Location: Southeastern Michigan Health Association - Detroit, MI 48202

Company Overview:

Incorporated in 1956, the Southeastern Michigan Health Association (SEMHA) was first known as the Southeastern Michigan Tuberculosis Detection Project established to focus on tuberculosis control. In the beginning of 1972, the organization began expanding its reach by broadening services, partnerships, and programs with public health systems to deliver health promotion and to create risk reduction activities. We believe health needs are interconnected and increasing productivity in a shared service system will strengthen communities and contribute to the overall development of people.

At SEMHA, our strategically aligned partnerships support human equity, well-being, and community health. SEMHA’s Health Equity Division helps partners build a proactive public health infrastructure, ensure communities are valued and included in multisector partnerships, share resources for collective impact and remove patterns that contribute to poor health in Michigan.

Position Summary:

The Health Equity Director is responsible for the coordination and implementation of SEMHA’s strategies and programs related to population health, health equity, and related community engagement initiatives. With a focus on identifying and eliminating disparities in health outcomes, the Director will also implement programs to proactively address and mitigate bias in service delivery that leads to poor health outcomes based on race, ethnicity, language, and other factors, connect various community health improvement initiatives, facilitate information sharing across these initiatives while engaging communities in the work.

The work done by the Health Equity Director will help SEMHA to achieve its vision of a culture where the barriers that lead to health inequities in Michigan have been permanently removed, all individuals and populations are valued equally, historical injustices are rectified, and resources are distributed according to need.

The idea candidate will possess:

• An established network of strong relationships with funders, community-based organizations, and partners from different sectors.
• Strong knowledge of the intersection of social determinants of health, public health, community health and the health care landscape.
• The ability to leverage various community resources to advance health equity.
• Collaborative leadership, group facilitation, relationship building and project management experience.
• Demonstrated success in implementing and managing projects and a proven ability to deliver results.
• Extensive knowledge of the public health and community health environments
• Strong grant writing skills with a history of successful grant award receipt and management

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Design and develop project plans for new programs; this includes identifying analyses needed, conducting such analyses and/or coordinating with others.
• Play lead role in driving assigned strategies and managing program, projects, and community initiatives.
• Work with internal and external customers to provide appropriate deliverables (this may include developing and negotiating contracts as needed)
• Plan and schedule project goals, milestones and deliverables, and evaluation plans working with relevant committees and program staff.
• Regularly monitor, interpret, and summarize program progress and results using trackers, trends, metrics, etc.
• Liaison with relevant, local, state, and national stakeholders, grantees, and other organizations.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in health care administration, public health, or other field directly related to the duties of this position.
• Four-to-five years professional experience in a role requiring writing, analytics, project management and making presentations.

Background checks or licensing requirements:

• SEMHA may conduct the following: criminal background checks; reference checks; education, experience, and salary verifications; and drug tests
• Applicants must have a valid driver’s license
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Salary: $70,000 yearly (Exempt)

Benefits:

• Health insurance, Dental insurance, and Vision insurance
• 401a & 403b
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Benefits options
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Hybrid Work Schedule

** Applicants must be presently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. E.O.E.**

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Southeastern Michigan Health Association

Attention: Lisa Braddix (Chief Health Equity Officer)
3011 West Grand Boulevard
200 Fisher Building
Detroit, MI 48202
Fax: (313) 873-6504

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