Associate Director, Community Partnerships

At the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

A specialized role to impact the entire cancer care continuum through engagement with FQHCs, community health centers, community-based organizations (CBOs), and volunteers with aligned KPIs to drive pillar metrics. FQHCs, community health centers, and CBOs offer access to patients most vulnerable to health disparities due to multiple factors including the social determinants of health and healthcare coverage.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Building medical neighborhoods.
• Leveraging networks within a community for volunteer recruitment.
• Provide technical assistance to encourage implementation of evidence-based interventions.
• Manage partner relationships with Federally Qualified Health Centers, community health centers, and community-based organizations.
• Engage partners through convening, implementing evidence-based strategies, sharing resources, cultivating healthcare champions, and driving system policies and practices to improve the lives of patients with cancer and their families.
• Recruit and mobilize pillar volunteers.
• Identify community resources.
• Create linkages of care within targeted communities.
• Serve as the liaison with the Area/Market leads.
• Lead pillar integration through account management.

FORMAL KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor's degree in public health, health administration, healthcare, nonprofit management or equivalent required; graduate degree a plus.
• Minimum of five years of experience in healthcare-related management, administration, account management, with a proven background in executive relationship development and volunteer recruitment and mobilization, preferably with a multi-million-dollar organization.

OTHER SKILLS

• Able to cultivate relationships with health systems, community organizations, partners, and volunteers to create a sense of urgency related to awareness of cancer as a major health problem, motivate to action across the cancer continuum and influence strategies and techniques.
• Ability to represent the Society effectively and professionally to primary care health systems, administrative, agency and community leaders, including working with disparate populations and diverse constituents.
• Strong experience with state and community-based program planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of health insurance and coverage issues, advocacy, and government policy.
• Extensive knowledge of state healthcare and insurance structures, Medicaid and Medicare practices and policies, primary care and oncology payment models.
• Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
• Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, quality measures, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
• Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced-based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in required meetings.
• Leverages volunteers as door openers and relationship builders.
• Ensures engagement and mobilization of diverse constituents and volunteers in a prioritized and coordinated way.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING OR KNOWLEDGE

• Extensive knowledge of healthcare markets, managed care organizations, and primary care infrastructure.
• Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
• Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
• Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced-based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in enterprise and regional meetings.
• Experience recruiting, retaining and recognizing volunteers.

SPECIAL MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Travel, including evening and weekend work required.

The starting rate is $69,000 to $74,000. The final candidate's relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

The American Cancer Society has adopted a vaccination policy that requires all staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where prohibited by state law).

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.