Job Description

Use Your Strengths as a Community Health Improvement Manager at Wellmark!

About the opportunity:

As a member of the Health Equity/Access & Improvement team, you will be responsible for successfully collaborating and managing the execution of community-wide health and wellbeing improvement initiatives that focus on social determinants of health. As a subject matter expert using data-driven research and analysis, you will identify Iowa and South Dakota communities needing high-impact health equity and improvement interventions and assist these communities in identifying social determinants of health that are causing poor health outcomes for their residents. You will leverage your community health expertise to aid the community in building a master plan comprised of evidence-based solutions that address these issues and engage the community. In conjunction with community organizations and volunteers, you will track and measure community engagement and outcomes relative to implemented initiatives.

About you:

You are passionate about improving the health and well-being of others. You are an organized and detail-oriented planner and utilize your data-driven research and analysis skills to build and execute strong evidence-based community solutions. You are a confident and influential professional with strong written and verbal communication skills that aid you in consultation and collaboration with a wide variety of individuals. You love to educate and teach others to make a lasting and impactful difference in our communities. You excel when you can rally and work with community leaders to transform community health through consistent planning, facilitation, development, and execution of initiatives.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or direct and applicable work experience.
• 5+ years of related experience in both working with community leaders to develop strategies to improve the health citizens which includes curating and engaging a volunteer network, as well as in partnering with key stakeholders (e.g., local government, business leaders, chambers, associations) and working with groups of volunteers to achieve goals.
• Ability to navigate local government approval or public processes.
• Effectively building local coalitions and guiding successful project implementation to meet shared goals in a community.
• Influencing and soliciting cooperation from community and organizational stakeholders. Must be able to understand the needs of others, ask meaningful questions, and distill information into actionable solutions based on the unique attributes of the community.
• Critical thinking in the moment in order to steer a live conversation to an appropriate outcome.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to cultivate and manage key relationships. Professional, polished, and diplomatic in approach.
• Utilizing strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate accurate information to the public and stakeholders including key decision makers and diverse audiences.
• Command an audience to listen with interest.
• Ability to find, understand, interpret and present community data to help stakeholders pick the most meaningful and impactful health solutions.
• Being a self-starter working proactively and independently. Adaptable and flexible with changing priorities.
• Working strategically. Ability to work with team members to support multiple communities to achieve short and long-term goals.
• Valid driver’s license. Ability to travel >75% including possible overnight or weekend stays.

Preferred:

• Experience with local economic development.
• Application of behavioral economic and/or understanding of concepts of sociology.
• Working on issues related to health equity and rural health.
• Designing community programming.