Executive Director of Adult Behavioral Health- MA-ME-RI

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we're here to create real change - helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we're looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives - including your own. You'll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

Elwyn seeks an Executive Director of Adult Behavioral Health to assume overall responsibility for leadership, vision, direction, and daily supervision of region-specific operation functions and agency-wide forensic program services. Ensures implementation of responsible clinical and administrative management practices congruent with the organization's mission, resulting in high-quality client-centered services and sound fiscal management.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Adult Behavioral Health's comprehensive array of services and programs in the Northeast plus agency-wide forensic programs.
• Review services offered on an ongoing basis, develop new programs as needs emerge, and oversee all activities related to licensure, human rights, personnel, finance, contracts, and reimbursement for services.
• Inform the SVP ABH of all operational issues and accomplishments.
• Partner with the SVP Adult Behavioral Health and peers of the Administrative Leadership Team for all regional and agency-wide program planning, organizing, operating, and staffing.
• Develop, implement, and manage the regional operational aspects of the annual budget in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer and SVP Adult Behavioral Health.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, funding, and city regulations, certifications, and licensing requirements.
• Assist the SVP Adult Behavioral Health in regional planning, organizing, and implementing public and private fundraising initiatives.
• Provide effective and inspiring leadership and stewardship by being actively involved in all regional programs and services.
• Implement and lead a continuous quality improvement process throughout the region, focusing on systems/process improvement.
• Lead a high-performing team of Regional and Program Directors by developing and implementing recruitment, training, and retention strategies.
• Engage with appropriate partnering agencies, boards, schools, businesses, and governmental and non-governmental funding and reimbursement sources.
• Represent Adult Behavioral Health with regional external constituency groups, including community, governmental, and private organizations.
• Ensure that all regional program activities operate consistently and ethically within the mission and values of Adult Behavioral Health.
• Prepare and submit a regional annual operational budget, manage effectively within this budget, and report accurately on progress made or challenges encountered.
• Ensure the continued financial viability of Adult Behavioral Health's regional operational units through sound fiscal management and reimbursement programs.
• Provide programmatic leadership and input for all strategic planning processes with the SVP Adult Behavioral Health/ and staff.
• Identify business development opportunities in the region and contribute to the proposal process.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, public health, administration, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of overall professional experience in healthcare or human services, with a minimum of 5 years of senior leadership experience supervising seasoned staff.
• Extensive experience and training in the field of mental health is preferred.
• Strong relationship builder and communicator with experience leading diverse work teams, developing an organization-wide strategy for program excellence, engaging community partners, and partnering with the SVP Adult Behavioral Health/.
• Demonstrates integrity, strives for excellence in work, and has experience leading others to new levels of effectiveness and programmatic impact.
• Thoroughly knowledgeable of a comprehensive and complex array of funding and reimbursement programs and mechanisms, e.g., Medicaid, MCOs.
• Passionate about mental health and the empowerment of individuals to participate in their own treatment.
• Ability to promote and communicate the philosophy, mission, and values of Adult Behavioral Health to external and internal stakeholders.
• Core competencies integrated into essential duties include developing others, managing performance, strategic thinking, quality improvement, decisiveness, managing change, initiative, results orientation, resilience and perseverance, and oral/written communication.

Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Elwyn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, pregnancy status, medical condition, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, handicap status, marital or family status, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, military or veteran status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation.