Director of External Affairs of the Crisis Recovery Center

We are once again expanding our programing!

 The DuPage County Health Department is on a journey to build the ideal behavioral health crisis system for our community.  We are excited to offer this director level opportunity as a key role in the expansion and enhancement of the continuum of Crisis Services available to county residents who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.  This position will have primary responsibility for facilitation the activities and outreach for behavioral health partnerships and strategic initiatives for the new Crisis Recovery Center that is currently being built at the DuPage County Health Department.  Please go to the Crisis System Expansion page on the DuPage County Health Department Website for details.
  

This full-time position works a 5-day work week, 37.5 hours per week, with need for occasional evening and weekend hours.  

 

As a full-time DuPage County employee, you will be eligible for our full comprehensive benefit package which includes: 12 Paid Holidays, 3 weeks of paid vacation, paid sick time, tuition reimbursement, and student loan forgiveness along with an IMRF Retirement Account just to name a few. For a full list of our benefits, click on our benefits tab.   

• Provides expertise and leadership with fundraising campaigns, donor relationship development & management
• Collaborates in the creation & execution of a strategy for fundraising to support the Crisis Recovery Center and ongoing behavioral health initiatives 
• Represents DCHD externally in community meetings and public forums, etc. 
• Cultivates relationships with a wide range of community partners, stakeholders, peer organizations, donors, and other funders
•  In collaboration with communications team, engages with media outlets to highlight behavioral health services and the Crisis Recovery Center
•  Actively engages with county-wide collaboratives and councils to support alignment of goals
•  Facilitates discussions to support community engagement on the behavioral health system
•  Provides public presentations regarding priority areas and initiatives 
•  Displays leadership associated with trends and developments in behavioral health and related nonprofit fields

Completion of a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, Social Work, Psychology or a related field and seven years of progressively responsible experience in public health or behavioral health services which included a leadership role on advisory boards or councils; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Salary : $114,525 - $140,000