Job Opportunities

Senior Director, Green Building

Practice Greenhealth, a newly formed nonprofit organization supporting the design, construction, operations, and services of sustainable health care facilities, is engaged in a search for a Senior Director, Green Building.

Practice Greenhealth was formed as the result of an alliance between Hospitals for a Healthy Environment and the Green Guide for Health Care, an independent project of Health Care Without Harm and the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems. Practice Greenhealth is dedicated to creating a national community that supports environmental sustainability in health care. Practice Greenhealth engages all sectors within the health care industry to grow and transform the market for environmentally preferable products and practices and, in the process, educates the health care community about how to reduce their collective environmental footprints – from the design, construction, operations and services of health care facilities, to the manufacture of health products through to their disposal.

The Senior Director, Green Building will be responsible for the design, development, management, and delivery of all green building related programs for Practice Greenhealth. Practice Greenhealth is a new association and is in a start-up mode and needs someone to take the ball and run with it! The Senior Director needs to be creative, entrepreneurial, work at a fast pace and deliver results in a tight timeframe.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in green building, particularly sustainable and green building in healthcare settings. This position requires experience in an association – or member-driven – organization, a demonstrated ability to develop and market programs, hands-on experience working with relational databases and web site content management to deliver knowledge and resources and drive member usage of Practice Greenhealth resources.

The Senior Director, Green Building will report directly to the Executive Director and work closely with the Senior Director, Membership Development and the Senior Director, Green Guide for Health Care. A Masters degree and LEED-AP (or willingness to acquire it within 6 months) is desired, or at least 7 years of comparable senior level experience is required.

Practice Greenhealth’s headquarters is in the Arlington, VA offices of Health Care Without Harm. Ability to travel is required. A competitive salary and benefits package is available. Full job description is available for review. To apply, please e-mail your resume and a cover letter describing your interest in the position by June 18, 2008 to Bob Jarboe via e-mail, bjarboe@practicegreenhealth.org. Interviews will begin immediately.

Communications Director

Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth are seeking a person to act as Communications Director for both organizations.

These two non-profit organizations, located in Arlington, Virginia, are leading the efforts to make the health care sector more environmentally sustainable. Health Care Without Harm is an international advocacy organization with members in over 50 countries. Practice Greenhealth is a US based membership organization that offers a full range of tools, resources, technical assistance and networking opportunities to engage all sectors within the health care industry in shifting the market toward environmentally preferable products and safer, healthier practices.

About the Applicant: Applicants should have 5-7 years experience, preferably as a working journalist or handling media relations for a nonprofit organization and/or the health care sector. Established relationships with reporters, familiarity with health care trade press and experience pitching reporters is a significant plus. We are looking for someone with exceptional writing and editing skills – particularly the ability to translate complex issues into clear, simple ideas – and someone who has a demonstrated track record in marketing and promoting programs. The ideal candidate will be a self starter and strategic thinker with a get-it-done attitude. The person should also be able to demonstrate a commitment to environmental health issues, interest in working in the nonprofit sector, high energy level, and comfort working in a collaborative environment.

The Communications Director is responsible for directing all aspects of public relations and marketing for the two organizations, including creating and carrying out a strategic marketing and communications plan with the goal of attracting and recruiting members to both organizations. Specifically, this individual will be responsible for:

Media Relations: This includes writing and strategically distributing press releases, opinion pieces, and other materials; placing stories in appropriate national, local and online outlets; setting up opportunities for our experts to appear on radio, TV, or before editorial boards; and organizing press events or briefings when appropriate.

Online Marketing Strategies and Web Presence: This requires devising aggressive internet marketing strategies to raise the profile and recruit members for the two organizations – including email advocacy campaigns, building list serves, positioning our experts as leaders in the field and promoting expert content. Successful applicants will have experience in building successful online campaigns and will come to the interview prepared to discuss specific ideas for building the online presence of the organizations. Duties will also include working with staff to build out the new websites (currently in development), updating content and helping to maintain the new sites.

Marketing Key Programs: Responsibilities include promoting key programs of the organization to appropriate constituencies – for example, marketing the Healthcare Energy Exchange to energy professionals and the Green Guide for Health Care to architects and designers. This will require working with marketing staff to separately devise marketing plans and efforts to target key audiences with the right language using the right vehicles. Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate success in program marketing.

Writing and Editing Materials: Duties include overseeing the production (including writing and editing) of a monthly e-newsletter, called StatGreen, and other marketing materials to be determined. May also include writing articles and op eds for publication. Applicants will be required to show writing samples.

Education: A Bachelors degree is required.

Compensation: An attractive and market-competitive compensation and benefits program is planned for this position.

Location: The Communications Director will be based in Health Care Without Harm’s headquarters in Arlington, VA.

Health Care Without Harm is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity within our campaign, people of color and women are encouraged to apply.

To apply, please review the complete job description. Then send resume and cover letter describing your qualifications and why you want this job by June 6, 2008, to Anna Gilmore Hall, Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm, agilmorehall@hcwh.org. No phone calls please. Interviews will begin in June.