The Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion provides the strategic leadership to build and sustain an environment of inclusion, trust, and cultural competency across the Jefferson Enterprise, including each functional unit - Jefferson Health System, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Health Plans, as well as to the communities they serve. The SVP, DEI, executes Jeffersonrsquo;s DEI strategy through collaboration across all levels of leadership, faculty, physicians, staff, and students to measure and achieve enterprise DEI goals and to lead and champion health equity and an inclusive environment by developing education and programs to drive awareness.
Major Responsibilities
Education:
Masterrsquo;s degree required; MBA recommended to provide a background in research and knowledge of corporate culture.
Experience:
10 years of leadership experience preferably in healthcare or an academic medical system interfacing with a variety of leadership roles
Experience working in higher education with Deans in a complex university matrix and supporting an undergraduate student population is highly recommended.
Public speaking experience and background and comfort interfacing with different media (press, podcast, live, panel, or moderator) are preferred; experience presenting to high-level executive leadership or a Board of Directors is beneficial.
Strong mediator skills (effective listening, agility, resilience, ability to strategically think at a global level) to represent Jefferson in and outside of the organization.
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.
As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
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