Director of Strategic Partnerships

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Recovery Services Bureau (RSB) offers comprehensive programming and resources aimed at reducing the harms associated with substance use, including providing treatment services, recovery supports, and youth prevention. RSB operates across the continuum of care, spanning outreach and engagement, drug user health, naloxone distribution, residential treatment, referral services, and more. RSB has over 150 personnel working across more than 10 programs. Within RSB, the Strategic Partnerships Division manages activities interfacing with the public and external partners, such as communications, intergovernmental relations, community affairs, and policy development.

Additionally, the Strategic Partnerships Division oversees a portfolio of programs and initiatives reaching into the community, serving acute populations and extending "upstream" and outwards to youth, families, and neighborhoods. These projects include the Boston Opioid Settlements Project, Overdose Data to Action, Nubian Square Task Force, multiple dayspaces and engagement teams, CopeCode Club prevention campaign, community technical assistance, harm reduction housing/low-threshold shelter oversight, and more. The Division funds and manages multiple contracts with community providers, and actively seeks new grant and funding opportunities and initiatives in response to changing needs, evidence-approaches, and policies. More broadly, the Division establishes and maintains partnerships in furtherance of RSB activities, contributing to ensuring effective coordination across governmental, nonprofit, and private sectors.

The Director of Strategic Partnerships is a senior level role within RSB, responsible for leading and managing the Strategic Partnerships Division. The position will play a key role in facilitating coordination across RSB services as well as internal and external partners to address substance use and related issues, including unsheltered homelessness. They will shape and advance policies rooted in racial equity, reflecting scientific evidence and needs identified in Boston.

We are looking for a dynamic, strategic leader to oversee the Division, forge and foster partnerships within BPHC and other City departments, and ensure programs are delivered with ongoing community input and data-driven approaches. The ideal candidate for Director will be a creative, collaborative, and versatile leader. This position will work closely with BPHC senior leaders and collaborate with the City's Coordinated Response Team on addressing unsheltered homelessness and substance use in the City. Additionally, this role will work closely with other BPHC Bureaus and Offices to collaborate in the development of new initiatives to address substance use disorder and homelessness, including the Homeless Services Bureau, Boston Emergency Medical Services, Center for Public Health Science and Innovation, Office of Racial Equity and Community Engagement, Center for Behavioral Health & Wellness, and more. Additionally, the Director of Strategic Partnerships will regularly represent BPHC in public settings or external meetings with the broader substance use prevention, treatment and harm reduction provider network across both the City and State as we collaborate with community and key partners on planning, strategic initiatives, and funding opportunities.

DUTIES:

Key duties and responsibilities fall under categories outlined below. This position will also carry out other duties as required by the evolving nature of responding to substance use-related needs in the City of Boston.

All positions at BPHC shall work to help BPHC become an antiracist organization by meeting or exceeding the standards set by the BPHC Anti-Racism Policy.

Leadership and Management

• Lead the Division's team, actively developing the identity and activities in response to evolving science, local needs, challenges, and opportunities