Advocate Health Care

Director, Community Health & Impact Enterprise Initiatives

Advocate Health Care • $131K — $198K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, community development, public policy, or related field required.
  • 7+ years of experience in community health strategy or social drivers of health initiatives.
  • Strong leadership skills demonstrated through coaching and managing teams effectively.
  • Proficient in Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy processes.
  • Experience with community investments and policy/advocacy work at various governmental levels.
  • Exceptional executive communication skills for preparing and presenting materials to leadership.
  • Ability to navigate complex, matrixed environments and establish governance structures.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic and operational initiatives for Community Health Needs Assessments across the organization.
  • Develop community impact strategies addressing health drivers like housing and food security.
  • Translate strategic goals into actionable plans, ensuring alignment and progress tracking.
  • Set team objectives, workplans, and benchmarks for community health initiatives.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to align team projects with enterprise and community priorities.
  • Establish governance and reporting structures for health initiatives' execution.
  • Monitor and evaluate initiative outcomes, recommending improvements to leadership.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible expenses
  • Family-oriented benefits like adoption assistance and parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program for continuous learning opportunities
Full Job Description
Department:

12102 Enterprise Corporate - Community Health and Impact

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm. Occasional travel to Advocate Health markets and facilities.

Pay Range:
$63.45 - $95.20

Major Responsibilities:
  • Provides strategic and operational leadership to teammates responsible for Community Health Needs Assessments, Implementation Strategies, and Community Impact priorities across the enterprise.
  • Advance enterprise community impact strategies that address upstream drivers of health, including affordable housing, food security, economic opportunity, and other priority areas identified through community health needs assessments.
  • Supports executive-level prioritization, coordination, and follow-through by helping translate strategic direction into action, preparing decision-ready materials, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring timely progress on key enterprise priorities.
  • Establishes and oversees team goals, workplans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure effective execution of enterprise community health and impact strategies.
  • Partners with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to align team activities with enterprise priorities, clinical strategies, philanthropic efforts, policy considerations, and community partnership opportunities.
  • Ensures appropriate governance, coordination, reporting, and communication structures are in place to support consistent execution and visibility of community health and impact initiatives.
  • Monitors progress, evaluates outcomes, identifies risks and opportunities, and provides recommendations to senior Community Health & Impact leadership to strengthen team effectiveness and enterprise impact.
  • Promotes a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-aligned team culture that supports professional growth, continuous improvement, and shared accountability for community health outcomes.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • N/A

Education Required:
  • Bachelors degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, community development, public policy or a related field addressing the social drivers of health required.

Experience Required:
  • 7 years of experience addressing and improving the social drivers of health, community health strategy, population health initiatives, or related areas.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, develop, and manage teammates, including setting priorities, supporting performance, and fostering accountability for results.
  • Knowledge of Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy processes, including community engagement, data interpretation, priority setting, reporting, and implementation oversight.
  • Experience with community investment, philanthropic strategy alignment, and policy and/or advocacy work at local, state, or federal level.
  • Ability to provide strategic guidance and operational direction for enterprise-level community health and impact initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to prepare decision-ready materials, synthesize complex information, and present recommendations to senior leaders and stakeholders.
  • Ability to establish governance structures, coordinate cross-functional work, monitor progress, identify risks, and ensure timely follow-through on key priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal leaders, external partners, community stakeholders, and cross-sector collaborators.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • This position requires occasional travel and may involve exposure to weather and road conditions.
  • Operates equipment necessary to perform job functions.
  • This position may function virtually and requires the ability to work from a non-Advocate Health location.

Preferred Education:
  • Masters degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, community development, public policy or a related field addressing the social drivers of health required.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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