Job description

Organization & Well-Being Lead - Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway

Blue Zones, LLC employs evidence-based ways to help people live better, longer. Our work is rooted in the New York Times best-selling books The Blue Zones, Thrive, and The Blue Zones Solution—published by National Geographic books. We are applying the tenets of The Blue Zones in over 70 communities throughout the U.S., significantly improving health and lowering healthcare costs. Our work, which focuses on optimizing living environments and policies, has occasioned double digit decreases in obesity and smoking as well as measurable increases in life satisfaction. Our work has been featured in the New York Times, WSJ, NPR, National Geographic and the New England Journal of Medicine. For more information, visit www.bluezones.com.

If you have account management/client services/sales/employee engagement/restaurant or grocery store management experience and are driven to make a difference; if you enjoy interacting with people and are passionate about improving the well-being of others; if you thrive while collaborating with a strong, results-driven team and enjoy challenging yourself and others to find creative solutions, join us!

Be part of a team that’s bringing innovative leaders together from across the community to lead and ignite a movement to improve well-being on a significant scale – a movement that promises to help your friends, family, and neighbors in the Parkland and Spanaway communities of Pierce County, WA live better, longer.

Blue Zones Project is rooted in lessons learned from the world's longest-lived cultures. We translate these lessons into sustainable environmental changes that strengthen social ties, reshape the places where people spend their time, and sharpen policies to support healthy choices. By engaging a critical mass of individuals and organizations to participate — from worksites and schools to restaurants and grocery stores — the small changes contribute to huge benefits: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. For more information regarding Blue Zones Project please visit www.bluezones.com/pierce-county

Job Summary

The Organization & Well-Being Lead is responsible for the successful advancement of the Blue Zones Project in the places sector and will engage employer worksites, schools, grocery stores, restaurants and other organizations within the Blue Zones Project life radius. Success is achieved when the local employers and other organizations adopt the recommended changes to improve well-being and achieve the organization certifications necessary for the community to earn certification as a Blue Zones Community.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop strong relationships with target organizations to encourage their participation and support them in becoming a Blue Zones Approved Organization (worksites, schools, restaurants, and grocery stores).
• Drive comprehensive adoption and advancement of the Blue Zones Project blueprint within the local business community and organization leaders, including identifying and leveraging contacts, creating partner relationships, and educating organizations on becoming a Blue Zones Approved Organization.
• Actively work with the local Blue Zones Project leadership team and maintain momentum and advancement of the assigned group's strategic plans within the community.
• Ensure coordination and integration of the organizational strategies and group initiatives so they are fully maximized and leveraged with each other to drive maximum exposure to all the touch points with the Blue Zones Project.
• Develop and meet monthly targets to ultimately achieve annual community blueprint places metrics.
• Compile organization performance/value measures, outcomes and community impact stories.

Specific Skills/Attributes

• Strong self-starter and team leader.
• Strong experience in a Player/Coach model of leadership with proven ability to lead a small team and work alongside the team to accomplish goals and objectives
• Adept at working with all levels of organizations to secure ongoing participation and utilization of the appropriate tools and resources.
• Compelling written/oral communication skills as it relates to driving initiatives within employer worksites, schools, grocery stores and restaurants.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with key partners.
• Ability to represent Blue Zones Project with partners, the public, and media.
• Strong project management skills to ensure initiative strategies stay on track and within budget.
• Proficient in Google Workspace and Microsoft Office. Experience in the use of CRM software is a plus.
• Experience working in or with underserved and/or under resourced communities and working in diverse multi-disciplinary, multicultural, and multi-sectoral partnerships.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Knowledgeable of and connected in the local business community.
• Inspiring, influential, collaborative, and responsible.
• Energized by Blue Zones Project mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5 + years of experience serving in an account management/client services role required
• 5+ years of experience as a manager/leader of a small team of 2-5 professionals
• Experience in Human Resources/Benefits/Employee Wellness, Grocery or Restaurant; and/or business development preferred.
• Resident of Pierce County, WA required. Position is onsite and will require a COVID-19 vaccination or qualifying exemption.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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