Chief Executive Officer (Ceo)

Are you a proven leader with a passion for innovation and serving others? Richmond Behavioral Health is seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking professionial to become our next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) leads the organization’s efforts to fulfill its vision, mission, core values and strategy, and serves to provide the leadership and direction needed to effectively carry out the executive funtions of Richmond Behavioral Health’s overall operations in a fiscally, legally, and programmatically responsible manner.

Our mission is to promote the health, wellness, and recovery for the people and communities we serve.

Our next CEO will bring a wide array of knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant to lead our agency within the context of the Virginia public behavioral healthcare system. Desirable characteristics include demonstrated success in leadership positions as well as outstanding professional and personal qualities to support agency and staff in navigating expansion for critical and life changing community based services.

General Description: Richmond Behavioral Health Authority serves as the single point of entry into publicly funded mental health, developmental, and substance use disorder services for the City of Richmond and serves as the fiscal and administrative agent for the participating Region 4 CSB’s. The Chief Executive Officer is employed by and serves at the pleasure of the AUTHORITY Board of Directors (Board) under an annually renewable contract that contains mutually agreed-upon performance objectives and evaluation criteria. The Chief Executive Officer is directly accountable and responsible to the Board for providing leadership and overall management of AUTHORITY operations. This includes program and service delivery management; strategic planning; financial management; human resource management; physical plant operations; information system operations; compliance with applicable federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and policies; quality improvement and risk management; support and assistance to the Board; and interface with state and local governments and advocacy groups. The Board has granted authority to the Chief Executive Officer to establish standard operating procedures concerning the delivery of AUTHORITY services and the operation of AUTHORITY facilities.

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent shall fulfill the following duties and responsibilities.

A. Board Governance

1. Participate with the Board in developing and communicating the AUTHORITY’s vision and mission statements and help the Board articulate its own role and accountabilities and those of its committees and individual members.
2. Work with the Board Chairperson and Executive Committee to enable the Board, its committees, and individual board members to fulfill the Board’s governance functions. Provide information to and solicit information from Board members in order to facilitate the accomplishment of their responsibilities.
3. Meet with the Board at its regularly scheduled and special meetings, provide Board members with regular reports about AUTHORITY programs and services, and send informational packets to Board members at least one week before each regularly scheduled Board meeting.
4. Prepare for Board approval a written annual fiscal year report of services provided, individuals who received services, and revenues and expenses.
5. Provide training and development activities for the Board including conducting an orientation of new members, providing a Board member handbook containing essential information about the Board and AUTHORITY, and making additional training available as appropriate.
6. Develop a yearly work plan including goals and objectives for programs and services and administration for the approval of the Board.
7. Serve as the chief staff person for the Board and its member.

B. Leadership, Management, and Services Development and Delivery

1. Provide overall leadership and professional direction to AUTHORITY mental health, developmental, and substance use disorder programs and services and administrative operations and oversee day-to-day operations of the AUTHORITY to assure a smoothly functioning, efficient, and effective organization.
2. Serves as the President over the operation of the Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation (RBHF)
3. Develop, monitor, and evaluate strategic and operational plans for the delivery of AUTHORITY programs and services and periodically conduct a needs assessment to determine needs for mental health, developmental, and substance use disorder services in the AUTHORITY’s service area and make recommendations to the Board.
4. Implement a continuous quality improvement process throughout AUTHORITY programs and services to promote delivery of high-quality services and to manage and ameliorate risks.
5. Provide reports to the Board that track program performance and outcomes and monitor ongoing programs and services for proper administration and effective use of resources.
6. Direct the modification or development of programs and services in response to identified needs and priorities established by the Board.
7. Ensure development and maintenance of a management information system that produces consistent and accurate data and information about services, individuals receiving services, and income and expenditures.
8. Ensure agency policies and procedures are current and consistent with legal requirements and the AUTHORITY’s vision and mission statements and goals and objectives.
9. Adhere to the AUTHORITY’s policies and procedures and expectations in the AUTHORITY’s Code of Ethics; ensure the AUTHORITY is in compliance with all licensing, human rights, and other state and federal laws, regulations, and policies and satisfies requirements in its performance contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (Department); and ensure interagency agreements are current and reviewed as required by the Code of Virginia.
10. Manage and oversee the human rights system for the AUTHORITY and respond appropriately to complaints from individuals receiving services or their families.
11. Direct the implementation of federal, state, local, and Board policies and contracts.
12. Maintain positive working relationships with individuals receiving services and their family members, advocacy groups, and other public and private human services agencies.
13. Participate in local, regional, state, and national associations and professional activities related to planning, development, delivery, and coordination of mental health, developmental and substance use disorder services.
14. Act as the AUTHORITY’s chief liaison with elected and appointed state and local government officials, and participate in various planning, coordinating, and advocacy activities at state, regional, and local levels.
    1. Serve as the AUTHORITY’s representative on various community teams and boards to ensure collaboration and coordination on behalf of individuals receiving services and their families.
15. Perform other duties as assigned by the Board.

C. Financial Resources Management

1. Provide fiscal and budgetary integrity and accountability to the Board through a system of reports regularly submitted to the Board, local and state governments, and other funding sources.
2. Ensure preparation and presentation of an annual operating budget for the provision of mental health, developmental, and substance use disorder services to the Board and local governments.
3. Ensure timely submission of an annual performance contract to local governments and the Department.
4. Monitor program expenditures through periodic revenue and expenditure reports.
5. Assure submission of appropriate financial statements and reports to the Department and local governments and maintenance of fiscal records in accordance with regulatory standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
6. Provide fiscal, budgetary, and programmatic accountability by monitoring revenues and adjusting expenditures to manage the AUTHORITY’s budget.
7. Manage grants, assets, and AUTHORITY financial resources in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
8. Maintain the AUTHORITY’s reimbursement system and negotiate contracts with responsible third-party payors consistent with the statutory mandate for the AUTHORITY to maximize the collection of fees for services.

D. Human Resources Management (Personnel) Operations

1. Serve as the chief personnel officer and hiring authority for all AUTHORITY employees. With the Board’s approval, the incumbent may delegate these duties as desirable and appropriate.
2. Establish and maintain a public sector human resources and healthcare workforce management and development system.
3. Employ staff as necessary to support programs, services, and AUTHORITY operations following budgetary and personnel policies established by the Board.
4. Develop and monitor AUTHORITY human resources management policies and recommend revisions as necessary for approval by the Board.
5. Support staff professional development through assessment of staff training needs and provision of or support for staff training opportunities.
6. Respond to employee grievances and other staff issues that reach the Chief Executive Officer level.

E. Community and Public Relations

1. Enhance public awareness of and support for the AUTHORITY’s mental health, developmental, and substance use disorder services.
2. Serve as the public relations officer for the AUTHORITY by providing an effective public information program for the Board and its services; serving as liaison for media and public information; and assuring the maintenance of up-to-date public relations information describing AUTHORITY services.
3. Maintain relationships with contractual agency directors, local human service directors, local government executives, legislators, and other local, state, and federal agencies and their staff as necessary to accomplish the requirements of the position.
4. Collaborate and consult with other behavioral healthcare organizations in the community, other community services boards, and other agencies to heighten visibility, influence, and public relations at local, state and federal levels.
5. Develop and maintain communication channels between the AUTHORITY and appropriate local, state, and federal agencies by:
   1. appearing before local governing bodies to provide information regarding the AUTHORITY’s programs and budget,
   2. meeting with the city managers and county administrators as necessary,
   3. meeting with state community services administrators as necessary,
   4. communicating with state agency staffs as needed, and
   5. attending meetings and participating in the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards.