We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Family Programs and Impact to join our passionate and dedicated team. Reporting to the CEO, the Director ensures the Foundation’s programs and services are aligned with the Islands-wide maternal, child and youth health care community to reduce barriers to health care for Island children, youth and families. The Director helps to align a strategic and innovative approach for the Foundation’s current and future Family Programs and Impact work.
In this key leadership role, the Director oversees the Foundation-led programs, fostering interconnectivity between programs, and ensuring developmental learning and robust evaluation. The Director works with the broader Foundation leadership team to ensure that all employees understand how the Foundation’s programs and services address the needs of children and youth within and through the Foundation’s cornerstone programs.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader who is passionate about children’s health to:
- Foster and support strategic relationships and partnerships with internal and external partners and allies;
- Build current and future program success through high standards of satisfaction, quality, and performance;
- Lead the development of departmental strategies, plans, policies, and systems;
- Provide leadership, support and oversight to the Family Programs and Impact team;
- Align the Foundation’s programs for high impact use of funds for future Islands-wide donor dollar investment;
- Strategically highlight the Family Programs and Impact goals, strategic objectives, and investments in community;
- Work with a passionate and dedicated team;
- Join and be a champion for the only organization dedicated to ensuring all Island kids have access to the health care they need.
Responsibilities:
Family Programs and Impact Management
- Provide leadership, support, and oversight to the Family Programs and Impact (FPI) team, ensuring a dynamic, cohesive, well-structured team that is motivated and inspired to work collaboratively towards the Foundation’s mission and values.
- Bring out the best in each individual team member through mentoring, performance reviews and professional development planning, and ensure that this work is carried out within specific program areas.
- Lead regular departmental meetings to build the culture of the team, to ensure effective, open communication, and to actively encourage team participation in problem solving and decision making.
- Ensure ongoing data collection and evaluation of the Foundation’s in-house programs and other community investments to measure, demonstrate, and leverage impact.
- Work in collaboration with the Associate Director, the CEO, and the entire FPI team to help develop, manage, and evaluate the annual performance of the FPI programs vis-à-vis the Theory of Change framework.
- Work directly with the Director of Finance to translate the FPI overall annual plan into a budget; responsible for managing the budget throughout the year and reporting on variances.
- Lead the development and implementation of departmental strategies, plans, policies, and systems to enable efficient and accurate documentation and to ensure alignment of team objectives with Foundation priorities.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge on key industry research and, when required, access or contract for research work.
- Monitor and evaluate departmental financial, human resource, and other necessary resources, and provide recommendations to support identified needs.
Strategic Leadership
- Working across Vancouver Island and the surrounding Islands, identify gaps, needs and opportunities that align with the Foundation’s programs through strategic relationships with various health authorities, government ministries, school districts, community child health organizations, municipalities, and other key partners and allies.
- Coordinate and lead various community engagement events for the purpose of informing program strategy, system-level coordination and innovation, and relationship building; the format of such events may vary from year to year. Where appropriate, participate in events with other members of the senior leadership team.
- Provide strategic and solution-oriented advice and support to the CEO on important health gaps, trends, needs and opportunities that exist across Vancouver Island and the surrounding Islands.
- Work closely with the CEO and the Chair of the Family Programs and Impact Committee of the Board to establish strategic priorities, opportunities for special projects, and ensure alignment of the Foundation’s programs for high-impact use of funds when recommending future Islands-wide donor dollar investment.
- Collaborate internally with Fund Development and Communication and Marketing teams to strategically highlight the organization’s Program and Impact goals, strategic objectives, and investments in community.
- Cultivate a culture of philanthropy among the FPI team, the Foundation, and through strategic partnerships.
Strategic Partnership Management
- Act as ambassador of the Foundation at key community tables, health networks and collaborative initiatives to expand and strengthen relationships with partners for organizational impact and growth.
- Maintain awareness of family and medical professional networks through program team to identify needs and gaps that may be supported through partner services.
- Develop presentations and prepare program-related content for publications and other related purposes.
- Represent the Foundation within the wider health care community to build awareness of programs and major initiatives.
- Oversee and ensure appropriate issues identification and management systems are in place to protect and strengthen the Foundation’s reputation.
- As part of the Foundation’s senior team, provide direction for reporting the Foundation’s donor dollar investments to ensure that the work of the Foundation is clear, accurate, and accessible.
Desired Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of previous experience in a senior leadership role and in working with community and/or key health care/community partners. Previous experience with a non-profit organization preferred.
- Experience working within a health care program focused on children and youth, or related field.
- Demonstrated innovative leadership skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, creative thinking, and a proven ability to foster a collaborative team approach to discussions and decision making.
- Strong interpersonal skills and knowledge, and prior experience working with key external partners and leaders of other organizations to build partnerships and alliances (First Nations Health Authority, Island Health, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Child Development Centres, Foundry, etc.).
- Strong decision-making skills demonstrated by strategies that move the organization forward, effective goals setting, action plans and evaluation of successes and failures.
- Effective conflict management skills with the ability to foster understanding, empathy and trust between parties.
- Superior written and presentation communication skills coupled with well-developed active listening skills.
- A high level of organizational ability, attention to detail, and ability to manage tight timelines.
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and data collection systems.
Qualifications and Education
- Post-secondary education in social work, nursing, community psychology, early childhood education, or other maternal child health clinical education and/or equivalent experience.
To learn more about us, please visit our website at https://islandkidsfirst.com
Deadline: All submissions should be received by August 30th, 2024.
Compensation, perquisites and flexible hours:
CHFVI’s benefits plans are designed with the continuing health and wellbeing of our staff, and their families in mind. Examples of CHFVI staff benefits include a generous vacation package, extended health and dental coverage, health spending account, a hybrid work model (from either the South, Central, or North Island will be considered), and enrolment in the Municipal Pension Plan. The Director’s compensation range is between $100,805 and $126,006.
Equity:
The Foundation welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to, persons with disabilities; racialized persons; First Nations, Inuit, and Métis; and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. The Foundation is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and work environment.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,805.00-$126,006.00 per year