Job Title:Senior Director, UWBCCSA
Department: Community Impact, United Way Broward Commission
Substance Abuse (UWBCCSA) and Drug Prevention
Reports to:Vice President, Health Initiatives
Status: Exempt, Full-Time
General Description: This position is responsible for the Commission on Behavioral Health
and Drug Prevention overall operation and performance, including community building, relations
management, and effective collaborations with stakeholders and volunteers. This position is
also responsible for the oversight of the Commission community relations, initiatives, and media
plan and relations. (grant funded)
Primary Job Responsibilities & Duties:
- Serve as the lead administrative for the Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug
Prevention. - Has the primary duty of coordinating and leading the day-to-day operations of the
Commission team. - Responsible for the supervision, training and development of the prevention specialist
and sub-contractors. - Responsible for the development, execution and management (including monitoring) of
the Commission Prevention Strategic Plan. - Acts as a liaison between United Way Commission on Substance Abuse and the
Department of Children and Families (DCF) prevention team and FADA. - Represent the Commission, cultivates relationships with media contacts and sponsors,
assuring proper follow-up to assure excellent customer service. - Monitor relevant community indicators as it relates to Behavioral Health and Drug
Prevention. - Measure progress on key outcomes as well as working with community leaders to
strengthen the community’s abilities to identify, address and fund priority issues as it
relates to Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention.
Other Job Duties:
- Responsible for the Commission volunteer relations, training and activities.
- Coordinates, facilitates and participates in community, regional and state planning
activities as it relates to the Commission Coalition work. - Has responsibility for the operation and evaluation of all Commission initiatives,
programs and services. - Develops and Implements policies and procedures for the Commission on Behavioral
Health and Drug Prevention. - Recruits, develops and motivates volunteers to enhance the community building and
efforts and to support the day-to-day administration of the commission. - Coordinates activities and communications with appropriate organizations, i.e., state,
county, local commissions, networks, councils, etc., as they relate to the coalition work. - Creates informational documents, gives presentations, and acts as the agency’s lead
authority, both internally and externally on behavioral health and substance abuse
prevention initiatives. - Formulates, writes and prepares newsletters, collateral and educational materials.
- Plans, develops and implements initiatives for community building and coalition work to
meet the requirement of the Department of Children and Families and the United Way of
Broward County Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention. - Working in collaboration with the Vice President of Health Initiatives, the Vice President
of Marketing and the Director of the Commission on developing media plans and
environmental campaigns directed toward educating and encouraging public interest
around Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention. - Creates informational documents, gives presentations, and acts as the agency’s lead
authority, both internally and externally, on Coalition Initiatives. - Facilitates regular planning sessions and creates an information-sharing network among
the Commission committee members. - Formulates, implements, and evaluates coalition initiatives to assess outcomes and
overall effectiveness, collecting qualitative/quantitative data. - Maintains all records and documentation for all coalition activities necessary for
accountability. - Facilitate partnerships and collaborations between multiple sectors of the community
that respond to problems by implementing plans that lead to measurable, populationlevel reductions in the use of alcohol and other drugs and their harmful consequences. - Serves on various internal/external committees – locally, state and nationally as
designated and needed for the benefit of UBCBHSA. - Due to the leadership role United Way is called upon to play in the community,
particularly during times of crisis, it is the expectation that all United Way staff will be
fully engaged in the organization’s crisis plan and response efforts.
Supervises: Directors, volunteers and prevention specialists
Education & Experience:
- Master’s degree in social work, business administration, urban affairs, public
administration, mental health or other related fields. - Seven years of experience in an administrative and supervisory capacity in a social
service agency, hospital and/or government institution. - Experience in community organizing, program development, legislative affairs and/or
government relations preferably. - Minimum five years of experience leading large teams and managing state and federal
grants. - Strong fiscal/budgeting experience required.
- Supervisory experience working with mid-size to large teams required.
- Bilingual in Spanish and/or Creole desired.
- Proficiency required in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
required.
Environment & Physical Demands: The environment is climate controlled (i.e., heated and
air-conditioned). Lighting is adequate through overhead lighting as well as windows and blinds.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. Physical demands include sitting and/or standing for extended periods of
time, bending, lifting approximately 25 pounds, regular use of the telephone, copier, fax and
computer. Demands also involve protracted concentration
Please email resume to Human Resources at [email protected]
