H-CAP
Healthcare Career Advancement Program

Executive Director

Remote

 

About H-CAP
The Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) is a 501(c)(5) national labor-management organization that works with affiliates of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), employer partners, and workers to design healthcare workforce development programs and policies that advance job quality and equity. H-CAP also staffs the H-CAP Education Association, a 501(c)(3) organization that brings together labor-management training partners across the country. 

Our mission is to transform healthcare workforce development and to support caregivers to better meet the need for quality care in a rapidly changing industry. We are committed to fostering value and equity in healthcare careers and to helping employers recruit, retain, and support healthcare workers to meet their needs and the needs of our communities.

H-CAP works with employers, unions, and workers to deploy high-quality training to support the healthcare industry at a time of unprecedented system transformation. These training programs seek to lift workers, address workforce shortages for employers, and ensure that healthcare continues to fulfill its promise as a primary engine of the economy, both nationally and locally.

H-CAP’s industry partnerships span 17 states plus Washington, DC, including more than 1,000 employers and over 700,000 workers across every healthcare setting—from home care to skilled nursing facilities to clinics and hospitals—training tens of thousands of healthcare workers each year. H-CAP supports our network of SEIU labor-management training partnerships to deliver innovative, worker-centered educational programs that enable workers to build skills, knowledge, and access opportunities for career advancement.

H-CAP Priorities

• Highlight the value and benefits of a labor-management approach to address current and future workforce development needs in the healthcare industry and build a national network of labor-management training organizations in healthcare.
• Support partners in current and new states in creating innovative, worker-centered training and educational programs and provide technical assistance for training program delivery in multiple modalities.
• Disseminate best practices that support recruitment and retention, education and skills enhancement, and career mobility for healthcare workers.
• Work with unions to ensure training programs are built with an emphasis on worker voice and participation
• Expand Registered Apprenticeships in healthcare.
• Support policy development to advance job quality and equity and address occupational segregation.
• Advance H-CAP’s research agenda to build a national collaborative of employers, unions, labor-management training partnerships, and policymakers to promote innovation, quality career education, job quality, equity, and workforce mobility.

Policy and Research Work

• Support policies that focus on building an equitable caregiving infrastructure and create career pathways for healthcare workers.
• Unite diverse stakeholders in confronting the links between systemic racial and gender inequities and poor job quality in long-term care.
• Increase education and implementation of Registered Apprenticeships in healthcare across sectors.
• Provide resources and points of collaboration with industry partners and think tanks to share best practices.
• Keep abreast of emerging trends in workforce development, education, the job market, and ensure worker voice is at the forefront of policies.

About the Position
The Executive Director is responsible for advancing the strategic goals and vision of H-CAP. This role provides leadership across all aspects of the organization and fosters the development of new and innovative strategies that promote growth, impact, and long-term success.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage and direct the work of a team of 13 fully remote staff members.
• Manage the direct the budget and program of the H-CAP and the H-CAP Education Association, the 501(c)(3) partner of H-CAP.
• Build and sustain an internal organizational culture aligned with H-CAP’s values, commitment to equity, and goal of becoming an anti-racist organization.
• Lead strategic planning and coordination of H-CAP programs, projects, services, and policy initiatives.
• Coordinate the planning, implementation, and evaluation of H-CAP programs
• Partner with organizational leaders to identify high-priority initiatives, advance key strategic policy goals, drive cross-funded stakeholder engagement, and model team-based leadership.
• Create and implement a long-term external funding strategy.
• Lead H-CAP’s work on Registered Apprenticeships, including securing grants and contracts to expand Registered Apprenticeships in healthcare.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with union and management representatives, healthcare partners, government entities, external stakeholders, and potential funders.
• Prepare and present reports to the Board, Executive Committee, and external public and private funders.
• Stay current on major healthcare industry, union, and labor issues nationally.
• Maintain consistent and regular communication with the Executive Committee regarding progress and problem-solving strategies.

The Ideal Candidate
The next Executive Director will be a dynamic, credible, and unifying leader who engages people at all levels and demonstrates deep commitment to the mission and long-term success of H-CAP. This individual is a strategic, big-picture thinker capable of delivering high-quality services valued by members and partners.

Candidates must demonstrate a strong personal investment in advancing the well-being of low-wage workers and bring proven leadership experience, political and business acumen, and the ability to balance external relations with internal management.

Leadership Attributes

• Lead courageously: Build and protect the strength, reputation, and image of H-CAP while engaging and inspiring staff around a shared vision and mission.
• Demonstrate principled leadership: Exhibit personal courage, integrity, professionalism, and decisiveness.
• Build talent pipelines: Hire, mentor, develop, and retain a diverse, cohesive, and highly effective team.
• Foster collaboration: Create systems, tools, and resources that support teamwork, high performance, and accountability.
• Prioritize worker well-being: Build worker-centric programs and demonstrate a strong commitment to improving the lives of healthcare workers.
• Advance racial equity: Promote equity-centered practices that enable effective collaboration across diverse and cross-cultural communities.
• Project Management: Manage projects and budget for multiple, simultaneous projects.

Communication Skills

• Inspire trust through honest, consistent, and transparent communication.
• Communicate effectively in writing and speaking across formal presentations, one-on-one interactions, and group settings.
• Actively listen to members, Board leadership, staff, and stakeholders.
• Develop communications that speak to the importance of raising the profile of health care workers and their stories
• Promote open, direct, and respectful communication.
• Build alignment among groups with diverse viewpoints and interests.

Development Skills

• Position H-CAP as a compelling candidate for external funding.
• Develop and implement a multi-year strategy for stable, sustainable funding.
• Build strong relationships with foundations and other funders.
• Craft a compelling narrative that inspires funders to want to support H-CAP’s mission and programs.

Collaboration Skills

• Develop and maintain mission-critical relationships with union leaders, healthcare employers, community partners, funders, business and civic leaders, policymakers, and the media.
• Build consensus through facilitation, collaboration, and relationship-building.

Strategic Planning Skills

• Translate long-term vision into actionable short- and long-range plans.
• Identify opportunities arising from political, social, economic, demographic, and environmental trends to strengthen H-CAP’s effectiveness.

Desirable Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing organizational change, including communication, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to articulate and inspire commitment to a clear, mission-aligned vision.
• Strong delegation and staff development skills, with experience leading and supporting a remote team.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or at least seven years of experience managing a large, complex nonprofit, association, government, or business entity. 
• Experience in healthcare workforce development, labor or trade associations, and union partnerships is strongly preferred.

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $150,000 – $170,000. Benefits include:

• Four weeks of paid leave
• Sixteen combined sick and personal days annually
• Fully paid family health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid defined benefit pension plan 
• 401(k)
• Thirteen paid holidays
• Pre-tax health and childcare savings accounts
• Life and Disability insurance

This is a remote position that requires travel within the United States, United States’ Territories, and Canada.

Application Process
Please submit a résumé and cover letter. The position will remain open until filled. To be considered for the first round of interviews, application materials must be submitted by March 15, 2026.

Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Rebecca von Loewenfeldt at Rebecca.vonloewenfeldt@hcapinc.org. 

All applications must be submitted through https://hcapinc.bamboohr.com/careers/31?source=aWQ9MTk%3D

H-CAP embraces diversity and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. We do not discriminate or tolerate discrimination and believe that an inclusive environment strengthens our organization and our ability to serve caregivers, clients, and communities.