This is a historic moment for Fenway Health. As we approach our 50th year, we are proud of the legacy we have built together, our long track record of achievement, and our deep commitment to advancing the health and well-being of our communities. While extraordinary gains have been made in LGBTQIA+ care over the last several decades, we must continue to advocate for health care equity and culturally compassionate care for all, regardless of their ability to pay. Now, we are searching for five new leaders to help guide that critical work into the future.
To aid in this search, Fenway has engaged two search firms to conduct searches prospective candidates. These search firms were vetted specifically related to their track record on racial equity within their own firms and in their search process, and the filling of these positions will be an opportunity to further diversify our senior level staff. Throughout this entire search process, we are centering our commitment to racial equity and social justice; candidates for each role must have a demonstrated history of leadership through an anti-racist framework and a dedication to uplifting the voices of BIPOC people. We have an extraordinary opportunity to make our Leadership Team more reflective of the communities we serve, and we are excited to start that journey.
Our five open leadership positions are as follows; please click on each job title for a full description of the roles and responsibilities, as well as to submit nominations or resumes:
Executive Vice President of Racial Equity and Social Justice
The Executive Vice President of Racial Equity and Social Justice (EVP) is an enterprise leadership role, reporting directly to the CEO. The EVP partners with other senior leaders and stakeholders throughout the organization to develop and drive forward key strategies to ensure that they are a diverse, anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive organization, demonstrably committed to advancing racial equity and social justice.
This individual will lead efforts to develop and implement an overarching vision for Fenway Health that works to eliminate systemic marginalization and promotes inclusion and anti-racist practices that will be evidenced through their policies, culture, and leadership. This position requires an inspiring, collaborative, courageous, innovative, and visionary leader with outstanding people and management skills.
Vice President of Resource Development and Donor Engagement
The Vice President of Resource Development and Donor Engagement (VP-RDDE) is an articulate, strategic, motivated, and experienced fundraising professional, who supports the work of a dynamic, complex organization at a milestone period in its history. Fenway Health is looking for someone who is energized by the work at hand.
This person will inspire internal and external constituents to engage deeply, as the VP-RDDE develops and implements best practice fundraising programs and initiatives, raising the organization’s visibility and thereby funds, in support of Fenway Health’s mission and vision. Reporting to the Executive Vice President of External Relations, the VP-RDDE position requires a collaborative, LGBTQIA+ culturally competent, change agent and visionary leader, with outstanding interpersonal and management skills. Additionally, this individual will be committed to advancing racial equity and social justice throughout all development activities and establish best practices through an equity lens.
Vice President of Communications
Fenway Health’s communications engage several constituencies as key ambassadors of the Fenway Health mission. These include the Board of Directors, Fenway Health staff, the Board of Visitors, and the Young Leaders Council. The communications team produces a broad range of assets that integrate print and electronic platforms and media. The Vice President of Communications leverages these and other assets to achieve desired outcomes, and fosters an environment of creativity, innovation, and productivity in the process.
The Vice President of Communications is an articulate, strategic, and highly motivated communications professional who supports the work of a dynamic, complex, and multi-faceted organization. This role requires a person with strategic acumen, creative spark, excellent written and verbal communication abilities, strong execution skills and attention to detail, and the interpersonal capacity and grace to work effectively with a range of external and internal audiences, and stakeholders and partners. This individual must be culturally competent and highly fluent when working with diverse LGBTQIA+ constituents and stakeholders.
The Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) will ensure that all Fenway Health clinical activities align with our mission, vision, and key strategies. They will build on our pioneering legacy, unmatched track record, and global reputation for designing and delivering leading-edge care to LGBTQIA+ patients, and for serving our local community using a patient-centered, mission-driven approach to provide the highest quality healthcare.
The CCO will lead efforts to center a team-based, client/patient-centered service and care delivery model throughout the organization that leverages the full capacity of a diverse, talented, and highly-trained team of clinicians and staff, and will utilize data-driven approaches to identify and mitigate/eliminate health disparities in our care and service outcomes. They will actively advance clinical education and research, and oversee the further integration of clinical care and public health programs to ensure that Fenway Health patients and clients have access to a comprehensive array of care and services to support their health and well-being.
The ideal Chief Operating Officer for Fenway Health will bring a track record of designing and overseeing operational systems to enable effective, efficient delivery of ambulatory medical, behavioral health, dental, and optometry services, as well as biomedical, epidemiologic, and population health research and an array of public health services and programs. This individual will have successfully worked with clinicians from multiple disciplines to structure patient-centered team-based care delivery systems.
The COO will be strategically astute and experienced at developing and executing innovative strategies to optimize operational efficiencies while maintaining the best results. They will also have a background in operational and strategic leadership with strong emotional intelligence, communication and relationship development skills.