JOB OPPORTUNITIES

National Office - Director of Programs

Start Date:  August 15th, 2010

Locations:  San Francisco, CA

Description
Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to give teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions. We do this by training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education. Since our founding in 2003, we have trained 2,500 college student volunteers to deliver effective health education to over 25,000 public high school students in New York City, Boston, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles. In the 2010-2011 year, we will write our next strategic plan, building off of our success to date and charting the course to increase our impact dramatically in the years ahead.

The primary responsibility of the PHE Director of Programs is to oversee all elements of the PHE program. Specifically, the Director of Programs will supervise the development, management, growth, and evaluation of the PHE program and implement PHE educational and management strategies and tools across all PHE sites, manage the Director of Program Development to strengthen PHE programs, manage the Director of Program Impact to strengthen PHE program evaluation and innovation, assist with the execution of program-related strategic plans, and assist the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer as a key member of the National Management Team. The Director of Programs reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

This is a full-time position with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Responsibilities
The PHE Director of Programs will oversee all elements of the PHE program. Specifically, he/she will:

• Supervise the development, management, growth, and evaluation of the PHE program and implement PHE educational and management strategies and tools across all PHE sites by:
  • Training and managing the PHE New York City, Boston, Chicago, Bay Area, and Los Angeles Executive Directors and teams in all program responsibilities
  • Holding local teams responsible for program goals and supporting them in meeting these goals
  • Overseeing the recruitment, selection, and training of PHE volunteers and high school sites
  • Traveling to PHE city sites to provide on-the-ground support to local staff.
  • Problem-solving program challenges in PHE local sites as they arise
• Manage the Director of Program Development to strengthen PHE program model, plans, materials, and policies
• Manage the Director of Program Impact to strengthen PHE program evaluation and innovation
• Assist with the execution of program-related strategic plans by:
  • Helping to launch new city sites
  • Developing strategies for PHE growth plan implementation
• Support the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer as a key member of the National Management Team.

Qualifications
Peer Health Exchange is looking for a dynamic, driven individual who:

• Is committed to the Peer Health Exchange mission
• Has at least five years of leadership experience managing, supervising, and training others in a non-profit or corporate environment
• Has a Bachelors degree; advanced degree preferred
• Has strong verbal communication skills in order to communicate effectively with diverse constituencies including PHE staff members, college students, high school partners, board members, supporters, and community members
• Has excellent writing and editing skills
• Is willing to work early mornings, late nights, and weekends upon occasion
• Is comfortable in a fast-paced, high-energy, entrepreneurial environment.

Contact
Please submit a resume, a cover letter, and a writing sample (your best non-fiction writing, 3 pages or less) to the following email address:directorofprograms@peerhealthexchange.org. Please no phone calls.

Resumes without cover letters and writing samples will not be considered. For more information about Peer Health Exchange, please visit www.peerhealthexchange.org.