Description

Gilead Community Services is seeking a Chief Administrator of Addiction and Psychiatric Services

Gilead Community Services seeks a mission-driven and experienced executive leader to serve as Chief Administrator of Addiction and Psychiatric Services. This role provides clinical and administrative oversight across multiple programs and levels of care – including residential addiction treatment, outpatient psychiatric and substance use services, and related supports – and plays a central role in driving agency-wide strategy, culture, and growth.

Why This Role Matters

For over 50 years, Gilead has delivered high-quality, person-centered services that support recovery, independence, and community integration. Unlike large healthcare systems, our work is grounded in real relationships. We know our clients by name and we put their needs first, even when the system doesn’t make that easy.

This is a pivotal leadership role at Gilead, newly defined through a strategic expansion of our senior team. As the Chief Administrator of Addiction and Psychiatric Services, you’ll provide executive-level oversight across a portfolio of critical programs – partnering closely with our CEO and other senior leaders to guide strategy, shape agency culture, and ensure high-quality care for individuals with severe and persistent mental health and substance use challenges.

How You’ll Make Your Impact

Oversee strategic, clinical, and operational leadership

Lead a diverse portfolio of addiction and psychiatric programs, totaling approximately 75 staff across multiple service lines and levels of care.
Ensure alignment with Gilead’s mission and recovery principles – prioritizing trauma-informed, client-centered, and evidence-based care.
Work closely with the Medical Director and Business Director to ensure clinical excellence, financial sustainability, and regulatory compliance.

Set direction and drive agency-wide priorities

Play a key role in strategic planning, organizational initiatives, and cross-agency leadership as part of the Executive Team.
Provide leadership in risk management, complex case consultation, and response to regulatory inquiries and audits.
Support program and service development – including grant writing, expansion planning, and ASAM-aligned care model evolution.
 Lead teams and build talent

Supervise two senior department directors and a business director, and provide executive mentorship to clinical managers and supervisors.
Support strong staffing practices, professional development, and a culture of accountability and compassion.
Provide in-service training, consult on complex staffing or client matters, and guide organizational policy development.
 Represent Gilead with integrity

Build and sustain partnerships with state agencies, municipalities, funders, and community providers.
Regularly interface with high-level officials – including monthly meetings with DMHAS and other oversight bodies.
Advance Gilead’s reputation as a values-driven provider committed to meeting the needs of Connecticut’s most underserved populations.

This Role Might Be for You If You’re:

A clinically grounded, systems-minded leader: You’ve led complex behavioral health programs with confidence and compassion, bringing together teams, systems, and strategy. You know what good care looks like, and how to build it.
Poised for executive impact: Whether you’re already in an executive leadership role or ready to step into one, you bring the strategic perspective, operational savvy, and collaborative approach needed to help lead Gilead forward.
Strong in the storm: You thrive in high-intensity, fast-moving settings. Whether it’s a regulatory visit, a staffing crisis, or a clinical emergency, you keep a level head and lead with purpose.
 

Requirements

What You Bring:

Licensed clinical leadership: You’re an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or PhD with at least 10 years of experience overseeing addiction and psychiatric services, including supervision, program administration, and strategic leadership.
A steady hand in complex systems: You’ve led in high-acuity, fast-paced environments with confidence and calm, managing risk and guiding teams without losing sight of what matters most.
Fluency in regulatory and funding systems: You understand how compliance, clinical care, and fiscal realities intersect in Connecticut’s behavioral health landscape, and you know how to lead within that framework.
Executive presence and collaboration: You’re comfortable engaging with state agencies like DMHAS, DPH, DSS, and DDS, and bring the clarity and professionalism needed to represent Gilead at the highest levels.
A client-centered, mission-driven mindset: You lead with both compassion and accountability, setting a tone that’s grounded in values, not just metrics.
A valid driver’s license and automobile insurance

What’s a Bonus (But Not Required)

Experience in program development, expansion, or procurement
Background in 1115 waiver environments
Strong facility with clinical data, performance metrics, and evaluation tools
A sense of humor and grace under pressure – because when the pace is fast and the stakes are high, a little levity goes a long way.

We Offer:

Starting salary of $145,000 to $170,000 annually. 
Generous paid time off (up to 4 weeks paid vacation, 13 holidays, 2 paid personal days, 12 sick days).
Truly affordable medical, dental and vision benefits that save you nearly 50% more than the national average.
Investment in your future through our 403(b)-retirement plan and match, scholarship programs, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities.
Peace of mind with free long-term disability insurance and affordable short- and long-term life insurance options.