Senior Clinical Program Manager, Health Promotion & MedFest

Position Title: Senior Clinical Program Manager, Healthy Athletes, Health Promotion and MedFest

Location: SOI – Headquarters, Washington, DC (2 days Hybrid in the office per week)

Department: Health Department

Reports to: Director, Healthy Athletes

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range for US Based Staff: $69,329 - $81,563

Organization Overview:

Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, health, and leadership. With nearly four million athletes and Unified Sports® partners and one million coaches and volunteers in more than 170 countries, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and nearly 50,000 games and competitions every year. Learn more at SpecialOlympics.org. 

Position Summary:

This is an incredible opportunity to be a part of the team that delivers Special Olympics’ highly acclaimed established Healthy Athletes health screening program. Healthy Athletes provides health screenings, education, services, and care at no charge to Special Olympics athletes while training the next generation of healthcare providers on inclusion. Over the past 20 years, Healthy Athletes has delivered over 2 million health screenings in 145 countries and trained more than 280,000 health professionals and students to treat people with intellectual disabilities. The Senior Clinical Program Manager position oversees health screenings, in particular MedFest (general medical) and Health Promotion (nutrition and dietetics) programming for Special Olympics. This position provides the opportunity to work with a team of health program managers, healthcare consultants, and a global network of health professional volunteers in operationalizing and implementing this volunteer-run healthcare screening, delivery and ongoing prevention programming throughout the world. This position is also responsible for providing technical assistance in general medicine and health promotion to the Healthy Communities program, a year-round, community-based health and wellness program that targets athletes, athlete leaders, coaches, families, and community organizations, as well as Special Olympics Programs themselves.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assume overall responsibility for the global strategic and operational management of the SOI athlete medical screening (MedFest) and preventative medicine screening programs (Health Promotion).
• Oversee implementation of MedFest and Health Promotion screenings, including the following:
• Oversee the development and implementation of screenings as part of an interdisciplinary administrative team of clinician;
• Administer capacity grants (review, approve, and monitor grants and post-event reports) to fund country-level in-person and virtual health screenings;
• Maintain current, evidence-based training resources for Programs, Clinical Directors and volunteers;
• Serve as point of contact for domestic and international programs for all services related to MedFest and Health Promotion;
• Support Program-level operations of the delivery of health screenings through a volunteer workforce;
• Ensure efficient management of global supply chain of equipment and services needed to carry out screenings including the management and US-based loaning of bone density screening equipment;
• Continually modernize and standardize screening protocols to ensure that they reflect the latest evidence-based practices;
• Coordinate screening activities and assist with events management at the Regional and World Games levels;
• Develop and implement quality improvement metrics, ensure high-quality services, and evaluate health screenings, and compile reports and statistics on reach and impact of screenings.
• Assemble and directly manage a panel of voluntary global consultants, including medical, nursing and dietician professionals, who provide clinical expertise to guide Health Promotion screenings.
• Mentor, oversee, and evaluate student interns assigned on college and/or university nutrition and dietetics rotations.
• Identify and develop relationships with healthcare partners to serve as community referral and care coordination resources and to increase financial resources for the program (e.g., in kind goods and services).
• Develop relationships with relevant professional associations and organizations supporting general health promotion initiatives for people with IDD.
• Represent SOI on general health promotion topics for people with IDD with external stakeholders, including professional and/or academic presentation on Health Promotion data.

• Connect other departments and SO Programs with appropriate medical and health promotion content expertise on initiatives related to medical issues, sports physicals, health promotion, health education, disease prevention, and other relevant areas as needed.
• Enable global Healthy Athletes data collection through the development and maintenance of discipline-specific clinical content within the Healthy Athlete System (HAS).

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher with clinical licensure in relevant field (e.g. nutrition/dietetics, nursing, health administration, public health, international development etc.) with at least 3 years of experience in the field of program operations or public health;
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in health program development and/or management, ideally with a focus on improving health outcomes;
• Strong project management skills and an ability to manage multiple deadlines concurrently · Proven track record in creating strategies, planning and executing programming, and setting and delivering on targets, preferably cross-culturally;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including a demonstrated ability to build and maintain networks, provide advice and communicate effectively with a culturally and professionally diverse range of stakeholders;
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently with minimal supervision and exercise judgment to identify solutions and strategies for novel situations in a fast-paced environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of and professional clinical experience of nursing, dietetics or related health sciences discipline;
• Experience working with people with intellectual disabilities;
• Experience overcoming barriers to major health systems challenges in a resource poor settings;
• Additional language skills a plus.

*For USA based staff: Special Olympics offers full-time employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package, which includes: medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life insurance, disability, retirement, legal resources, and PTO. 

Special Olympics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

**Special Olympics is an E-Verify Employer** 

Salary : $69,329 - $81,563