Managing Director of Programs. Search conducted by: waldronhr.com

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1 Managing Director of Programs Search conducted by: waldronhr.com

2 The Organization The Center for Environmental Health works at the intersection of public health and the environment, forcing corporate titans to remove toxic chemicals from our consumer products and from our air, food, and water. For the last 20 years, CEH has employed a variety of strategies to change the way companies do business: litigation; public policy; scientific research; community engagement; public education; and the power of the marketplace. A commitment to fairness and social justice underpins CEH s vision that all people should live, work, learn, and play in healthy environments. Since 1996, CEH has taken an entrepreneurial approach to protecting the health of children and families. A cornerstone of CEH s work has been litigation under Proposition 65, a California law that sets disclosure requirements for products and business practices that expose people to chemicals that cause cancer or reproductive harm. Over its two-decade history, CEH has won hundreds of legal agreements with major companies to reduce or eliminate health threats to children and families. In parallel, CEH engages with corporations to elicit voluntary changes on behalf of public health. Specifically, CEH employs its strategies toward eliminating endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), toxic flame retardants, and pollutants from fossil fuels. CEH has 25 employees, with headquarters in Oakland, CA, and a satellite office in New York. For more information about the Center for Environmental Health, please visit

3 The Opportunity The Center for Environmental Health seeks a Managing Director of Programs (MDP), a newly created role based in the organization s Oakland office, to lead program strategy and enhance the effectiveness of program staff. Reporting to the CEO, the MDP will be a member of CEH s Leadership Team. The Managing Director of Programs will lead and manage seasoned program staff to maximize programs effectiveness, find synergies between programs, and increase overall capacity - bringing strategy, systems, and a management style that helps individuals succeed and equips teams to achieve more than the sum of their parts. As a leader of leaders, the MDP is a mentor and sounding board to program directors and their teams, holding them accountable while also being accountable to them and invested in their success. The person in this role is responsible for maximizing the skills and expertise of each staff member to meet organizational goals and program priorities. The incoming MDP will set and meet ambitious goals that eliminate toxic chemicals from food, water, air, and consumer products. With an understanding of the overall environmental health field, the Managing Director of Programs will assess the external landscape to identify needs and opportunities, and will be adept at planning program goals, objectives, and tactics that combine a variety of strategies and harness staff expertise to achieve wins. Along the way, the MDP will ask probing questions that reveal new insights and drive sound decisions, facilitating agreement about priorities among current programs and projects as well as ways to assess new opportunities as they arise. The MDP will also be a leader who is comfortable making and owning a bold decision in the absence of consensus. CEH s vision is that the Managing Director of Programs will be an essential part of taking the organization to the next level. The person in this role will work closely with the Director of Development and the Communications Director to collaborate on cross-functional projects.

4 Ideal Candidate The Center for Environmental Health seeks an experienced, outcome-oriented program leader and manager with an innate talent for program strategy. The ideal candidate has strong critical thinking skills, planning and prioritization skills, and a facilitative and collaborative leadership style. Experience managing and coordinating diverse individuals, teams, and programs is critical to the success of the Managing Director of Programs. The successful candidate will be skilled at facilitating an inclusive decisionmaking process, driving to conclusion while creating buy-in for execution. This individual will have high emotional intelligence, strong listening, written, and verbal communication skills, and well-honed change management capabilities. The Managing Director of Programs will have demonstrated success changing corporate behavior as an activist / organizer / campaigner using multiple tactics, such as corporate engagement; litigation; policy advocacy; scientific research; partnership with community-based organizations; or public education. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to bridge local, state, federal, and market-based strategies to achieve an overall goal. The ideal candidate is a leader with experience working as part of a management team to inform overall organizational strategy, including partnering with other teams such as development and communications to integrate those functions into program activities and vice-versa. This individual is creative, energetic, collaborative, flexible, and has a service-oriented approach. CEH is an intermediary environmental health organization that strives to honor the Principles of Environmental Justice. The successful candidate will have a keen awareness of and clear commitment to environmental and social justice.

5 Minimum Qualifications Candidates must have ten to fifteen years of professional experience, including progressively responsible leadership positions and experience supervising multiple direct reports. Work experience should demonstrate success employing performance management and project management disciplines to ensure team effectiveness. A track record of planning and executing multiple tactics for successful program/campaign outcomes is essential. Preferred qualifications include strong public speaking ability and a master s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field. To Be Considered If you are interested in being considered for the Managing Director of Programs role at the Center for Environmental Health, please submit a cover letter and resume through Waldron s candidate portal. Cover letters may be addressed to Jenn Raley Miller. The search for the Managing Director of Programs is being assisted by a team from Waldron: Jenn Raley Miller Search Director Direct: Jenn@waldronhr.com Lauren Pederson Engagement Manager Direct: Lauren@waldronhr.com Mikela Topey Search Associate Direct: Mikela@waldronhr.com

6 Waldron is honored to work with the Center for Environmental Health in the search for a Managing Director of Programs. We believe in and support the work of the Center for Environmental Health and we are doing our best to recruit a talented leader who will accelerate this mission. As the consulting partner strategic leaders choose to help attract, engage, and inspire effective leaders, Waldron provides a unique combination of executive search, leadership development, and career transition services across sectors and industries. Our passion is helping people and organizations realize their full potential and increase their impact. Seattle Portland San Francisco waldronhr.com