demonstrated accomplishments in strategic planning. Requires an understanding of strategic and financial processes, including budgeting and project planning, Must have the ability to read, interpret, and review program costs. Must have working knowledge of computers and software applications commensurate with the Position, including but not limited to accounting and spreadsheets. Strong interpersonal, written and analytical skills are required.

Valid PA driver’s license and current Act 33/34 clearances required.  EOE

For more information regarding this position, please email Kim Radler at Radler.Kim@hfi-pgh.org.

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Director of Marketing - AdvoServ (Posted December 27, 2011)

Overview:

Provides high level marketing experience to work closely with Admissions Director to develop a marketing/business development plan to increase referral generation in new and existing markets. This candidate will have experience in setting up systems for account managers in development of strategies for effective customer service, communication and identification of key referral sources. Specific experience in the Human Services field with established contacts is preferable. Candidate must have ability to communicate effectively, capable of selling programs and services, and have great presentation skills.

Responsibilities:

1. Works with Admissions Director to plan and set directions, coordinates the effort of the admission and marketing staff toward the achievement of organizational objectives.

2. Develop and oversee the implementation of an out of state referral development plan, which demonstrates clear accountability and performance goals

3. Develop and oversee implementation of customer service initiatives for admissions and marketing staff utilizing best practices.

4. Develops objectives and policies for the marketing and sales department

5. Work in conjunction with Admissions Director to oversee efforts of overall marketing strategies such as internet marketing, launching of new services, advertising, exhibits, etc.

6. Responsible for competitive positioning of the organization within the market place.

7. Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant information on important trends.

8. Demonstrate ability to interact and cooperate with coworkers. Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet organization’s core values. Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all support departments. Ability to build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on customer, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate high integrity.

Job specifications:

Bachelors or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Management, Human Services field with program management experience. Comparable experience in a comparable position will be considered in lieu of degree.

• 5 – 10 years’ experience in helping grow programs
• Extensive experience in all aspects of developing and maintaining marketing strategies to meet organizations objectives.
• 60 – 75% travel.

For more information regarding this position, please email Maytté Dusseau at dusseaum@advoserv.com.

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Director of Corporate Compliance - Macomb-Oakland Regional Center (MORC), Inc. (Posted December 12, 2011)

The Macomb-Oakland Regional Center (MORC), Inc. is a non-profit agency that provides wide-ranging services to individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness in Southeast Michigan. MORC's mission is to serve men, women, and children with differing abilities so they may, as true citizens, celebrate life, freedom, and independence in the community. MORC currently provides services and supports to over 5,100 individuals with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness and their families with the goal of helping them live more independently in the community setting of their choice.

MORC, Inc. is seeking a Director of Corporate Compliance for its overall operations. As the Director of Corporate Compliance this position will answer to the Executive Director and serve as the contact for all compliance related activity. This position will be responsible for all legal compliance, communication and reporting education and training, privacy and security associated with the company’s compliance plan.

Primary duties include but are not limited too:

• Ensures that system wide audits are established to investigate and monitor compliance with standards and procedures required by federals and state laws
• Reviews reports of allegations of illegal conduct or behavior believed to be in violation of the MORC, Inc. Employee Handbook, agency Policies and Procedures or federal, state and local law
• Completes reports based on the findings of the internal investigation
• Facilitates implementation of system-wide programs, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, such as those for Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, Michigan Mental Health Code, Hi-Tech, etc.
• Develops and writes policies and procedures that establish standards for compliance, giving specific guidance to management, medical staff, and individual departments or employees, as appropriate
• Responds to reasonable requests for information from the federal, state or local government
• Reviews complaints, concerns, or questions relative to compliance issues, and provides consultative leadership and support to all entities as appropriate, and coordinates the organization’s response to such inquiries
• Maintains a system of reporting that provides timely and relevant information on all aspects of compliance issues
• Ensures that internal controls throughout the system are sufficient to provide for accurate, complete, and compliant programs and processes
• Coordinates training on issues related to corporate compliance
• Works with the Corporate Compliance Committee to communicate compliance programs, including written materials and training programs designed to specifically promote an understanding of compliance issues and the consequences for non-compliance
• Provides development, guidance, and assists in the identification, implementation, and maintenance of organization information related to privacy and security policies and procedures in coordination with organization management and administration, the Corporate Compliance Committee, and legal counsel
• Coordinates initial and periodic risk assessments and conducts related ongoing compliance monitoring activities in coordination with other compliance and operational assessment functions
• Participates in the development, implementation, and ongoing compliance monitoring of all business associate agreements and contractual relationships, to ensure all requirements and responsibilities are addressed
• Working knowledge of applicable federal and state privacy and security laws, rules, regulations, and accreditation standards, and monitors advancements in information technologies to ensure organizational adaptation and compliance

Experience:

• Possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or a related field; Masters degree with major in a healthcare related field, preferred
• Must have at least five years compliance experience in a healthcare organization with demonstrated experience in leadership, investigation policy and procedure writing, and auditing
• Current certification in health care compliance

To apply for this position, please email your resume to Jennifer Lasceski at Jennifer.lasceski@morcinc.org.

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