Assistant Director, Healthcare Disaster Preparedness

1200 The General Hospital Corporation; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking an Assistant Director, CDM to provide leadership for healthcare preparedness initiatives, oversee Region1 RDHRS and MOCC readiness, and shape funded programs. You will collaborate with executives to write grants, manage staff, and drive strategic initiatives across the system.

This role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree (master's preferred), and strong leadership in complex, multidisciplinary healthcare environments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates exceptional people management and leadership.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience leading strategic and work planning initiatives.
• Significant experience leading complex programs and projects in healthcare readiness.
• Proven experience leading teams in a complex, multidisciplinary environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to lead teams to complete assigned tasks in a given time period.
• Strong leadership skills, interpersonal skills, consensus building skills.
• Ability to provide clear direction and leadership in stressful and complex situations.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite applications; specifically, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Maturity and operational problem solving/decision making experience.
• Ability to function effectively in stressful and complex situations.
• Experience in emergency management in a hospital and/or healthcare setting is required.
• Experience and working knowledge of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), including completion ofICS/NIMS100,200,700,800courses.
• Attention to detail and creation of exceptional workproducts.
• Experiencewith project management/task tracking software.

Responsibilities

• Lead CDM within the MGB Department of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity.
• Co‑leads development of strategic plans and work plans, ensuring growth of CDM initiatives, with a focus on healthcare preparedness programming.
• Represents CDM by serving as a subject matter expert and/or lead on local, regional, and national working groups.
• Coordinates with other leaders within the MGB Department of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity to support the overall mission and priorities for the Department.
• Leads engagement activities to strengthen healthcare preparedness across all of Region1 and to support national readiness initiatives.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with all partner organizations and with community and statewide/regional partners.
• Represents the Region1 RDHRS on national working groups and committees, including collaboration with other RDHRS Regions.
• Provides direction to personnel to develop innovative educational modalities for all‑hazard and disaster response for internal and Regional programs.
• Provides leadership for CDM’s Region1 Medical Operations Coordination Center (MOCC).
• Leads strategic goal setting and guides team members in project planning and implementation efforts.
• Positions the RDHRS as a national leader in Regional healthcare preparedness.
• Provides direction to CDM staff to guide Region1 RDHRS MOCC readiness and to ensure that response plans and associated policies and procedures are in place and meet current, relevant regulatory and industry standards.
• Manages several CDM externally funded programs and contributes to development of proposals for new funding opportunities.
• Coordinates with other team members to provide data for the annual operating budget, grant applications, and programmatic reports and to support grant documentation.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Program management

Healthcare readiness

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Communication (written)

Communication (oral)

Decision making in crisis

HICS/NIMS familiarity

Project management tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mass General Brigham is seeking an Assistant Director, CDM to provide leadership for healthcare preparedness initiatives, oversee Region1 RDHRS and MOCC readiness, and shape funded programs. You will collaborate with executives to write grants, manage staff, and drive strategic initiatives across the system.

This role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree (master's preferred), and strong leadership in complex, multidisciplinary healthcare environments.