Associate Director – Engagement & Community Impact, Social Impact and Sustainability

# Associate Director – Employee Engagement & Community Impact, Social Impact and Sustainability North Wales, Pennsylvania, United States of America FULL _TIMENotify me about similar jobs

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** Job Description
** The Social Impact & Sustainability (SIS) team drives social impact for patients and communities around the world.  We strengthen the communities where our employees live and work by providing financial support to local nonprofit organizations and mobilizing employee expertise through grants and volunteer programs. Together, these efforts catalyze innovation in community solutions that facilitate access to quality health care in under-resourced communities where company has a presence.

The Associate Director, Employee Engagement & Community Impact will lead the strategy and opportunities for company’s employee engagement programs globally, including employee giving, volunteering, and related community-based engagement initiatives. This role combines program strategy, operational excellence, stakeholder management, corporate giving and compliance expertise, technology platform management, communications coordination, and financial stewardship.  The ideal candidate brings strong program leadership, a commitment to employee engagement, and a passion for creating meaningful employee and community impact.
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* Key Responsibilities:

**** Employee Giving
** Lead strategy and day-to-day management of the Company’s employee- giving and matching gifts platform, program, and processes

Provide oversight of employee giving fund disbursement activities, cash distributions, reconciliations, performance metrics and related operational processes, ensuring appropriate governance, compliance, financial integrity, and resource stewardship

Maintain associated vendor relationships, governance and collaboration to ensure efficient and effective operations, address program challenges, and continuously enhance employee experience

Identify opportunities to expand employee reach, participation, and program effectiveness

Recommend and coordinate giving opportunities, including global or local campaign activations

Serve as a subject matter expert on employee engagement programs, offering consultative support and ensuring adherence to established policies, procedures, and governance requirements.

Lead stakeholder collaboration efforts to identify user requirements and program obstacles, and strengthen user engagement and satisfaction with the employee engagement giving and volunteering initiatives

Partner with company’s communications and related third party vendors to develop and execute employee communications, outreach strategies, and promotional campaigns that drive awareness, participation, and engagement across employee giving and volunteering programs

Monitor participation, activity, and outcomes to support measurement of employee engagement and social impact

Ensure programs are executed in alignment with company’s code of conduct, values, policies, and applicable legal, compliance, and governance requirements