Summary: 

The Child Mind Institute is seeking a Program Director for the California Youth Mental Health Academy  (YMHA). The Program Director will be responsible for general oversight and management of the YMHA which is being developed and operated through a contract to CMI from the State of California, initially for a three-year period beginning in 2022.  

The Youth Mental Health Academy is a unique, exciting, multifaceted program with the goal of identifying under-represented minority and disadvantaged high school students and helping them realize their potential to join the workforce with careers in mental health science and practice. High school-aged participants in the Youth Mental Health Academy  will be provided a range of workshops, immersive mentoring, and networking opportunities.To succeed at this goal will require creativity, imagination, and energy to build novel opportunities and services in California, with the possibility of a very broad impact on and transforming child and adolescent mental health. In addition, this position provides the opportunity to engage with a broad range of clinicians, policy-makers, researchers, and community leaders.

The Program Director will work with CA Youth Mental Health Academy Directors to support the day-to-day operations of the Youth Mental Health Academy.  They will have overall responsibility for operations and administrations to ensure the short and long-term success of the YMHA. This includes planning, operations, compliance and processes, employee engagement, finances, and outcome quality. Within this role, the Program Manager will oversee the work of multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, media and communications specialists, researchers, and community organizers. 

The Program Director, YMHA must have the ability to multi-task in a high-energy environment. This position will involve traveling to Program sites throughout California to monitor activities.

Our competitive compensation and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, and flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, dependent care and discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate the day-to-day work of the YMHA team members responsible for achieving Program goals
• Work directly with Project Directors to implement and facilitate project operations
• Travel (up to 20%) to California YMHA sites is required to oversee overall operations, coordinate with partnerships and provide direct supervision to the management and operations teams
• In collaboration with the CMI Contracts Office and the Managing Director, create and complete contracts with relevant parties engaged in the Initiative
• Actively manage and escalate issues related to meeting project milestones, and proactively identify alternative ways to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
• Assist with establishing new sites, including implementing plans, participating in architectural planning, hiring of staff, arranging service vendors, and assisting in designing new participant recruitment efforts
• Facilitate communication and information sharing across the Program team. Develop, prepare and distribute communications, meeting minutes, presentations, and other materials as needed to ensure communication objectives are met. 
• Support program evaluation and reporting activities.
• Other duties as necessary

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 5 years of operations, or project management experience 
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline required
• Master's or doctoral degree in a relevant discipline preferred
• Prior experience with community-focused and/or educational initiatives preferred
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication (written, verbal) and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated strategic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
• Able to share in morale building and group support to achieve goals and objectives
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) some understanding of financial and organizational management

Special Considerations:

Please upload your CV during the application process. 

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be