Partnerships Director

Please note: This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award. 

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We are hiring a Partnerships Director, Health to support a federal health client’s national public health campaign. This part-time role will focus on developing and implementing partnership strategies that extend campaign reach, increase awareness of smoking-related health conditions, promote quitting, and help advance health equity goals. The Partnerships Director will work closely with clients, ICF team members, and a broad network of partners, including federal agencies, state and local health and education departments, not-for-profit organizations, community- and faith-based organizations, healthcare provider organizations, private-sector corporations, and national affiliates.

The ideal candidate brings experience building and managing partner networks, developing outreach materials, coordinating partner activities, tracking engagement outcomes, and translating partnership results into clear, actionable reports.   

Location: Hybrid in the Atlanta, GA area- must be able to commute onsite as needed
 

What You Will Be Doing

• Work in consultation with client staff to develop and implement partnership activities that extend the reach of the campaign and support broader OSH priorities.

• Lead annual partnership planning, including strategies and tactics to engage new and existing partners, increase awareness of smoking-related health conditions, and promote quitting.

• Identify, prioritize, and engage partner organizations with meaningful connections to communities disproportionately impacted by commercial tobacco use and targeted marketing by the tobacco industry.

• Coordinate partner outreach and engagement across federal organizations, state departments of health and education, community-based and faith-based organizations, healthcare provider organizations, national affiliates, not-for-profit organizations, and private-sector corporations.

• Develop partner outreach communication documents, toolkits, talking points, and other materials needed to activate partner participation and promote campaign content.

• Support implementation of the annual partnership plan as part of the broader communication and marketing plan, ensuring activities are coordinated, timely, and aligned with campaign objectives.

• Maintain a master partner contact list, as needed, and ensure partner information, engagement history, and outreach status are accurate and up to date.

• Track partner activities and outcomes, including webinar participation, social media activity, partner communications, partner page web metrics, MCRC and PCOS traffic and orders, and other campaign promotion metrics.

• Develop an annual partnership metrics report that summarizes engagement outcomes, conference exhibit activity, attendance results, key findings, and recommendations for future partner outreach.

• Collaborate with internal campaign teams to ensure partnership strategies are integrated with creative, media, digital, outreach, and evaluation activities.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance 

• U.S. Citizenship required (required by federal government for the position)

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, health communication, health education, marketing, public relations, social sciences, or related field. 

• 5+ years of experience developing, managing, or implementing partnership, outreach, stakeholder engagement, public health communication, or health promotion programs. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, mass communications, journalism, social sciences, business, or a related discipline a plus 

• Experience supporting CDC, HHS, or other federal public health programs 

• Knowledge of CDC culture, processes, and partner engagement approaches 

• Experience with tobacco control, smoking cessation, chronic disease prevention, or other health promotion campaigns 

• Experience engaging diverse partner networks, including public agencies, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, healthcare organizations, or national associations. 

• Experience developing partnership plans, outreach materials, partner toolkits, and engagement reports 

• Experience tracking and reporting partnership metrics, including webinar participation, social media engagement, web analytics, partner communications, and campaign material orders.

• Experience advancing health equity through partner engagement with organizations that serve communities disproportionately affected by public health challenges.

• Prior experience supporting national public health campaigns a plus 

Professional Skills 

• Strong partnership development, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, active listening, and organizational skills 

• Ability to translate public health goals into actionable partner strategies, outreach materials, and engagement activities.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate partner lists, engagement trackers, and reporting inputs 

• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple partner activities in a fast-paced environment 

• Ability to work collaboratively with clients, colleagues, partners, and multidisciplinary campaign teams   

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