Primary Responsibilities:
- Providing strategic vision and focus for a large, diverse, ambitious organization, including actionable priorities, measurable goals and proactive timelines which will ensure CSHC continues to improve the general well-being of the community and remains financially well positioned.
- Demonstrating an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit by encouraging and fostering creative thinking around new models of care and patient engagement that will meet the changing demands of the communities which CSHC serves.
- Developing and strengthening the organization’s effectiveness with increased transparency and standardized policies and procedures.
- Championing change with an enduring and unwavering commitment to CSHC’s mission to ensure the organization continues to thrive.
- Effectively managing, recruiting, developing, and inspiring a diverse, collaborative, high-performing team that is committed to excellence.
- Building, maintaining and continually inspiring a collaborative, empowering, and personal and professional growth-oriented work environment to achieve the highest standards of performance and accountability for all staff.
- Developing and maintaining strong collegial relationships with CSHC’s partners including internal and external stakeholders.
- Other duties as assigned.
Organization Management and Leadership Style: An innovative, broad thinker, the successful candidate will bring a consistent track record of empowering, motivating, and mentoring a highly skilled team, building a strong and cohesive organizational culture, and providing meaningful oversight of financial assets. They will have the capacity to effectively collaborate with multiple constituents including a Board of Directors. Committed to cultivating a flat, lean, empowered, and efficient organization, this individual must be an involved and inclusive leader who can readily set strategic direction for the organization, prioritize, and define clear goals for staff and manage performance toward achievement of those goals. The successful candidate will be an inspirational leader who embraces a culture of openness, transparency, and mutual respect, believing deeply in the distinctive promise of differentiated individuals. They will bring a demonstrated ability to recruit, cultivate, support, and retain talent with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Building Relationships and Using Influence: The successful candidate must be a decisive, strategic leader, possessing outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to mobilize and empower others to achieve a common goal. They will be an inspiring and persuasive communicator who can articulate CSHC’s vision and direction effectively through mass media, debate, advocacy, public speaking, writing, networking, fundraising and one-on-one discussions. This individual will be a collaborator, empathetic motivator, and movement builder with the ability to build relationships and use influence effectively to accomplish the goals of CSHC. This individual must also be able to represent the organization well externally in all venues. Persuasive, and trustworthy, the successful candidate will be able to galvanize others to act on information or recommendations based on compelling logic or common best interests. This individual will have the ability to connect with and secure results from national, state, and local leaders, government policy makers, community partners, donors, Board Members, and staff.
Interpersonal Acumen: The successful candidate will be a person of the utmost personal and professional integrity. They will possess the right combination of self-confidence balanced with humility and a healthy sense of humor. This individual will be gracious in manner and comfortable in a wide variety of settings. They will be confident enough to hire and retain strong, intelligent staff members and possess a grounded understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses.
Judgment: The successful candidate will have the demonstrated ability to make timely and clearly communicated decisions and embrace a mentality for taking appropriate risks to achieve results. Likewise, they will be thoughtful to ensure they are deploying resources in a way that maximizes outcomes aligned with the organization’s mission and vision. This individual will listen to and learn from key stakeholders inside and outside of the organization and as such be an inclusive, while also independent thinker, who can manage ambiguity and devise solutions even when a clear path is not evident.
Qualifications and Skills:
Experience, Education and Capabilities
Baccalaureate degree required, with advanced degrees in other related disciplines, such as an MBA or MPH desirable.
A minimum of ten years of progressive senior leadership experience operating within a multidimensional community-oriented health care or community-based services environment.
An understanding of the health care landscape, population health, care gaps, and innovative models that could achieve the aims of CSHC’s continued mission and vision.
Experience working with and understanding the problems and needs of diverse, marginalized, and vulnerable communities, including social determinants of health and effective interventions.
Proven ability to conceive, validate, communicate, and implement an effective vision, strategy, and goals and objectives over a multi-year timeframe.
History of leading transformative progress in a community around a particular care gap area.
Solid financial acumen with a history of previous P&L responsibility.
Demonstrated success in fundraising and fostering revenue growth through diversification.
History of working collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders from diverse cultural, professional, organizational, and functional backgrounds and building strategic partnerships with like-minded synergistic organizations.
Established ability to communicate complex information to the public, constituents, government leaders and additional partners in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
Dexterity and creativity in navigating ambiguity and effectively initiating and creating change and organizational improvement.
Ability to appreciate and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders from diverse cultural, professional, organizational, and functional backgrounds.
Ability to work effectively in partnership with a Board of Directors.
Ability to ensure the organization’s compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines, laws, and regulations.
Setting Strategy
The ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for CSHC, demonstrating expansive, inventive thinking in seeking innovative approaches to complex problems.
An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry.
The ability to effectively balance the desire or need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and objectives, and create and implement plans that are achievable and successful.
Executing for Results
The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance, tenacious and accountable in driving results.
Someone who is not afraid to take informed risks after seeking necessary data and input from others to foresee possible threats or unintended circumstances from decisions.
A leader who is viewed by others as having a high degree of integrity and forethought in their approach to making decisions; the ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always considering what is best for the organization.
Leading Teams
The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, manage performance and hold everyone, including themself, accountable; committed to professional development and career paths for all staff and widely viewed and effective as a strong developer of others.
The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers.
A leader who is self-reflective and aware of their own limitations; leads by example, thrives on interacting with team members in the field, and drives the organization’s performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement.
Relationships and Influence
Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in their beliefs, and active drive.
Creates a sense of purpose and meaning for the team that generates followership beyond their own personality and engages others to the greater purpose of CSHC as a whole.
Physical Requirements:
Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of Codman Square Health Center
- Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods (50% of the time)
- Must be able to lift 10+ pounds and load onto shelves.
CODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES
Mission: To serve as a resource for improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of the community.
Vision: Codman Square Health Center is our community's first choice for comprehensive, holistic, and integrated services, and empowers individuals to lead healthy lives and build thriving communities.
Values: Patients- Our patients are the center of our care team.
Community The well-being of the individual is deeply connected to the health of the community.
Advocacy We advocate for responsive policies and resources to address health disparities and promote health equity.
Staff We are a diverse, empowered, compassionate, and prepared workforce.
Innovation We promote a culture of innovation that has measurable and sustainable impact.
Partnership We build and sustain diverse partnerships.
Codman Square Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.