Northeast OH Hub Director MHAC Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Full Time
1 day ago
$70,000 - $85,000 USD
Key skills
CommunicationTime ManagementCollaboration
About this role
Job Summary
The Northeast Hub Director provides highly confidential policy, education, program and administrative support for the Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) and its Northeast Ohio (NEO) Hub. Additionally, the Director is responsible for member recruitment and retention in the NEO Hub region. This full-time position will be located at the NEO Hub office.
Job Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Knowledge of government systems and budgets.
• Experience working with grassroots organizing campaigns, coalition organization, or advocacy/ public policy initiatives preferred.
• Experience in behavioral health or healthcare issues.
• Computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office products (specifically Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. Social media skills a plus.
• Frequent travel within NEO Hub (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties) and some travel within the rest of Ohio required.
• Evening and weekend hours may be required.
Essential Job Duties &Responsibilities
• Provides programmatic, educational, policy, and administrative support to the MHAC and the NEO Steering Committee.
• Develops and implements local advocacy agenda, including researching and developing written analyses of local behavioral health funding and public policy matters.
• Works with members, collaborators, community partners, and contractors on public policy issues and projects impacting behavioral health and furthering the MHAC’s mission.
• Responsible for member identification, recruitment, and retention in NEO Hub region.
• Assists with grant writing and reporting, as applicable to NEO Hub activities.
• Represents MHAC NEO Hub at community meetings.
• Assists in creation of educational/communications content. Responsible for distribution of materials in NEO Hub region.
• Facilitates, prepares, and staffs NEO Steering Committee meetings, NEO Policy & Advocacy Committee meetings, NEO SUD and Addiction Subcommittee, MHAC membership meetings, and NEO events.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and other MHAC team members and contractors, educate local public officials, stakeholders, and members on the local and state advocacy agendas
Other Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Develops materials and presentations.
• Assists with administrative tasks, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned
Supervisory
• None
Core Competencies
• Communication: Expresses thoughts clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities.
• Learning Agility: Willingness and desire to absorb new information readily and to put it into practice effectively; avoids giving up in situations; actively seeks out new information to enhance processes and best practices; ability to make fresh connections between different concepts. Seeks feedback to improve learning.
• Comparative Analysis: Compares, contrasts, and combines information to determine underlying issues. Sees associations between seemingly independent problems or events to recognize trends, problems, and possible cause-effect relationships.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with compliance with regulatory requirements at all levels of the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeking out the ways our workplace might address them.
The Centers through healing, teaching, and inspiring helps individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.
Wellbeing and Benefits
Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.
• Choice of medical and dental plans
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
• Vision
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings (401k) with company contribution
• Mental Health Support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm Subscription
• Short and Longterm Disability
Physical Demands/Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended This job operates in a professional office environment, which usually has a moderate noise level due to conversations, office machinery, and communication devices. The atmosphere is generally collaborative, although it can vary based on the team's dynamics. The position may involve prolonged periods of sitting at a desk or standing, along with frequent computer use.
This requires proficiency in handling office equipment, such as printers, copiers, and telephones. Occasionally, the job may involve lifting light to moderately weighted items, such as office supplies or files. Additionally, travel and work outside of normal hours may be necessary for meetings, presentations, training sessions, and other events.
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of The Centers and MHAC. Since no position description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder's responsibility.
The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Northeast Hub Director provides highly confidential policy, education, program and administrative support for the Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) and its Northeast Ohio (NEO) Hub. Additionally, the Director is responsible for member recruitment and retention in the NEO Hub region. This full-time position will be located at the NEO Hub office.
Job Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Knowledge of government systems and budgets.
• Experience working with grassroots organizing campaigns, coalition organization, or advocacy/ public policy initiatives preferred.
• Experience in behavioral health or healthcare issues.
• Computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office products (specifically Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. Social media skills a plus.
• Frequent travel within NEO Hub (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties) and some travel within the rest of Ohio required.
• Evening and weekend hours may be required.
Essential Job Duties &Responsibilities
• Provides programmatic, educational, policy, and administrative support to the MHAC and the NEO Steering Committee.
• Develops and implements local advocacy agenda, including researching and developing written analyses of local behavioral health funding and public policy matters.
• Works with members, collaborators, community partners, and contractors on public policy issues and projects impacting behavioral health and furthering the MHAC’s mission.
• Responsible for member identification, recruitment, and retention in NEO Hub region.
• Assists with grant writing and reporting, as applicable to NEO Hub activities.
• Represents MHAC NEO Hub at community meetings.
• Assists in creation of educational/communications content. Responsible for distribution of materials in NEO Hub region.
• Facilitates, prepares, and staffs NEO Steering Committee meetings, NEO Policy & Advocacy Committee meetings, NEO SUD and Addiction Subcommittee, MHAC membership meetings, and NEO events.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and other MHAC team members and contractors, educate local public officials, stakeholders, and members on the local and state advocacy agendas
Other Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Develops materials and presentations.
• Assists with administrative tasks, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned
Supervisory
• None
Core Competencies
• Communication: Expresses thoughts clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities.
• Learning Agility: Willingness and desire to absorb new information readily and to put it into practice effectively; avoids giving up in situations; actively seeks out new information to enhance processes and best practices; ability to make fresh connections between different concepts. Seeks feedback to improve learning.
• Comparative Analysis: Compares, contrasts, and combines information to determine underlying issues. Sees associations between seemingly independent problems or events to recognize trends, problems, and possible cause-effect relationships.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with compliance with regulatory requirements at all levels of the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeking out the ways our workplace might address them.
The Centers through healing, teaching, and inspiring helps individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.
Wellbeing and Benefits
Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.
• Choice of medical and dental plans
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
• Vision
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings (401k) with company contribution
• Mental Health Support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm Subscription
• Short and Longterm Disability
Physical Demands/Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended This job operates in a professional office environment, which usually has a moderate noise level due to conversations, office machinery, and communication devices. The atmosphere is generally collaborative, although it can vary based on the team's dynamics. The position may involve prolonged periods of sitting at a desk or standing, along with frequent computer use.
This requires proficiency in handling office equipment, such as printers, copiers, and telephones. Occasionally, the job may involve lifting light to moderately weighted items, such as office supplies or files. Additionally, travel and work outside of normal hours may be necessary for meetings, presentations, training sessions, and other events.
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of The Centers and MHAC. Since no position description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder's responsibility.
The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.