Director, Community Health – Impact
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Job Description
Community health director leading needs assessments, health programs, and community investments for Advocate Health’s Illinois hospitals. Driving measurable improvements in social and clinical outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with local facility leaders, clinical teams, operational stakeholders, and enterprise Community Health & Impact leaders to align community health priorities with organizational strategies and population health goals
- Lead the Community Health Needs Assessment cycle, Implementation Strategies, and governance responsibilities for assigned markets or facilities
- Develop, implement, and refine community health programs addressing priority social drivers of health
- Establish performance measures, evaluation approaches, and reporting processes to assess program effectiveness and inform continuous improvement
- Source, assess, and advance local community projects for potential low-interest loan investment
- Support Community Engagement strategies and relationships with community-based organizations, public agencies, civic leaders, philanthropic partners, and local stakeholders
- Oversee community benefit data entry, documentation, and validation processes
- Translate community data, partner insights, and implementation progress into recommendations, presentations, and updates
- Convene internal and external partners, monitor progress against goals, and address implementation barriers
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Public Administration, Community Planning, Health Administration, or another relevant field
- 7 years of experience addressing and improving the social drivers of health, community health strategy, population health initiatives, or related areas
- Experience building strategy to improve health in underserved communities
- Ability to drive clarity, alignment, and decision support across a complex organization, including senior-level executives
- Knowledge of current and emerging best practices in large health systems addressing community need, social drivers of health, and health disparities
- Knowledge of public health data collection and analysis
- Familiarity with Community Benefit Reporting approaches and standards
- Experience addressing social drivers of health with coalitions and community-based partners
- Strong analytical and writing skills
- Demonstrated ability to build, convene, and align cross-functional teams and working groups toward shared goals
- Capacity to lead through influence and drive accountability across a matrixed organization
- Ability to develop and manage projects within complex community environments
- Ability to perform local and occasional enterprise-wide travel
- Ability to operate necessary equipment
- Ability to work virtually from a non-Advocate Health location
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Career development programs
- Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual performance-based increases
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
- Other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program

















