Director Of Operations And Strategic Initiatives

Department: College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Center for Climate Change Communication

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Part-Time

Work Schedule: Part-time

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Restricted: Yes

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

Climate change is already harming Americans’ health in myriad ways. We are experiencing more illness and deaths from heat waves, extreme weather events, water, food, and insect borne diseases, wildfires, and increased air pollution. Without immediate and concerted action, these harms will become much worse. While everyone’s health is threatened, those who are most vulnerable include children and seniors, pregnant women, individuals with certain chronic illnesses, and people living in communities already disadvantaged by poverty, racial discrimination, and environmental injustice.
To address this problem the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (Consortium) advocates for climate solutions that protect health and promote equity. We do this by empowering and mobilizing health professionals around the country to effectively communicate the health harms of climate change and the health opportunities of climate solutions to the public and decision-makers to catalyze change. Since the Consortium launched in 2016, our membership has grown rapidly to 42 national medical societies representing over 700,000 physicians—more than 70% of U.S. doctors. We also have 67 partner organizations representing millions of health professionals across the spectrum of healthcare and public health, including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and American Cancer Society—each with a strong grassroots membership.

About the Position:

The Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives would oversee the strategic planning process, create operational plans, develop and track indices for success, implement a DEI-A plan for the organization, support the Climate, Health, and Equity Fellowship, and lead the planning of the annual meeting and development goals for the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Initiatives:
  • Works with Climate and Health Equity Fellowship (CHEF), the Policy Experience in Equity, Climate and Health (PEECH) fellowship, and similar programs to provide expertise on development, design, educational content, and communication on initiatives and activities; and
  • Maintains and builds relationships and coalitions for the Consortium with associations and organizations who will support and contribute to empowering doctors of color from populations that face greater burdens from climate effects and are under-represented in medicine to become leaders in climate and health equity education, advocacy, and policy solutions.
• Operations and Administration:
  • Collaborates with leadership in the development of a strategic plan, performance goals and long-term operational plans;
  • Partners with the finances team, directors and program managers to develop financial and budgetary plans;
  • Leads the planning for the Consortium’s Annual Meeting;
  • Manages the writing and submission of grants and work closely with the development office for grant proposals;
  • Works jointly with leadership and appointed committee members to implement, track, and update the DEI-A plan as needed;
  • Develops and manages the Consortium’s human resource plan and processes, including maintaining organizational charts, staff positions and descriptions, processes for promotion, professional development funds and opportunities, and performance metrics for salary increases;
  • Provides guidance related to operational policies and procedures to ensure they are appropriate for business and compliant with GMU policies;
  • Serves on teams/committees as assigned to provide support and expertise on topics that impact the operations of the Consortium; and
  • Works to implement Consortium values and new programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, in business, finance, or management;
• Extensive experience managing varied organizations development projects and programs;
• Superb oral and written communication skills to work across a variety of teams and disciplines;
• Masterful organizational and leadership skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships backed by previous professional success;
• Superior knowledge of strategic planning processes and how to develop metrics for tracking and continual improvement; and
• Deep knowledge and experience in foundations and grant-writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing budgets and business plans;
• Experience planning large-scale events and conferences; and
• Extensive grounding in DEI-A principles for organizations and individuals.

Instructions to Applicants:

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives at https://jobs.gmu.edu/; complete and submit the online application; and provide a cover letter, resume, and a list of three professional references with contact information.

Posting Open Date: February 5, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by: February 19, 2024

Open Until Filled?: Yes