Senior Director, Green Building

Practice Greenhealth, a newly formed nonprofit organization supporting the design, construction, operations, and services of sustainable health care facilities, is engaged in a search for a Senior Director, Green Building. 

Practice Greenhealth was formed as the result of an alliance between Hospitals for a Healthy Environment and the Green Guide for Health Care, an independent project of Health Care Without Harm and the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems.

Practice Greenhealth is dedicated to creating a national community that supports environmental sustainability in health care. Practice Greenhealth engages all sectors within the health care industry to grow and transform the market for environmentally preferable products and practices and, in the process, educates the health care community about how to reduce their collective environmental footprints - from the design, construction, operations and services of health care facilities, to the manufacture of health products through to their disposal.  

Position Overview:

The Senior Director, Green Building will be responsible for the design, development, management, and delivery of all green building related programs for Practice Greenhealth. Practice Greenhealth is a new association and is in a start-up mode. Practice Greenhealth needs someone to take the ball and run with it! The Senior Director needs to be creative, entrepreneurial, work at a fast pace and deliver results in a tight timeframe.

The Senior Director, Green Building will report directly to the Executive Director and work closely with the Senior Director, Membership Development and the Senior Director, Green Guide for Health Care. Practice Greenhealth's headquarters is in the Arlington, VA offices of Health Care Without Harm.  Ability to travel is required.

See our full job description for more details.

Qualifications: 

A Masters degree and LEED-AP (or willingness to acquire it within 6 months) is desired, or at least 7 years of comparable senior level experience is required. 

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in green building, particularly sustainable and green building in healthcare settings.

This position requires experience in an association - or member-driven - organization, a demonstrated ability to develop and market programs, hands-on experience working with relational databases and web site content management to deliver knowledge and resources and drive member usage of Practice Greenhealth resources.

Compensation: A competitive salary and benefits package is available.

To Apply:

Please e-mail your resume and a cover letter describing your interest in the position by June 18 to Bob Jarboe.  Interviews will begin immediately.