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Director, Organizational Alignment

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

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Posted : 14-Feb-25

Location : Arlington, Virginia

Type : Full Time

Salary : $k - $k

Categories :

Communications / Editorial Project Management / Program Development

Salary Details :

Your salary is only one component of the total compensation package. NAMI offers a range of standard and unique benefits that are reviewed annually :

  • Generous and comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Plans
  • Paid Time Off : Vacation, Personal, and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • b) retirement plan
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care, dependent care and commuter expenses
  • Life Insurance and Disability coverage paid by NAMI
  • Flexible Work and Telework programs
  • Professional Development Reimbursement program
  • A variety of wellness offerings to support team members
  • Employee Referral Program
  • The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which provides support for personal and family problems common in contemporary life

Required Education : 4 Year Degree

What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in has blossomed into the nation’s leading voice on mental health. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Today, we are an alliance of hundreds of local affiliates, state organizations and a national office that work in communities across the United States to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need. NAMI advocates for all who are affected by mental illness, both the individuals and the people in their lives. We work to address disparities and injustices and to promote dignity and inclusion for all people with mental illness and their families. In addition to being advocates, we educate, we listen, and we lead as evidenced by our public awareness campaigns, the range of programs we provide, and our strong public policy.

We currently have an opening for a Director, Organizational Alignment. The Director, Organizational Alignment will work directly with NAMI’s Chief Operating Officer to ensure the effective execution of NAMI’s strategic priorities and to strengthen a culture that prioritizes results, accountability, cross-functional collaboration, and customer service to NAMI’s network of more than affiliates and state organizations. This individual will serve as NAMI’s internal “dot connector” and “silo buster” and will support the CEO in the areas of change leadership, organizational communications, and quality assurance. The Director, Organizational Alignment requires strong people skills as the role will work with stakeholders across all levels of the organization, internally and externally. This role demands excellent communication, collaboration, and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and convince others in their adoption of new behaviors and practices.

This full-time position may be off-site or based in Arlington VA on a hybrid basis.

Salary Range : $- $k

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

  • Build and lead a process for tacking progress against NAMI’s strategic priorities
  • Serve as the organization’s internal communications officer, ensuring that individuals across the organization are aware of information critical to their success
  • Develop and execute a strategy for effectively leveraging NAMI’s intranet as a communications and information hub for the organizations
  • Coach and develop NAMI’s leadership in the principles and practices of change leadership
  • Surface quality control and execution challenges, resolve them, or raise them to the COO as needed
  • Ensure cross-functional alignment as strategic priorities are executed and address alignment challenges as they arise
  • Maintain visibility of interdependencies, project plans, assumptions, risks, and issues.
  • Provide clear communication for change, ensuring stakeholders are given the full picture, explained the need for the change, and how it will benefit all stakeholders.
  • Develop a plan for benchmarking and measuring NAMI’s movement toward a stronger results-oriented, “field-first” culture
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

  • At least 8-10 years of experience driving culture change and / or improving cross-functional alignment and integration, preferably in mission-driven, non-profit organizations
  • Expert project / initiative leadership and management skills and experience leading complex efforts that involved building consensus among a variety of stakeholders
  • Proficient in change management principles, methodologies, and tools
  • Exceptional active listening and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
  • Ability to effectively influence others at the team, peer, and executive level to move toward a common vision or goal.
  • Comfort with working both strategically and tactically; someone who can operate as a “one-stop shop”
  • Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
  • Proven experience delivering creative and innovative solutions to business challenges.
  • Passion for addressing mental health challenges and improving conditions for people living with mental illness.
  • Must pass background check
  • NAMI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. NAMI prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information or any other legally protected group status. We also provide reasonable accommodation for candidates with disability.

    About NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in , NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.

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