National Mental Wellness Director

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead AAMWA’s national mental wellness strategy; serve as a thought leader and spokesperson; shape campaigns and public narratives that reduce stigma; prepare executive updates, impact reports, and a State of Black Men’s Mental Wellness address.
• Design, implement, and refine the RMRT operating model; establish national standards for programming, facilitation, training, data systems, reporting, and storytelling; coach Local Program Managers and regional leadership; approve market readiness for expansion and scaling.
• Design culturally responsive RMRT frameworks, conversation guides, summits, and resources; maintain a consistent national cadence and topic strategy; ensure quality facilitation, curriculum delivery, participant experience, and continuous improvement across markets.
• Support funding strategy, grant narratives, sponsorship positioning, compliance, reporting, and funder stewardship; cultivate partnerships with corporations, foundations, health systems, government agencies, universities, faith leaders, and community institutions.
• Collaborate with Communications to guide RMRT messaging, campaigns, brand voice, podcast themes, guest strategy, social content, digital platforms, and trauma-informed participant stories that elevate national visibility and community impact.
• Oversee national data collection, dashboards, compliance, evaluation, and outcome reporting; translate insights for leadership, funders, partners, and communities; guide research and thought leadership on Black men’s mental wellness.
• Supervise Local Program Managers, regional staff, consultants, and facilitators; establish role clarity, performance expectations, reporting rhythms, onboarding, training, and a sustainable leadership pipeline from coordinator to regional leadership.
• Engage faith, civic, clinical, grassroots, and policy stakeholders; represent AAMWA/RMRT at convenings, conferences, media opportunities, public forums, and partner meetings; support coalition models that build trust and advance mental health equity.

Requirements

• Advanced experience in mental wellness, behavioral health, community health, nonprofit leadership, public health, social services, health equity, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site, regional, or national programs with strong strategy, systems-building, program design, execution, and accountability skills.
• Deep understanding of culturally responsive and trauma-informed mental wellness practices for African American men, families, and underserved communities.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, facilitation, public speaking, stakeholder engagement, and executive-level writing skills.
• Experience collaborating with communications, marketing, media, podcast, or storytelling teams to align program strategy with public-facing narratives.
• Experience supporting grants, sponsorships, partnerships, funder reporting, data systems, evaluation frameworks, dashboards, and performance management.
• Ability to lead teams, manage accountability, build capacity, travel nationally, and work evenings/weekends as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Nonprofit Leadership, Health Administration, Community Health, Public Administration, or related field preferred.
• Licensed mental health professional, public health professional, or comparable experience preferred but not required.
• Experience designing curriculum, facilitator guides, training materials, conversation frameworks, research briefs, podcasts, or national thought leadership content.

Core Competencies

• Visionary and systems-level leadership;
• Strategic execution and national scaling;
• Culturally responsive program design;
• Storytelling and narrative stewardship;
• Grant, partnership, and stakeholder alignment;
• Data-informed decision-making;
• Research and impact reporting;
• Team development and accountability;
• Facilitation and public speaking;
• Cultural humility, community trust, trauma-informed communication, emotional intelligence, and mission alignment.