Manager, Community Impact

About the role

The American Academy of Dermatology is seeking a Manager, Community Impact to join our team in Rosemont, IL. This position is responsible for strategic program development and implementation, relationship management, and managing the annual budget for assigned Academy programs.

Responsibilities

• Set the goals, objectives, and strategies for assigned Academy programs, including but not limited to Good Skin Knowledge, Access to Care and Shade efforts.
• Develop and foster appropriate partnerships and alliances for effectively advancing the vision and mission of Academy programs.
• Spearhead efforts to gather prospective partner research, prepare proposals and presentations, meet with prospective partners, and maintain the overall relationship, including periodic check-ins, reporting, planning meetings, etc.
• Manage the annual budget for areas of responsibility.
• Collaborate with Development & Revenue team to identify potential funders, assist in development of grants and proposals, funding reports, and evaluate annual revenue vs. expense projections to adjust programmatic plans accordingly.
• Evaluate programs, processes, results, with an eye towards continuous improvement.
• Identify problems and trends with data and solve them through deductive reasoning.
• Lead efforts to build collaborative teams with other departments to develop appropriate supporting materials for community outreach efforts, facilitate communications between departments, convene and facilitate project meetings as needed, ensuring high standards and excellence are reflected in end projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Health or related field, or equivalent experience required.
• Six years of project management and community outreach/engagement experience required.
• Experience working in Public Health fields preferred.

Qualifications

• Communication – Apply effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication methods to achieve desired results. Respond intelligently to standard business correspondence. Demonstrate sufficient business vocabulary to communicate effectively.
• Project Management – Excellent project management skills are necessary, including the ability to organize, prioritize, coordinate tasks and be detailed oriented. Monitor the progress of tasks and projects and provide follow-up to supervisor.
• Business Knowledge – Demonstrate awareness of business functions and how business decisions affect financial and non-financial work results. Understanding of how each section of the business interrelates with others.
• Interpersonal – Experience working with a wide range of internal and external audiences required.
• Strategic Orientation – Ability to align actions with the overall goals and vision of the department.
• Problem Solving – Ability to identify and define problems, examine relevant information, and choose the correct course of action based on standard operating procedures.
• Intermediate in MS Office skills required.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

Benefits

The Academy offers a competitive compensation plan and benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life insurance as well as a matching retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement, bonus program, pension plan, paid vacation/medical/personal days, work-life balance, recognition program and a casual work environment. More information about our compensation and benefits can be reviewed on the detailed job ad on our website.

Pay

Competitive compensation plan.

Schedule

Hybrid work environment; provides time in the office for in-person collaboration and the opportunity to work remotely for focus time.