National Service Director - Various Locations

Job Summary:

The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) National Service Director leads and develops a dedicated team to establish a national network of benefits professionals equally prepared to serve the needs of  Warrior, family support member, and caregiver across the spectrum of Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and both Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Benefits Administration (VHA) benefit claims and inquiries.

The National Service Director establishes priorities, sets, and enforces standards, and implements accountability measures to achieve consistent high quality, responsive, and professional service to Warriors.

The National Service Director serves to amplify the work of WWP Government and Community Relations’ efforts in the National Capital Region by bolstering relationships with senior members of the VBA, VHA, DoD, other federal agencies, and National Service Officers of like-minded non-profits and for-profit organizations.

NOTE: This is one position available at various WWP locations! 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review team, individual, and process data on a regular basis to determine progress, anticipate needs, and make necessary adjustments to personnel or processes.
• Examine qualitative and quantitative data to identify operational challenges, trends, and underlying issues and infer possible cause-effect relationships that have potential impact on benefits team processes, organization, and prioritization.
• Explore and support innovative approaches to process improvement that have the potential to extend the benefits team workload capacity.
• Assess and communicate team’s national caseload capacity and support innovative approaches to increase efficiency and capacity to serve Warrior referrals and claims.
• Set and maintain the appropriate levels of standardization in policy, process, and procedure across all benefits team regions.
• Collaborate with other program directors to create shared understanding of team goals.
• Achieve a national network of service officers capable of providing high quality service to Warriors across the entire spectrum of the benefits claims process.
• Develop annual training plans that address the priority training requirements and hold leaders accountable to provide this training to service officers, coordinators, and specialists.
• Establish and maintain the conditions to support teammates in meeting the program key performance indicators in the Wounded Warrior Project strategic plan.
• Demonstrate effective resource management and oversight of the team’s adherence to WWP policies and practices.
• Represent Wounded Warrior Project as the senior subject matter expert on all matters relating to benefits policy with the Veterans Benefits Administration and Department of Defense.
• Represent Wounded Warrior Project in matters relating to legislative changes having potential impact on Warriors’ access to benefits.
• In collaboration with the Government and Community Relations (GCR) team, develop WWP’s policy positions related to benefits and claims for warriors, family support members, and caregivers.
• Establish and maintain relationships with senior members of the VBA, VHA, DoD, other federal agencies, and National Service Officers of like-minded non-profits and for-profit organizations responsible for benefits and claims policies.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Comprehensive understanding of the Veterans Benefits Administration rules, policies, and practices and their impact on filing, updating, and, if necessary, appealing Warrior compensation claims.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills to analyze data and operational processes, and remaining open to innovative approaches to improve efficiency, production, and quality.
• Demonstrated understanding of relationship management and partnering. Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals, collaborate, and establish and build effective working relationships with individuals in leadership and key community roles.
• Strong presentation skills. Confident communicator, with demonstrated ability to present information effectively to large audiences, small groups, and individuals, and serve as lead representative of the organization across VA and DOD benefits related topics.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to motivate, coach, and educate staff members while fostering a strong team mentality.
• Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
• Unwavering commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct.
• High energy level and demonstrated initiative.
• Mission-driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.

Required Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree. Equivalent combination of education, experience, training, and certification may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Ten years’ experience in a leadership role with veteran service organizations, the Veterans Benefits Administration, or with other organizations that serve veterans and their claims needs.
• Five years of experience working across Veterans Benefits Administration technology and information management systems.
• Three years of experience using Salesforce.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license.