Community Health Manager

Alzheimer's Association®•Coeur d' Alene, ID

12d•$64,000 - $80,000•Remote

About The Position

The Community Health Manager leads the Alzheimer’s Association’s implementation of the Idaho Cognitive Health Workforce Network, funded through Idaho’s Rural Health Transformation Program. In a hub-and-spoke model, the Association chairs the Network’s steering committee, oversees partner sub-awards across the state, and works with academic, clinical, and community partners to build a dementia-capable workforce in rural and frontier Idaho. The role strengthens the ability of primary care providers, nurses, care coordinators, community health workers, social service professionals, direct-care aides, and health professions students to recognize early cognitive decline; connect patients and family caregivers with dementia care and community resources; and engage caregivers through organizations and networks beyond the Association. The Manager builds and sustains relationships with state agencies, health systems, FQHCs, universities, and community organizations, and ensures that the Network meets its goals, deliverables, and reporting requirements. The grant includes Network infrastructure and administration (committees, sub-awards, technical assistance, evaluation, and reporting); dementia-capable workforce development (a rural workforce needs assessment, Idaho Dementia Workforce Hub, clinical training pipeline, and Project ECHO telementoring); and exploration of a statewide referral system connecting health systems and community organizations to dementia care, education, tools, and caregiver resources. Priorities and activities are defined by the Idaho award and may be adjusted in coordination with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. This is a grant-funded, full-time remote position based in Idaho, reporting to the Director of Community and Rural Health Programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, health administration, nursing, gerontology, or a related field.
3–5 years of progressive experience in public health, community health, chronic disease management, aging services, health system outreach, or related fields.
5 or more years of leadership experience managing teams, preferably in large-scale or state program settings.
Demonstrated experience working with FQHCs, primary care practices, health systems, rural health providers, and community-based organizations.
Experience leading workforce development initiatives, including training, capacity-building, and program implementation.
Experience administering sub-awards or grants to community partners, including solicitation, review, monitoring, and reporting.
Proven success in clinical-to-community integration, care-coordination models, or referral and navigation programs.
Strong track record of stakeholder engagement, coalition work, and cross-sector collaboration.
Familiarity with interdisciplinary professional roles serving rural and frontier populations, including community health workers, social workers, nurses, physicians, care coordinators, and direct-care aides.
Ability to lead large-scale state program implementation within health, academic, or community-based systems and build strategic partnerships across government, health, academic, Tribal, and community sectors.
Ability to manage budgets, timelines, sub-awards, contracts, and federally funded grant requirements.
Experience facilitating committees and coalitions and communicating effectively with leaders across clinical, care, public health, academic, and community sectors.
Experience supervising, coaching, and developing a high-performing team.
Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, delegate, and coordinate multiple workstreams and partners.
Proficiency with data systems, dashboards, and reporting tools for tracking program performance, outcomes, and key performance objectives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH), Social Work (MSW), Healthcare Administration (MHA), Gerontology, or a related discipline.
Knowledge of Idaho’s rural and frontier health and aging landscape.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day implementation of the Idaho Cognitive Health Workforce Network across its three components, ensuring grant requirements, deliverables, timelines, and key performance objectives are met.
Establish, convene, and staff the Network’s steering and advisory committees; support adoption of a Network charter; ensure activities are not duplicated; and connect the Network with the Department and existing statewide ADRD workgroups and initiatives.
Oversee technical assistance and coordination for sub-awardees and partners by supervising state technical assistant staff, including monthly technical assistance calls, and manage post-award monitoring in partnership with the Network’s Technical Advisor.
Oversee workforce activities, including the rural workforce needs assessment with Upstream Thinking, development and promotion of the Idaho Dementia Workforce Hub, expansion of rural clinical training and pipeline opportunities through AHEC, and the Project ECHO Idaho ADRD series.
Build and sustain partnerships with FQHCs, health systems, clinics, rural health providers, universities, Area Agencies on Aging, Tribal and community organizations, professional associations, and state workforce and aging agencies.
Plan and host the annual in-person convening of Network partners and advance the Network’s sustainability beyond the grant period.
Lead and coordinate Association staff supporting the Network, including the Technical Advisor and Associate Director of Applied Research & Program Evaluation, in collaboration with the Senior Director of Professional Education & Workforce Development and the Director of Psychosocial Research and Program Evaluation.