Associate Director, Community Partnerships

At the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.

A specialized role to impact the entire cancer care continuum through engagement with FQHCs, community health centers, community-based organizations (CBOs), and volunteers with aligned KPIs to drive pillar metrics. FQHC's Systems, community health centers and CBOs offer access to patients most vulnerable to health dipartites due to multiple factors including the social determinants of health and healthcare coverage.

*Candidates must reside in Memphis TN*

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Building medical neighborhoods.
• Leveraging networks within a community for volunteer recruitment.
• Provide technical assistance to encourage implementation of evidence-based interventions.
• Manage partner relationships with Federally Qualified Health Centers, community health centers, community-based organizations.
• Engage partners through convening, implementing evidence-based strategies, sharing resources, cultivating health care champions and driving system policies and practices to improve the lives of patients with cancer and their families.
• Recruit and mobilize pillar volunteers.
• Identify community resources.
• Create linkages of care within targeted communities.
• Serve as the liaison with the Area/Market leads.
• Lead pillar integration through account management.

FORMAL KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor's degree in public health, health administration, healthcare, nonprofit management or equivalent required; graduate degree a plus.
• Minimum of five years of experience in health care-related management, administration, account management, with a proven background in executive relationship development and volunteer recruitment and mobilization, preferably with a multi-million-dollar organization.

OTHER SKILLS

• Able to cultivate relationships with health systems, community organizations, partners and volunteers to create a sense of urgency related to awareness of cancer as a major health problem, motivate to action across the cancer continuum and influence strategies and techniques.
• Ability to represent the Society effectively and professionally to primary care health systems, administrative, agency and community leaders, including working with disparate populations and diverse constituents.
• Strong experience with state and community-based program planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of health insurance and coverage issues, advocacy, and government policy.
• Extensive knowledge of state health care and insurance structures, Medicaid and Medicare practices and …