Executive Director

Overview

Background

Community Solutions for Behavioral Health is a coalition of providers, community members and key stakeholders dedicated to improving behavioral health for the residents on Nantucket, an island almost 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Due to multiple factors, Nantucket residents experience high rates of mental health and substance use challenges, while having fewer resources and less access to supports than most communities.

The vision is to bring about systemic change to achieve “a comprehensive behavioral health system accessible to all who call Nantucket home.”

The vision requires strong partnership across multiple sectors of the community. The board of directors is comprised of representatives of from the hospital, behavioral health agency, public schools, town government, a private provider, a consumer organization and the community foundation. There is deep commitment to extending partnerships into underrepresented and diverse populations on the Island.

CSBH was formed in the Spring of 2023 as a community-based non-profit to address these behavioral health issues relating to service gaps and access. Guided and assisted by the board of directors CSBH will continue to provide leadership and advocacy to the Nantucket Community and its organizations

Since its inception three years ago, CSBH has prioritized suicide prevention work, behavioral health trainings and harm reduction activities, grant research, application, and management, and facilitating collaboration amongst service providers. Areas of progress have included formal cooperation amongst organizations serving children and families, relationship formation and enhancement, and growing proficiency and capability with new information and relationships in the area of behavioral health.

The Role: Executive Director of CSBH

CSBH seeks a savvy, strategic, and mission-driven leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge of the community, and familiarity with systems level approaches. The ideal candidate is an energetic self-starter who can work independently, embrace innovation, and is comfortable drawing on the support of a board dedicated to the mission.

The Role and Responsibilities

Coalition/Community Building/Outreach

• Build upon trusting relationships with all partners. Develop and promote resources related to behavioral health for Nantucket for providers and public. (ACKCares.net, enewsletters, social media boosts)
• Demonstrate experience, skill, and desire to engage diverse members of the Nantucket community focusing on the year-round population.
• Create and facilitate a welcoming environment to engage organizations, including state agencies, and off island to provide services and opportunities for Nantucket. Initiate contact and drive conversations to understand needs, options, and best approaches for Nantucket.
• Identify, engage and promote mental health and wellness trainings on a consistent schedule for professionals and the public to create a more informed workforce and community.

Strategic Planning/Organizational Development

• Building upon identified priorities, facilitate a strategic planning process, with input and buy-in from a wide range of stakeholders, including leadership, community partners, community members, funders and others.
• Develop measurable goals and objectives for the strategic plan and a system to collect data and monitor progress.
• Oversee ongoing strategic direction, in collaboration with the board of directors.
• Develop, organize, manage and implement all activities designed to achieve the goals of the organization. Provide staff support to committees.
• Ensure working groups are functioning at the highest level, meetings are well-organized, facilitated and well-prepared.
• Facilitate and support board governance by co-planning meeting agendas, preparing board members for meetings, and ensuring appropriate follow up.

Administration and Finance

• Administrative and fiscal support services including bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll functions must be administered and in compliance.
• Prepare and oversee operating budgets and manage all aspects of fiscal planning, management and reporting with the support of contracted services and staff.
• Potential to manage one to two staff including hiring and supervision, pending fundraising success.
• Ensure the filing of timely financial reports to state and federal authorities in order to maintain good status for our 501c3, with support of contracted services and staff.

Communications

• Working with board members and with professional support, develop and execute a comprehensive communications plan designed to inform the broader community, as well as key opinion leaders, of the priorities and progress of CSBH. The plan should include both grassroots communications, traditional media, social media and other methods with assistance as indicated from contracted vendors.
• Maintain a visible role in the community and work to have behavioral health leaders to be visible as well.
• Ensure that key decisions are communicated to relevant stakeholders.

Fundraising

Working with board leadership and a development committee, develop a comprehensive strategic plan including all potential sources of revenue such as state and federal grants, foundations, private philanthropy, etc.

Identify grant opportunities and prepare grant applications with CSBH as applicant. Assist other Nantucket based non-profits focusing on founding members by promoting and encouraging grant research, awareness, application and management as appropriate. Report as required to funders.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A strong entrepreneurial drive. The successful candidate will thrive on the challenge of creating systems, building new and engaging existing relationships, and an innovative perspective in pursuit of the strategic priorities.
• Demonstrated experience in conceptualizing, developing and implementing community collaborations that achieve strategic impact.
• The successful candidate will have the ability to conduct outreach in diverse communities and engage various stakeholders.
• Candidates should maintain a professional appearance, demeanor, and presentation.
• Ability to conduct all aspects of role from administrative to c suite level functions.
• Experience, desire, and ability to present information to different audiences.
• Bachelor’s Degree completion preferred.
• Computer literacy, comfort, and confidence with Microsoft office suite, zoom, and social media.
• Strong interpersonal skills required in dealing with all stakeholders including the board, funders, community members and others.
• Proven success as a manager with experience managing organizations, projects and teams of community members.
• Experience and ability to build trust and lead diverse groups to alignment.
• Ability to do serious work, while not taking oneself too seriously. Create an environment that is supportive and where people have fun.
• Excellent project management skills. The right person will empower others to act while holding yourself and others accountable.
• Understand the role of data in design, implementation, and measure of success for the organization and its projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in and knowledge of behavioral health systems including prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery, are preferred but not required, as are strong relationships in the behavioral health community within the Commonwealth.
• Connections in the Nantucket community preferred. The ideal candidate has a strong set of relationships in the broader Nantucket community along with the ability to cultivate new relationships.

Competitive salary with benefits negotiable. Hybrid work options possible with ability be on Nantucket a minimum of several times per month year round.

TO APPLY:

Please send cover letter and resume to:

• Info@CSBHNantucket.org

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Flexible schedule

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Nantucket, MA 02554

Salary : $100,000 - $150,000