Deputy Director of Policy, Strategy, and Racial Justice + Equity
Company: Oregon Health & Science University
Location: Portland
Posted on: October 24, 2024
Job Description:
The Deputy Director of Policy, Strategy, and Racial Justice +
Equity is one of two senior deputy positions reporting to the
Health Department Director. The position's portfolio of
responsibilities delivers leadership and focus critical to efforts
to rebuild the organization following the pandemic, and to achieve
the highest vision for the future of public health through values
based engagement and direction setting across the entire Department
and within communities.
Key functions directly related to the position:
Strategy
- Plan, organize, manage, and administer department operations,
programs, and functions;
- Develop and implement program and strategic planning
- Implement and assist in the development of department policies,
procedures, and business practices
- Evaluate goals, objectives, priorities, and activities to
improve performance and outcomes
- Recommend and establish administrative controls and
improvements
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Racial Justice + Equity
- Create, implement, and manage the HD Health Equity Office
aligning with the Workforce Equity Strategic Plan (WESP), County
initiatives, and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) equity and
inclusion model.
- Develop and implement an action-oriented strategic plan through
the Office, focusing on both internal and external equity
efforts.
- Collaborate with the Office of Diversity and Equity (ODE) to
advance racial justice and equity initiatives within the
Department.
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Policy
- Analyze and review federal, state, and local laws, regulations,
policies, and procedures to ensure compliance.
- Conduct analysis on best practices and trends, formulating and
implementing recommendations based on findings.
- Lead all Department legislative and advocacy efforts to achieve
public health outcomes important to the community.
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Leadership
- Direct and approve the planning, prioritizing, assigning,
supervising, training, and review of a diverse workforce.
- Act as a resource, providing direction, guidance, and
leadership to staff; advise on complex and sensitive concerns and
issues.
- May select, direct, and manage the work of
consultants.
- Participate in developing, administering, assisting, and
monitoring budgets as a member of Department leadership.
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Community
- Lead cross-departmental engagement with communities using a
population-based framework, formalizing this action through
established practices.
- In collaboration with existing Departmental advisory
committees, boards, and their staff, center community feedback and
input in all policy and budget discussions.
- Listen to and incorporate advice from community representatives
in all areas of position responsibilities, aligning with the
Department's vision and mission.
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Innovation
- Develop, define, and conceptualize new enterprises or joint
ventures among County Departments and systems of care, internal and
external partners, and the community to create innovative or
improve effective service delivery strategies.
- Lead the efforts as One Department to create capacity that
supports practices that engage all staff in working towards HD
vision and mission within the social determinants of health
framework.
- For example, using design thinking for problem solving, testing
new ideas, increasing community collaboration to co-create the
agenda and implementation of HD systems of care.
- Use new methods, develop a culture of innovation that
encourages all staff to be curious and ask questions, take smart
risks, experiment, and create to improve the Department's
organizational structures, systems, work culture, operations, and
service delivery by centering those who are closest to the
experience of any challenge internally and externally.
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