Director, Embedding Equity (Hybrid)

Director, Embedding Equity

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

We continuously work to embed equity in our internal practices and are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff across all levels of the organization. We intentionally work to create the right conditions to enable our employees to feel that they can be their authentic selves and fully participate in the life of the enterprise.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and we look forward to getting to know you.

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Director, Embedding Equity on our Center for Health Equity team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 2 days a week in the office.

As a Director, Embedding Equity, provides leadership on embedding equity in thepractice, process, action, innovation, and organizational performance andoutcomes of the AMA, and supports translating this work to other professionalsocieties. In collaboration with HR and Planning, build activities that support incorporating health equity in Enterprise-wide and business unit-specific goals, objectives, programs, supportingthe visualizing, normalizing, organizing, operationalizing of equity across management,membership, and medicine. Provides leadership, in collaboration with HR and Planning, tosupport AMA business units (BUs) with specific equity-related roles andexpertise to regularly revise, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a framework to improve equity operating efforts acrossthe AMA.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy and Partnerships

• Oversee development, planning, implementation, and coordination of initiatives aligned with embedding health equity objectives, fostering collaborative relationships across the enterprise
• Responsible for development of strategies to operationalize equity including regular revision of the AMA's strategic plan for embedding equity
• Provide leadership in making available subject matter expertise for operationalizing health equity in AMA's initiatives and business units
• Manage a portfolio of content and projects that support internal equity embedding work; provide day-to-day management, planning and support to health equity programming
• Manage and coordinate the development and implementation of initiatives improving racial equity in health, including defining goals, setting key performance indicators, and tracking/reporting on progress
• Work across business units and support the SVP in engaging leadership to assess organizational effectiveness
• Identify and build relationships with internal collaborators for effective change management and to foster opportunities to collaborate in development, and dissemination of resources

Capacity Building

• Oversee design and implementation of convening, coaching, consultation, support, and engagement activities that contribute to health equity capacity building
• Oversee activities and meeting of Enterprise-wide Health Equity Workgroup (HEW), consisting of each BU's respective equity action team leader
• Provide guidance to colleagues around trauma-informed practices and mechanisms as appropriate
• In collaboration with HR, support BU equity action teams on development, implementation, and evaluation of their BU equity action plans

Evaluation and Reporting

• Oversee data collection, synthesis, and reporting on progress and challenges related to embedding equity initiatives
• Oversee development or refinement of tracking tools and dashboards to capture embedding equity work in close partnership with IT and Strategic Insights
• Oversee collaboration with Center for Health Equity evaluation team and contracted evaluators to develop and implement qualitative and quantitative evaluation strategies and outputs
• Responsible for creation of published reports and accompanying slide presentations

Resource & Staff Management

• Oversee staff and vendor contracts, and budget responsibilities
• Provide facilitative and supportive leadership, coaching, and professional development to the team
• Provide day-to-day management of the direct reports

May include other responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred, preferably in business administration, healthcare management, industrial-organizational psychology, public policy, public health, or related fields or equivalent applicable work experience
2. Minimum 7-10+ years' experience in working in the field of health equity and organizational transformation efforts required
3. Project management professional (PMP) certificate preferred; relevant work experience in project planning and project management required
4. Demonstrated leadership and organizational change management expertise and experience as evidenced by successful outcomes and results, preferably using a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and equity-focused systems approach
5. Demonstrated experience with operational planning, budget planning, implementation and evaluation of multiple initiatives
6. Demonstrated analytical and data-driven approach to issues
7. Demonstrated ability to work with individuals from different disciplines, contributing as a team member, as well as being self-motivated and a strong individual contributor
8. Strong writing skills required, especially in the ability to conceptualize issues, synthesize a response and write/develop reports and slide decks
9. Presentation, group facilitation and public speaking skills required; experience facilitating conversations on race and equity issues preferred
10. Up to 10% travel may be required

The pay range for this position in Chicago IL,California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey,New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, or WashingtonD.C. is 155k-$175kThis is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay forthis role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salaryrange will be based on numerous factors including, but not limited to, relevanteducation, qualifications, experience, skills, geographical location andbusiness or organizational needs.

The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION