About the Benjamin Rush Institute
The Benjamin Rush Institute (BRI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-partisan organization working with medical students and professionals to protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve healthcare freedom. Since 2009, BRI has educated thousands of medical students and healthcare professionals about alternative, free enterprise solutions to healthcare challenges and ensured that these groups are equipped to articulate and advance these solutions in public debate. BRI accomplishes its mission through medical school chapters, medical residency chapters, and affiliate chapters sponsored by practicing physicians and other healthcare experts. Through our chapters, BRI sponsors debates, panel discussions, colloquia, educational lectures, and other events. BRI helps equip students and professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to be effective ambassadors for freedom in medicine.
About the Role
The Benjamin Rush Institute seeks a Director of Chapter Development to support and expand all aspects of BRI’s educational outreach to students in the health professions, concentrating primarily on students of medicine, both allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO). This position is central to BRI’s mission of creating effective future leaders in health policy and requires an interest in health policy and medical ethics, enthusiasm for working with and motivating busy young professionals, networking with health policy experts, and generating effective educational materials and events. As a team member in a small organization, the Director of Chapter Development will also be involved in all other aspects of BRI’s growth and success including fundraising, general promotion, and outreach.
The Benjamin Rush Institute maintains a virtual office. The Director of Chapter Development will work remotely and should be located with access to a major metropolitan airport. This is a full-time position reporting to BRI’s Executive Director that will require the Director to travel on a limited basis, roughly 10%.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
- Chapter growth and development, including reviewing chapter best practices and logistics; assisting chapters with all events; providing support, when necessary, to establish a topic/s and recruiting speaker/s
- Support of current chapters, including regular periodic communications with student leaders to assure active engagement and overseeing chapter leadership transition to assure chapter continuity
- Identify and engage medical schools where BRI would like to establish a chapter and recruit leaders from that school, traveling as needed
- Work with events personnel on selected regional student leadership conferences
- Identify health policy conferences for students to attend on scholarship
- Work with Executive Director on grants and fundraising as needed
- Advise and guide student interns
Secondary responsibilities include:
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with affiliated entities such as FMMA, AAPS, D4PCF, Heritage, Cato, AEI, YAL, and SFL, among many others
- Maximizing conference, internship, and collaborative opportunities (papers, conferences, etc.)
- Overseeing Speakers Bureau; developing and maintaining relationships with key speakers
- Developing and implementing Mentorship Program with like-minded doctors and BRI alumni for BRI med students
- Assisting the Executive Director and other BRI staff in developing outreach materials that promote BRI principles, including white papers, videos, social media campaigns; blog posts; Facebook entries (medical news items); Health Policy 101; NexGenMed podcast
Qualifications
- At least 3-5 years of professional experience, including a successful record of program/project management and outreach
- Experience in a nonprofit setting is strongly preferred
- Experience building chapters or establishing new programs is strongly preferred
- Familiarity with medicine/health care policy preferred
- Strong organizational skills
- Project management skills with the ability to motivate and work with many different types of people to accomplish a shared goal
- Excellent communication skills, including demonstrated writing abilities
- Event planning experience is a plus
- General familiarity with Microsoft Office, social media platforms, and customer relationship databases
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Philosophical alignment with BRI; belief in the value of preserving healthcare freedom
How to Apply
Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials in one PDF document:
- A cover letter explaining why you are qualified for this position, your alignment with the organization’s mission, and your salary requirements
- Resume
Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job/.
There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.
Questions can be directed to Lydia Ocampo, Outreach Specialist at Talent Market, who is assisting with the search: [email protected].
While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.
Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation.
