Director, Community Health & Impact Enterprise Initiatives

Department:

12102 Enterprise Corporate - Community Health and Impact

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm. Occasional travel to Advocate Health markets and facilities.

Pay Range:

$63.45 - $95.20

Major Responsibilities:

• •Provides strategic and operational leadership to teammates responsible for Community Health Needs Assessments, Implementation Strategies, and Community Impact priorities across the enterprise.
• •Advance enterprise community impact strategies that address upstream drivers of health, including affordable housing, food security, economic opportunity, and other priority areas identified through community health needs assessments.
• •Supports executive-level prioritization, coordination, and follow-through by helping translate strategic direction into action, preparing decision-ready materials, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring timely progress on key enterprise priorities.
• •Establishes and oversees team goals, workplans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure effective execution of enterprise community health and impact strategies.
• •Partners with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to align team activities with enterprise priorities, clinical strategies, philanthropic efforts, policy considerations, and community partnership opportunities.
• •Ensures appropriate governance, coordination, reporting, and communication structures are in place to support consistent execution and visibility of community health and impact initiatives.
• •Monitors progress, evaluates outcomes, identifies risks and opportunities, and provides recommendations to senior Community Health & Impact leadership to strengthen team effectiveness and enterprise impact.
• •Promotes a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-aligned team culture that supports professional growth, continuous improvement, and shared accountability for community health outcomes.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

N/A

Education Required:

Bachelors degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, community development, public policy or a related field addressing the social drivers of health required.

Experience Required:

7 years of experience addressing and improving the social drivers of health, community health strategy, population health initiatives, or related areas.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• •Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, develop, and manage teammates, including setting priorities, supporting performance, and fostering accountability for results.
• •Knowledge of Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy processes, including community engagement, data interpretation, priority setting, reporting, and implementation oversight.
• •Experience with community investment, philanthropic strategy alignment, and policy and/or advocacy work at local, state, or federal level.
• •Ability to provide strategic guidance and operational direction for enterprise-level community health and impact initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment.
• •Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to prepare decision-ready materials, synthesize complex information, and present recommendations to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• •Ability to establish governance structures, coordinate cross-functional work, monitor progress, identify risks, and ensure timely follow-through on key priorities.
• •Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal leaders, external partners, community stakeholders, and cross-sector collaborators.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• •This position requires occasional travel and may involve exposure to weather and road conditions.
• •Operates equipment necessary to perform job functions.
• •This position may function virtually and requires the ability to work from a non-Advocate Health location.

Preferred Education:

Masters degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, community development, public policy or a related field addressing the social drivers of health required.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

Incentive pay for select positions

Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

Paid Time Off programs

Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.