Director of Nutrition and Active Living

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Job Summary The Director, Nutrition and Active Living (NAL) is responsible for the development, oversight, administration, coordination, management, evaluation, integration and expansion of HPC’s services related to nutrition education, medical nutrition therapy, and training and technical assistance, including relationship development with and management of partners. This role involves developing innovative proposals, methods, and strategies to address complex community health and social challenges related to nutrition and active living that have long puzzled the public health sector. The Director must demonstrate strong leadership to achieve the organization's strategic objectives, including: 1. sustaining and growing the department by developing new methods and approaches to improving community health outcomes through nutrition and physical activity, 2. developing and retaining a talented workforce, 3. cultivating and stewarding partnerships, 4. providing fiscal oversight of grants and contracts within the department, and 5. integrating initiatives across Health Promotion Council/Health Promotion Services and other departments within the Public Health Management Corporation. This position supports fulfillment of HPC’s strategic plan goals, particularly those that foster program and service integration, mission-driven growth, and partnership with the health care industry. In addition, the Director of Nutrition and Active Living will support joint initiatives between and among HPC, PHMC, PHMC family of affiliates, and external partners.

The Director of Nutrition and Active Living requires assertive leadership and management skills; strong critical, analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills; and strong fiscal management, program development and administrative oversight skills. This position requires extensive and direct supervision and management of 15 staff and complex programs; as well as interpersonal contact with funders, community-based partners, health insurance companies, academia, professionals, officials and advocates within multiple sectors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leadership
• Provide strategic and operational direction, and programmatic and fiscal oversight, for a portfolio of nutrition and active living programs and services, including clear guidance and leadership to staff to support high program quality, clarity of vision, and team cohesion.
• Create new business development strategies in the health care industry to expand HPC’s portfolio with managed care organizations, health insurance companies and health care systems.
• Participate in or lead stakeholder/advisory groups, conference presentations and journal submissions, and participation in selected internal and external advisory and strategic planning groups as approved by senior leadership.
• Expand evidence-based and promising nutrition and active living programs with linkages to the research community.
• Keep abreast of public health trends, research, and promising practices related to health disparities, nutrition, and physical activity, and translate complex concepts into actionable information for staff at all levels.
• Develop a vision for, and implement, new innovative methods and approaches to chronic disease prevention and risk reduction for the served community.
• Support organizational strategic planning process through all phases, including development, implementation of strategies within portfolio and across organization, and tracking of progress in areas of program oversight.
• Support effort to ensure that all staff are kept abreast of PHMC and HPC policies and procedural additions and changes, and apply said policies and procedures to work on an ongoing basis.

Program Administration:

• Serves as primary point of contact for grant-/program-related matters with funders and partners.
• Oversees multiple contractual and grant funded projects and subcontracts to ensure overall goals and objectives are met, and ensures compliance with all relevant grant and contract requirements, including use of funds.
• Responsible for start-up for all new programs within the department. Manages all aspects of project start-up until appropriate staff are identified, hired, and trained.
• Develops and regularly monitors all departmental budgets, expenditure reports, and financial position, communicates regularly with Controller and funder to ensure fulfillment of programmatic and budget obligations and efficient stewardship of grant and contract dollars.
• Oversees development of evaluation, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement plans and implementation, with support of staff and evaluation partner, when applicable.
• Closely collaborates with PHMC Research & Evaluation Group to ensure high quality program evaluation and integration of data management for Nutrition and Active Living programs.
• Provides departmental and programmatic updates for HPC/HPS and PHMC Board Reports
• Collaborates with PHMC Communications team to lead development and implementation of program marketing collateral materials, including advertisements, flyers, and other media, as well as media campaigns.
• Develops scopes of work, budgets, contract request forms, and contracts for all revenue and expense contracts within department; track and ensure that all contracts move through the process and are conformed.
• Tracks all incoming invoices related to subcontracts and vendor deliverables.
• Monitors all subcontractor/vendor/partner deliverables to ensure fulfillment of programmatic obligations and fiscal requirements.
• Leads, supports, and contributes to the integration and development of research studies that yield submission of abstracts and manuscripts to conferences and peer-review journals.
• Monitors program activities and outcomes, and writes, reviews, and/or submits program reports of project activities and evaluation/outcomes according to contract guidelines.
• Plans and prepares for funder site visits, including logistics and materials/information gathering.

Management:

• Defines and manages Assistant Director’s and Program Manager(s)’ staff performance goals, program priorities, and deadlines.
• Assists Assistant Director and Program Manager(s) to define and manage extended team’s performance goals, program priorities, and deadlines.
• Conducts annual performance reviews and quarterly check-ins with direct reports, assists direct reports with goal setting, and ensure that all departmental staff reviews, check ins, and goal planning tasks are complete.
• Work directly with personnel at all levels, as appropriate, to support growth and development including offering and approving professional development opportunities, especially as they relate to program deliverables and staff performance and growth.
• Provides clear guidance and leadership to staff to support high program quality, clarity of vision, and team cohesion including staff training, staff performance and growth plans, and positive working environment.
• Create an environment of collaboration and accountability, where roles and expectations are clearly established, and innovation and creativity is highly valued.
• Hires, trains, supervises, coaches and problem solves with Assistant Director and Program Manager(s) and any other assigned staff.
• Gathers and communicates staff/department feedback to leadership team.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.
• Grant Development
• Seeks, researches, and determines to which opportunities to respond. Convenes a team to support planning, development, and writing of proposals to funders to grow organizational initiatives and retain project staff.
• Garners buy-in from internal and external entities to support and/or partner with new initiatives and receive written confirmation of said support in the form of letters of commitment/support/agreement or memoranda of understanding.
• Ensures that all components needed to submit application are completed and develop firm understanding of the proposal submission procedure (i.e., database, registration, number of copies, etc.) well before deadline.
• Supports the work of other departments, when applicable, including funding applications, promotion of programs and initiatives, reviews of materials, partnership development, etc.
• Develops concepts, and writes and submits proposals to funders to sustain existing funding and grow organizational initiatives.
• Community Engagement and Partnership Development
• Work across HPC, and PHMC programs and subsidiaries to integrate programming, build partnerships and opportunities to grow HPC’s reach.
• Grow and maintain relationships with local, regional, and national partner(s) to expand new areas of businesses, sustain projects and retain staff by developing concepts and submitting proposal opportunities.
• Actively engages community organizations, leaders, and public health advocates to establish and maintain strong partnerships and/or collaborations around health equity issues.
• Attends local and state-level meetings as representative of HPC.
• Professional Experiences and Requirements

Essential:

• Skillful in exercising leadership within a manner that will build teams and/or partnerships among staff, foster collaboration across departments, build partnerships, and advance HPC organizational objectives in health equity.
• Expert knowledge in nutrition education, chronic disease prevention and management programs, and policy/systems/environmental change initiatives.
• At least five years’ experience in fiscal/administrative oversight for large-scale projects with complex functions, operations, policies, and regulations representing federal, state, and local focus.
• At least five years’ experience in supervising staff in health, public health/education and/or community-based programs/initiatives.
• At least five years’ experience in program development and securing and sustaining funding sources to support programs and initiatives.
• Clear communicator with ability to translate complex ideas into program briefs, presentations, and actionable work plans, and with demonstrated experience drafting reports, presentations, abstracts, and proposals for a variety of audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to integrate diverse viewpoints and approaches to reach consensus, while maintaining positive working relationships with individuals from various backgrounds and disciplines
• Strong ability to establish priorities, work independently, and meet competing deadlines with minimal supervision.

Preferred:

• Knowledge in the FNS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); knowledge of SNAP-Ed highly desirable.
• Knowledge of community health, social determinants of health, health disparities, and public health theories, principles and practices—and demonstrated ability to apply knowledge in practical setting.
• Experienced in preparation of documents for Institutional Review Board submission.
• Knowledgeable and experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies, data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, develop and implement proactive approaches to mitigating challenges, and problem-solve.
• Familiar with and comfortable working in urban, rural and or suburban settings.

Qualifications (Credentials)

• Master’s Degree in public health, science and/or community health, education, nutrition, dietetics, health education, or equivalent required.
• Must have CITI or related certification or acquire within 30 days.

Salary Grade: 22

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