Who We Are
Alaska Behavioral Health (AKBH) is the largest community-based mental health provider in Alaska, with clinics in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. Founded in 1974, the organization has grown to meet evolving behavioral health needs across the state. Its mission is to strengthen Alaska communities and improve clients' lives by providing exceptional, person-centered behavioral health care. Alaska Behavioral Health serves children and adults with concerns ranging from anxiety and depression to serious mental illness, offering evaluation, psychiatric services, counseling, skill development, case management, and intensive supports. Team members see meaningful impact every day as clients make progress and overcome the effects of mental illness in their lives.
About the Position
The Chief People Officer (CPO) is the senior executive responsible for AKBH's people, culture, workforce, organizational learning, communications, and community management strategy. The CPO serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO, executive leadership, and, as requested, the Board of Directors on organizational health, workforce strategy, leadership capability, succession, employment risk, culture, communications, and other significant people-related matters.
The CPO leads Human Resources, Training, Community Relations and Communications, ensuring these functions strengthen organizational effectiveness, workforce capability, employee experience, and AKBH's ability to achieve its mission and strategic priorities.
What You'll Do
Enterprise People Strategy and Organizational Leadership
- Develop and execute an enterprise People strategy that advances organizational effectiveness and aligns workforce, culture, leadership, and organizational capability with AKBH's strategic and financial priorities.
- Lead the HR, Training, and Community Relations and Communications departments, establishing strategic direction, priorities, accountability, performance expectations, and effective coordination across functions.
- Advise the CEO, executive leadership, and, as requested, the Board on organizational health, workforce trends and risk, succession, executive compensation, culture, and other significant people-related matters.
- Lead organizational change and partner with executives to strengthen organizational structure, leadership effectiveness, accountability, employee experience, and performance.
Workforce, Talent, and Culture
- Shape enterprise workforce and talent strategies to ensure AKBH has the capacity, capabilities, leadership pipeline, and talent required to meet current and future organizational needs.
- Provide strategic oversight of talent acquisition, retention, performance management, succession, leadership development, organizational learning, and professional development.
- Champion a positive workplace culture grounded in AKBH's mission, values, professionalism and service.
- Provide executive oversight of significant employee relations, employment compliance, investigations, workforce risk, and other sensitive or high-impact people matters.
Total Rewards, People Operations, and Workforce Intelligence
- Direct AKBH's compensation and total-rewards strategy to support workforce competitiveness, internal equity, organizational sustainability, and strategic priorities.
- Ensure effective governance of People operations, policies, HR technology, workforce data, compliance, and related systems through accountable functional leadership.
- Use workforce analytics and organizational insights to inform executive decision-making, workforce investments, organizational planning, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with the CFO on workforce budgets, labor costs, compensation and benefit planning, forecasting, and significant workforce investments.
Communications and Community Engagement
- Set strategic direction for AKBH's internal and external communications, community relations, stakeholder engagement, organizational messaging, and reputation.
- Ensure major organizational priorities, initiatives, and changes are supported by coordinated communication and stakeholder-engagement strategies.
- Strengthen AKBH's organizational visibility, community relationships, and stakeholder trust in partnership with the CEO, executive leadership, and Community Relations and Communications Director.
Other Responsibilities
- Model executive judgment, integrity, accountability, collaboration, confidentiality, and commitment to AKBH's mission.
- Perform other executive responsibilities as assigned by the CEO.
Good To Know
- Position is based in Anchorage, Alaska
- Full-Time, Exempt
- Salary range is $155,000 to $185,000 based on experience
- Eligible for up to $73,316 in annual incentive with the average being $26,904.
- Student Loan Repayment and Tuition Assistance is Available - Professional Growth is encouraged!
- AKBH offers generous benefits including two healthcare options for employees and their dependent children; voluntary vision and dental insurance; employer-provided life insurance/AD&D and long-term disability; 401k with immediate vesting and up to 10% employer contribution; 5 weeks of PTO the first year increasing to 8 weeks the second year to be used for vacation, sick, and holidays.
What We Need from You
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Management, or a related field required; master's degree and senior HR certification such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR preferred.
- Significant progressive leadership experience in Human Resources, People Operations, organizational development, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading workforce strategy, talent management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, leadership development, and organizational change. Experience leading multiple functions or senior leaders preferred.
- Strong strategic and organizational judgment with comprehensive knowledge of human resources and workforce practices.
- Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior leaders, manage complex and sensitive matters, and translate organizational priorities into effective workforce strategies.
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, decision-making, conflict-resolution, and change-management skills, with the ability to exercise independent judgment, maintain confidentiality, and manage competing priorities.
Alaska Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.