Program Director, Statewide Employee Retention & Wellbeing Initiative

SUPERVISOR: Senior Vice President

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Human Resources, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in employee engagement, human resources, workplace or corporate wellbeing, workforce development, operations, or similar roles.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.

• Experience in project management, grant administration, or change management.

• Excellent communication skills (presentations, verbal, writing).

• Knowledge of hospital operations, health administration, or healthcare workforce development.

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Project Director will lead a statewide initiative focused on improving employee retention and workplace wellbeing across hospitals. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing grant-funded activities, engaging hospital partners, coordinating advisory groups, and ensuring all project components align with evidence-based principles of employee wellbeing. The Director will serve as a key convener, strategist, and operational leader to support hospitals in adopting best practices and strengthening their workforce strategies.

DUTIES:

Program Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the statewide initiative aimed at advancing employee retention and wellbeing across member hospitals.

• Design, refine, and reposition grant focus areas to ensure alignment with evolving needs, evidence-based practices, and association priorities.

• Develop and manage the project’s scope of work, ensuring alignment with wellbeing principles, grant requirements, and stakeholder expectations.

• Create & lead a strategy for defining engagement in Work.Harmony.You (Why) initiatives.

• Secure and diversify funding for workforce initiatives by developing and submitting grant proposals to potential funders and/or collaborating with Solvent Networks to establish new revenue-producing workforce solutions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships

• Recruit hospitals for participation in grant activities and maintain strong relationships with participating organizations.

• Facilitate collaboration among hospitals to identify, evaluate, and share best practices and emerging strategies.

• Organize, convene, and support advisory committees, workgroups, and partner coalitions to ensure broad stakeholder input.

Project Operations & Management

• Track, manage, and forecast grant revenue, expenditures, and budget performance.

• Develop, procure, and oversee a cohort of contractors, consultants, and subject-matter experts to support grant goals.

• Coordinate project timelines, deliverables, reporting requirements, and evaluation efforts.

• Ensure adherence to all grant guidelines, deliverables, budget, and documentation/reporting requirements.

Communication & Capacity Building

• Lead development, distribution, analysis, and communication of the Workforce Experience Survey results.

• Prepare reports, briefing materials, presentations, and updates for executive leadership, funders, and participating hospitals.

• Support learning sessions, training opportunities, and dissemination of tools and resources to help hospitals strengthen their retention and wellbeing strategies.

• In collaboration with other teams, develop communication/marketing materials/plans to promote engagement in workforce initiatives.

Interested candidates should email their resumes to Michelle Edenfield at medenfield@scha.org.