Office of Recovery and Resilience Director (Behavioral Health Policy Manager 3)

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is seeking a new director for The Office of Recovery and Resilience within its Behavioral Health Division (BHD). If you are an experienced manager who believes in building meaningful partnerships, and want to see with people with lived experience in decision-making at all levels of the behavioral health system, then you need to apply today!

In this position, you will utilize your lived experience to provide inspirational leadership to the agency and lead a team of behavioral health experts to break down historical communication and outreach barriers and ensure people with lived experience are continually leading behavioral health transformation efforts.

You will lead and inspire the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all behavioral health programs, projects and initiatives through supervision of the behavioral health operations unit, through coordination with other BHD and OHA

units, and as directed by people with lived experience and communities disproportionately impacted by health inequities.

You will be responsible for leadership and direction of a team to build a more person-directed, trauma-informed, equitable, and effective approach to behavioral health services in Oregon; and use this same approach to ensure adherence to Legislative, Governor and OHA leadership priorities.

What We Are Looking For

Seven years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience; OR four years of related experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Desired Attributes:

• Experience in advancing health equity, addressing systemic health inequities and collaborating with diverse communities most harmed by social injustice and health inequities.
• Lived experience with behavioral health needs or accessing behavioral health services, and knowledge and / or experience with Peer Delivered Services.
• Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing, evaluation, and maintenance of state and federal programs, particularly those involving behavioral health and crossovers to the justice system.
• Knowledge of Medicaid, community mental health programs, SUD and/or problem gambling health delivery systems, with experience implementing health care transformation in Oregon preferred.
• Experience with budget, funding streams, community investment and value-based payment mechanisms, and contract and grant administration.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of management, including establishing long-range objectives, planning, organizing, directing, motivating, controlling, developing and implementing policies and programs, and decision making.
• Experience working with the Legislature, community groups and local government.
• Oral and written cross-cultural communications skills.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

• Excellent medical, vision, and dental benefits package for the employee and qualified family members with a very low monthly out-of-pocket cost.
• Optional life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, deferred compensation savings program, and flexible spending accounts for health care and childcare expenses.
• Employee benefits include 11 paid holidays, 3 personal business days, 8 hours of monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours per month.

• Possible eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).

• Training opportunities that will help grow your career with the State of Oregon.