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Current Job Opportunities
Associate Director, Office of Scientific Programs
The Associate Director will have the central responsibilities of ensuring adherence to production timelines, monitoring completion of activities, overseeing communications with the scientific program committees and speakers, coordinating with the Office of CME, and assist the Director by liaising directly with the communications and meetings departments.
EOE, including disability/vets
Director, Financial Planning, Reporting and Budgeting
This position plays a key leadership role in our Finance Department. This role will support senior stakeholders to forecast future needs using a long-term planning process and make informed decisions that improve company performance.
EOE, including disability/vets
Creative Director
The Creative Director of Psychiatric News (PN) provides superior graphics design for a variety of news products on print and electronic platforms and has outstanding design skills and mastery of software packages to carry out those designs. The Creative Director works with staff reporters to create original artwork, charts, and tables and proofs for accuracy of data. The incumbent must know computer languages such as XML and HTML and be able to maintain the PN website, build e-publications, work well with others as part of a creative team, and work under extremely tight deadlines.
EOE, including disability/vets
Manager, District Branch Communications
The APA is a national medical society with relationships with over seventy separately incorporated state and regional psychiatric organizations (District Branches) in the United States and Canada. The Manager of District Branch Communications is responsible for coordinating and managing meetings, communications, operations, and activities of the Office of District Branch and State Association (DB/SA) Relations in close coordination with the Director. The incumbent works closely with the Director to support organizational goals through effective communication, relationship building, and project management. The Manager also works cross-functionally with the APA and DB/SA leadership and administration on shared goals and initiatives.
EOE, including disability/vets
Human Resources Analyst
The Human Resource (HR) Analyst is an integral member of the human resources team who manages and analyzes our people analytics, metrics, and statistics. This individual takes the lead in ensuring accuracy and integrity of HR data, runs reports, creates dashboards, and is the HR team’s SME with our Paycom HRIS and other technology. The HR analyst collects, compiles, and analyzes HR data, metrics, and statistics, and leverages this data to tell our people analytic stories and make recommendations to enhance our recruitment, retention, and engagement strategies. This individual also takes the lead in creating reports for legal compliance activities and staff training. A successful candidate in this role has a keen attention to detail and accuracy, strong troubleshooting skills, proven ability to tell a story with data and presentation/training skills. Experience with Paycom, PowerBi and advanced Excel skills are highly desirable.
EOE, including disability/vets
Senior Development Manager
The Senior Development Manager identifies, recommends and writes new grants in support of the Foundations strategic pillars where we Live, Learn, Work, Worship, and Play. Additionally, the Senior Development Manager manages donation tracking, events, and general fundraising efforts with primary responsibility for executing the Member Donor Strategy to substantially increase participation in the annual giving campaign on behalf of APAF.
EOE, including disability/vets
Associate Director, Exhibits and Sponsorship Sales
The Associate Director will be responsible for the full strategic sales cycle for the APA Annual Meeting and the Mental Health Services Conference. This position will be responsible for lead development and sales of exhibit and sponsorship packages, targeting various companies, organizations, and associations. This includes monitoring industry trends and developing strategies to maintain a competitive lead in the market. Must be self-motivated to create sales results and can build strong relationships.
EOE, including disability/vets
Director, Enterprise Services
The Director of Enterprise Services reports directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO). He/she is an experienced, multidisciplinary leader with strong technical acumen and a demonstrated ability to lead several information technology projects simultaneously. This role is responsible for ensuring technology resources are properly aligned with the strategic goals of the association and corresponding objectives are met on schedule and within budget. The Director of Enterprise Services leads a team of technical professionals with diverse skillsets and coordinates the activities of outside partners and vendors to deliver solutions for enterprise application support and data services to the organization. He/she provides leadership and guidance to the team and ensures the team is working effectively, adhering to best practices, and providing world class support to the staff and members.
EOE, including disability/vets
Associate Director, Online Learning
The Associate Director for APA's Division of Education's Online Learning Department will work in conjunction with departmental leadership to implement the departments strategic vision and oversight of the Division-wide online and blended learning initiatives and content development. This individual will employ a data-driven approach to conducting needs assessments to align learning initiatives to expand APA's online learning portfolio.
EOE, including disability/vets
Director, Center for Workplace Mental Health
This role requires significant subject matter expertise in private sector healthcare purchasing strategy, employer-sponsored health care, research-based approaches to addressing workplace mental health and well-being, mental health public policy on a range of topics including mental health and substance use disorder parity, integrated care and collaborative care, reimbursement policy and payment trends, health insurance market issues. Working knowledge of relevant federal laws (ERISA, ADA, MHPAEA, privacy laws and HR laws) concerning employment and health coverage a must.
EOE, including disability/vets