Manager, Bright Futures Guidelines (Grant Funded) in Itasca, IL for American Academy of Pediatrics

The nation’s leading advocacy organization for children’s healthcare, the American Academy of Pediatrics, seeks a consensus builder to manage the content and format revision of the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents and related implementation resources, developing new resources where needed; lead the transition of the guidelines to an online-first version of record, making them accessible, searchable, and easily updatable; develop and manage educational resources and programmatic initiatives designed to support guidelines implementation; and foster a successful implementation of the guidelines by collaborating with internal partners and other national organizations, and by staffing the Guidelines Advisory Group.

Qualifications Include:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, child development, health education, communications or related discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• At least three years’ related experience in public health program management, administration, and evaluation including managing communications activities, as well as developing and fostering collaborative working relationships with partners.
• Extensive hands-on experience in digital-first publishing and developing/implementing a strategy for translating printed material into streamlined web content a is essential.
• Experience in elevating and advancing health equity and working with communities that have been historically marginalized is highly desirable, as is grants management experience.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, project management, diplomacy, and verbal/written communication skills required.
• Must be able to handle a heavy workload, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, work both independently and as part of a team, take initiative, collaborate effectively with various internal and external constituents, and promote and maintain a positive and cooperative team-orientated work environment with a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Strong technical acumen essential with proficiency in MS Office, a deep understanding of digital publishing processes and technology to support timely updates to online content, and the ability to learn and apply new technology; experience with virtual meeting platforms (eg, WebEx,Teams) and document collaboration sites (eg, SharePoint) preferred.
• Some travel and weekend work required, along with need for flexibility in arranging work schedule to accommodate physicians’ availability.

Why work for the AAP?

• Flexible hours and a focus on work/life balance.
• State-of-the-art building equipped with standing desks, treadmill desks, cycle desks, on-site fitness center, and on-site exercise classes.
• An on-site cafeteria with food costs that are subsidized by AAP.
• Strong focus on mental health and wellness.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Competitive PTO and sick leave.
• Excellent parental benefits, including adoption assistance.
• A full list of benefits can be found here.

Hybrid work environment of 40% of work time in the office per month.

All AAP employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Requests for a medical or religious accommodation in regard to this vaccination can be submitted for consideration upon an offer of employment.

To learn more about the organization, see a full job description, and/or apply for the position, please visit https://www.aap.org/employment.

The AAP offers an excellent work environment, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. As a reaffirmation to our employee-focused culture, since 2005 the AAP has been named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Chicagoland area. Additionally, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Individuals with Disabilities, and Veterans that values the strength diversity brings to our workplace.

Reasonable Accommodation: Individuals with a disability in need of a reasonable accommodation regarding the job application process may call 630-626-6297. Please note, only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will receive a response.

About American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a non-profit membership association servicing over 67,000 pediatricians throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The AAP has approximately 500 employees at the headquarters in Itasca, IL. The AAP is dedicated to the health and wellness of all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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