Director Executive Support

Location:

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview
Responsible for strategic leadership and operational oversight of executive-level initiatives, priorities, and support functions. Serves as a key advisor and partner to the executive team, aligning organizational goals with executive operations. Oversees board governance, strategic planning, special projects, and serves as interim leadership in support of clinic and hospital operations.

What you will do

• Oversees and coordinates day-to-day administrative operations. Develops and implements processes that improve executive efficiency and organizational impact.
• Responsible for Board governance, to include board policies and procedures. Coordinates meeting materials with CEO and Executive Assistant, oversees board and committee meetings, and approves meeting minutes. Ensures follow-up on board actions and communications.
• Works with senior leadership to coordinate strategic planning initiatives and track goal progress.
• Responsible for coordinating and leading administrative and operational special projects.
• Serves as interim leadership, when required, in hospitals and clinics across the assigned region.
• Hires, trains, and oversees Executive Assistants, Administrative Fellow and Administrative Interns.
• Serves as a liaison on health care and health care policy committees as appropriate.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or comparable

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Master's Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or comparable

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org.