Executive Director

Overview

H-CAP Executive Director Job Posting About H-CAP. The Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) is a 501(c)(5) national labor-management organization that works with affiliates of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), employer partners, and workers to design healthcare workforce development programs and policies that advance job quality and equity. H-CAP also staffs the H-CAP Education Association, a 51(c)(3) organization that brings together labor-management training partners across the country.

Our mission is to transform healthcare workforce development and to support caregivers to better meet the need for quality care in a rapidly changing industry. We are committed to fostering value and equity in healthcare careers and to helping employers recruit, retain, and support healthcare workers to meet their needs and the needs of our communities.

H-CAP works with employers, unions, and workers to deploy high-quality training to support the healthcare industry at a time of unprecedented system transformation. These training programs seek to lift workers, address workforce shortages for employers, and ensure that healthcare continues to fulfill its promise as a primary engine of the economy, both nationally and locally.

H-CAP’s industry partnerships span 17 states plus Washington, DC, including more than 1,000 employers and over 700,000 workers across every healthcare setting—from home care to skilled nursing facilities to clinics and hospitals—training tens of thousands of healthcare workers each year. H-CAP supports our network of SEIU labor-management training partnerships to deliver innovative, worker-centered educational programs that enable workers to build skills, knowledge, and access opportunities for career advancement.

• Highlight the value and benefits of a labor-management approach to address current and future workforce development needs in the healthcare industry and build a national network of labor-management training organizations in healthcare.
• Support partners in current and new states in creating innovative, worker-centered training and educational programs and provide technical assistance for training program delivery in multiple modalities.
• Disseminate best practices that support recruitment and retention, education and skills enhancement, and career mobility for healthcare workers.
• Work with unions to ensure training programs are built with an emphasis on worker voice and participation
• Expand Registered Apprenticeships in healthcare.
• Support policy development to advance job quality and equity and address occupational segregation.

• Support policies that focus on building an equitable caregiving infrastructure and create career pathways for healthcare workers.
• Unite diverse stakeholders in confronting the links between systemic racial and gender inequities and poor job quality in long-term care.
• Increase education and implementation of Registered Apprenticeships in healthcare across sectors.
• Provide resources and points of collaboration with industry partners and think tanks to share best practices.
• Keep abreast of emerging trends in workforce development, education, the job market, and ensure worker voice is at the forefront of policies.

The Executive Director is responsible for advancing the strategic goals and vision of H-CAP. This role provides leadership across all aspects of the organization and fosters the development of new and innovative strategies that promote growth, impact, and long-term success.

• Manage and direct the work of a team of 13 fully remote staff members.
• Manage the direct the budget and program of the H-CAP and the H-CAP Education Association, the 501(c)(3) partner of H-CAP.
• Build and sustain an internal organizational culture aligned with H-CAP’s values, commitment to equity, and goal of becoming an anti-racist organization.
• Lead strategic planning and coordination of H-CAP programs, projects, services, and policy initiatives.
• Coordinate the planning, implementation, and evaluation of H-CAP programs
• Partner with organizational leaders to identify high-priority initiatives,…