Southwest Hub Director MHAC-Cincinnati

Job Summary

The Southwest Hub Director provides highly confidential policy, education, program and administrative support for the Mental Health & Addition Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) and its Southwest (SWO) Hub. Additionally, the Director is responsible for member recruitment and retention in the SWO Hub region. This full-time position will be located at the SWO Hub office.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience required.

• Knowledge of government systems and budgets.

• Experience working with grassroots organizing campaigns, coalition organization, or advocacy/ public policy initiatives preferred.

• Experience in behavioral health or healthcare issues.

• Computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office products (specifically Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. Social media skills a plus.

• Frequent travel within SWO Hub (Brown, Butler, Clinton, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties) and some travel within the rest of Ohio required.

• Evening and weekend hours may be required.

Essential Job Duties &Responsibilities

• Provides programmatic, educational, policy, and administrative support to the MHAC and the SWO Steering Committee.
• Develops and implements local advocacy agenda, including researching and developing written analyses of local behavioral health funding and public policy matters.
• Works with members, collaborators, community partners, and contractors on public policy issues and projects impacting behavioral health and furthering the MHAC's mission.
• Responsible for member identification, recruitment, and retention in SWO Hub region.
• Assists with grant writing and reporting, as applicable to SWO Hub activities.
• Represents MHAC SWO Hub at community meetings.
• Assists in creation of educational/communications content. Responsible for distribution of materials in SWO Hub region.
• Facilitates, prepares, and staffs SWO Steering Committee meetings, SWO Policy & Advocacy Committee meetings, MHAC membership meetings, and SWO events.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and other MHAC team members and contractors, educate local public officials, stakeholders, and members on the local and state advocacy agendas

Other Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops materials and presentations.
• Assists with administrative tasks, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory

• None

Core Competencies

• Communication: Expresses thoughts clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities.
• Learning Agility: Willingness and desire to absorb new information readily and to put it into practice effectively; avoids giving up in situations; actively seeks out new information to enhance processes and best practices; ability to make fresh connections between different concepts. Seeks feedback to improve learning.
• Comparative Analysis: Compares, contrasts, and combines information to determine underlying issues. Sees associations between seemingly independent problems or events to recognize trends, problems, and possible cause-effect relationships.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with compliance with regulatory requirements at all levels of the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeking out the ways our workplace might address them.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended This job operates in a professional office environment, which usually has a moderate noise level due to conversations, office machinery, and communication devices. The atmosphere is generally collaborative, although it can vary based on the teams dynamics. The position may involve prolonged periods of sitting at a desk or standing, along with frequent computer use.

This requires proficiency in handling office equipment, such as printers, copiers, and telephones. Occasionally, the job may involve lifting light to moderately weighted items, such as office supplies or files. Additionally, travel and work outside of normal hours may be necessary for meetings, presentations, training sessions, and other events.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of The Centers and MHAC. Since no position description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholders responsibility.

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.