Zero Suicide Project Director

NorthKey Community Care is seeking a Zero Suicide Project Director. The Zero Suicide Project Director provides strategic leadership and operational oversight to implement a comprehensive, system-wide Zero Suicide framework across NorthKey Community Care. This role leads organizational change to embed evidence-based suicide prevention practices across care settings, ensures fidelity to the Zero Suicide model, and advances continuous quality improvement to reduce suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths among adults served. Work Hours: Generally, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 pm., with flexibility for evening or weekend event coverage as needed. PERKS & PAY Potential for up to 12% annual contingency bonus Generous plan for paid time off (PTO) (Up to 16 days the first year) 10 Paid Holidays Individual and family insurance coverage: Various medical, vision, and dental plans to choose from HSA Employer match up to $1000, depending on plan 401(k) with employer match Professional Development Potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program QUALIFICATIONS Minimum: Bachelor’s degree; five (5) years of leadership experience in healthcare or behavioral health systems. Preferred: Master’s degree; professional licensure; federal or state grant management experience; suicide prevention experience. Experience working with crisis services preferred. JOB DUTIES Lead system-wide adoption and continuous improvement of the Zero Suicide framework across behavioral health, primary care, crisis services, and community-based systems. Ensure implementation of all required Zero Suicide elements, including leadership engagement, workforce training, suicide risk identification, engagement, treatment, care transitions, and continuous quality improvement. Establish and convene a Zero Suicide Oversight Steering Council to guide implementation, monitor progress, and support accountability for outcomes. Ensure all grant deliverables are achieved. Provide consultation and technical assistance to clinical leaders and frontline staff to support consistent, high-fidelity implementation of suicide prevention practices. Collaborate with the Program Evaluator to develop appropriate data tracking systems and manage review of data for the grant. Provide overall leadership and accountability for the grant, ensuring compliance with SAMHSA cooperative agreement requirements and federal regulations. Serve as the primary point of contact with SAMHSA, including participation in monitoring calls, site visits, SAMHSA-required meetings, and technical assistance activities. Ensure timely submission of all required programmatic, performance, and financial reports, and coordinate responses to monitoring findings. Collaborate with internal training leadership to plan and oversee suicide prevention training for clinical and non-clinical staff. Develop and maintain strong partnerships with community stakeholders, including public health agencies, crisis services, hospitals, law enforcement, schools, and advocacy organizations. Promote alignment and coordination across grant-funded initiatives to maximize organizational learning, efficiency, and sustainability of suicide prevention efforts. Ensure complete, accurate, and timely submission of all reports. Use internal performance data and community-level findings to guide quality improvement and prevention strategy, including alignment with public-health-led Suicide Fatality Review (SFR) activities. Support development of sustainability strategies to maintain suicide prevention capacity beyond the grant period. Oversee project data collection, reporting, and analysis to ensure compliance with SAMHSA grant requirements and to inform continuous quality improvement and project implementation. Serves as the primary liaison with the state/local Health Department epidemiologist to support data sharing, evaluation activities, and population health analysis. Other duties as assigned. IN RELATION TO ADMINISTRATION Adhere responsibly to all NorthKey policies and procedures. Adhere to confidentiality in all matters about client information. Maximize efficiency and effective use of time in maintaining accurate and punctual time reporting. Attend internal meetings relating to responsibilities and duties. Maintain a professional and business-like manner in dealing with all internal staff, Board members, state and governmental staff, sub-contractors and vendors of NorthKey. Represent NorthKey in a professionally appropriate manner. NORTHKEY COMMUNITY CARE - COMPANY OVERVIEW Since 1966, NorthKey Community Care (NorthKey) has provided quality, evidence-based mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services to the Northern Kentucky region with the commitment to providing the right service, at the right time, and in the right place. With multiple convenient locations throughout the Northern Kentucky region (Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Grant, Carroll, Gallatin, Pendleton, and Owen counties), NorthKey offers a wide array of mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services unparalleled in the region. Join our team to help us fulfill our mission of Transforming Lives and Communities Through Excellence in Mental Health, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities Services!