Senior Director, UWBCCSA

General Description: This position is responsible for the Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention overall operation and performance, including community building, relations management, and effective collaborations with stakeholders and volunteers. This position is also responsible for the oversight of the Commission community relations, initiatives, and media plan and relations. (grant funded)

Primary Job Responsibilities & Duties:

1. Serve as the lead administrative for the Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
2. Has the primary duty of coordinating and leading the day-to-day operations of the Commission team.
3. Responsible for the supervision, training and development of the prevention specialist and sub-contractors.
4. Responsible for the development, execution and management (including monitoring) of the Commission Prevention Strategic Plan.
5. Acts as a liaison between United Way Commission on Substance Abuse and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) prevention team and FADA.
6. Represent the Commission, cultivates relationships with media contacts and sponsors, assuring proper follow-up to assure excellent customer service.
7. Monitor relevant community indicators as it relates to Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
8. Measure progress on key outcomes as well as working with community leaders to strengthen the community’s abilities to identify, address and fund priority issues as it relates to Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.

Other Job Duties:

• Responsible for the Commission volunteer relations, training and activities.
• Coordinates, facilitates and participates in community, regional and state planning activities as it relates to the Commission Coalition work.
• Has responsibility for the operation and evaluation of all Commission initiatives, programs and services.
• Develops and Implements policies and procedures for the Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
• Recruits, develops and motivates volunteers to enhance the community building and efforts and to support the day-to-day administration of the commission.
• Coordinates activities and communications with appropriate organizations, i.e., state, county, local commissions, networks, councils, etc., as they relate to the coalition work.
• Creates informational documents, gives presentations, and acts as the agency’s lead authority, both internally and externally on behavioral health and substance abuse prevention initiatives.
• Formulates, writes and prepares newsletters, collateral and educational materials.
• Plans, develops and implements initiatives for community building and coalition work to meet the requirement of the Department of Children and Families and the United Way of Broward County Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
• Working in collaboration with the Vice President of Health Initiatives, the Vice President of Marketing and the Director of the Commission on developing media plans and environmental campaigns directed toward educating and encouraging public interest around Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
• Formulates, implements, and evaluates coalition initiatives to assess outcomes and overall effectiveness, collecting qualitative/quantitative data.
• Maintains all records and documentation for all coalition activities necessary for accountability.
• Facilitate partnerships and collaborations between multiple sectors of the community that respond to problems by implementing plans that lead to measurable, population-level reductions in the use of alcohol and other drugs and their harmful consequences.
• Serves on various internal/external committees – locally, state and nationally as designated and needed for the benefit of UBCBHSA.
• Due to the leadership role United Way is called upon to play in the community, particularly during times of crisis, it is the expectation that all United Way staff will be fully engaged in the organization's crisis plan and response efforts.
• Creates informational documents, gives presentations, and acts as the agency’s lead authority, both internally and externally, on Coalition Initiatives.
• Facilitates regular planning sessions and creates an information-sharing network among the Commission committee members.

Supervises: Directors, volunteers and prevention specialists

Education & Experience:

• Master's degree in social work, business administration, urban affairs, public administration, mental health or other related fields.
• Seven years of experience in an administrative and supervisory capacity in a social service agency, hospital and/or government institution.
• Experience in community organizing, program development, legislative affairs and/or government relations preferably.
• Minimum five years of experience leading large teams and managing state and federal grants.
• Strong fiscal/budgeting experience required.
• Supervisory experience working with mid-size to large teams required.
• Bilingual in Spanish and/or Creole desired.
• Proficiency required in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required.

Environment & Physical Demands: The environment is climate controlled (i.e., heated and air-conditioned). Lighting is adequate through overhead lighting as well as windows and blinds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands include sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time, bending, lifting approximately 25 pounds, regular use of the telephone, copier, fax and computer. Demands also involve protracted concentration.