California State University

Director

US-AnywhereRemote in San Diego, CA
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and relevant experience in administrative policies or programs.
  • 8 years of progressively responsible experience in an office or administrative environment.
  • Master's degree in psychology, child development, social work, public health, education, healthcare administration, or related field preferred.
  • 5+ years in program operations or related settings such as healthcare, behavioral health, or nonprofit.
  • Experience coordinating programs, staff, services, grants, or community partnerships.

Responsibilities

  • Support day-to-day operations of clinic and community services.
  • Monitor completion of assigned services and program expectations.
  • Support implementation of grants and new service programs.
  • Identify operational barriers and assist in problem-solving.
  • Facilitate communication with schools, partners, and funders.
  • Track program deliverables and implementation progress.
  • Develop workflows and systems to strengthen operations.
  • Plan for clinic growth, sustainability, and staffing.

Benefits

  • Low-cost family, couples, and child therapy services for employees.
  • Opportunity to work in a nonprofit training facility focused on early childhood development.
  • Collaborative environment with academic and clinical professionals.
  • Focus on program growth and sustainability.
  • Access to resources from San Diego State University.
Full Job Description
Overview

This position has been budgeted for $11,667.00 per month and is non-negotiable.

The Healthy Early Years (HEY) clinic is a nonprofit training facility that offers low-cost family, couples, and child therapy. HEY is a counselor training facility operated by the Center for Excellence in Early Development (CEED) and San Diego State University, Department of Child and Family Development.

Responsibilities

The Director of Clinic Operations and Sustainability supports the daily operations, implementation, and growth of the Healthy Early Years Clinic and related CEED clinical programs. This position works closely with the Executive Director, Clinic Director, and program staff to ensure that clinic services, contracts, grants, and community-based programs are well- coordinated, appropriately staffed, and implemented effectively.

The position supports clinic operations, contract execution, clinician assignments, partner communication, program planning, and sustainability efforts.

Administrative 70%

  • Support day-to-day operations of clinic-based, school-based, and community-based services.
  • Monitor whether assigned services, hours, and program expectations are being completed.
  • Support/monitor implementation of grants, contracts, and new service programs.
  • Help identify operational barriers and support problem-solving across clinic programs.
  • Support communication and follow-up with schools, districts, community partners, funders, and other external partners.
  • Assist with tracking program deliverables, service activity, and implementation progress.
  • Support development of workflows, procedures, and systems that strengthen clinic operations.
  • Participate in planning related to clinic growth, sustainability, staffing, and organizational

Coordination 20%

  • Coordinate clinician assignments, schedules, site placements, and service coverage across programs and contracts.
  • Coordinate with clinical leadership to ensure staffing and program operations support clinical training, supervision, and service quality.

Other Duties as Assigned 10%

Qualifications

Knowledge & Abilities

  • Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with clinical, administrative, data, and leadership teams.

Minimum Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent training and relevant work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs.
  • 8 years of progressively responsible experience in an office or administrative environment

Preferred Qualifications & Special Skills

  • Master27s degree in psychology, child development, social work, public health, education, healthcare administration, nonprofit management, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in program operations, healthcare, behavioral health, education, nonprofit, early childhood, school-based, or community service settings.
  • 5+ years of experience coordinating programs, staff, services, grants, contracts, or community partnerships.
  • Experience managing or supporting multidisciplinary clinical, behavioral health, developmental, early childhood, or family-serving programs.
  • Experience with grant-funded or contract-funded programs.
  • Experience working with schools, healthcare systems, child welfare, early childhood programs, or community-based organizations.
  • Experience supporting program growth, workflow development, or sustainability planning.

Additional Applicant Information

  • Candidate must reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire.
  • Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check).

About California State University

The California State University (CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 484,300 students with 26,858 faculty and 25,305 staff, CSU is the largest four-year public university system in the United States. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, with the other two being the University of California system and the California Community Colleges System. The CSU System is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University. The California State University system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach, California.
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