Board Relations Officer

LCS Lifespan Corporate Services d/b/a Brown University Health; United States; On-site; USD 82,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking a strategic leader to serve as the primary liaison to hospital foundation boards and volunteer groups. You will strengthen governance, drive engagement, and support philanthropy initiatives across the enterprise in Providence, RI.

You will coordinate stewardship, onboarding, and volunteer recruitment, while partnering with frontline fundraisers to maximize donor strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development, volunteer management, or related experience.
• Strong communication, executive presence, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary liaison to hospital foundation boards.
• Coordinate volunteer philanthropy activities, meetings, and communications.
• Support board recruitment tracking and onboarding.
• Partner with frontline fundraisers to engage volunteers in donor strategies, both cultivation and stewardship as needed.
• Track board engagement and participation metrics, e.g. meeting attendance, giving, solicitations, etc.
• Coordinate stewardship and recognition activities for volunteer leaders.

Skills

Fundraising

Volunteer management

Relationship management

Communication

Job description

SUMMARY:

Serves as the primary partner to hospital foundation boards and volunteer leadership groups, strengthening consistency in governance, engagement, and philanthropic participation across the enterprise.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Brown University Health is actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve. Brown University Health employees are expected to embrace Brown University Health’s mission of "Delivering health with care" and successfully role model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Brown University Health Competencies which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Brown University Health Competencies include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences


• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for: Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals. Performance Expectations Increase board engagement and philanthropic participation. Maintain strong governance practices and volunteer involvement. Support board-related fundraising initiatives.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as primary liaison to hospital foundation boards.


• Coordinate volunteer philanthropy activities, meetings, and communications.


• Support board recruitment tracking and onboarding.


• Partner with frontline fundraisers to engage volunteers in donor strategies, both cultivation and stewardship as needed. (Not a solicitor.)


• Track board engagement and participation metrics, e.g. meeting attendance, giving, solicitations, etc.


• Coordinate stewardship and recognition activities for volunteer leaders.

EXPERIENCE:

5+ years of development, volunteer management, or related experience. Strong communication, executive presence, and relationship management skills.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

None

Pay Range: $82,284.80-$135,782.40

EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: Corporate Headquarters - 15 LaSalle Square Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Work Type: M-F 8am-5pm Work Shift: Day Daily Hours: 8 hours Driving Required: No

As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day. Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island. Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives - we are actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve. We are invested in creating a respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of our employees and their families. Join us and help build a healthier future for our patients - and for yourself.

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