Program Officer, California Funders for Boys and Men of Color/My Brother's Keeper (Hybrid)
Program Officer, California Funders for Boys and Men of Color/My Brother's Keeper (Hybrid)
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$ 88700 - 98000
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Job Description
Who we are:
Sierra Health Foundation is a private philanthropy with a mission to invest in and serve as a catalyst for ideas partnerships and programs that improve health and quality of life for all Californians. The foundation is committed to improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities through convening educating and strategic grant-making.
Sierra Health Foundation is an equal opportunity employer; we value employees with diverse backgrounds expressions and experiences. The more diverse our team is the stronger well become. With the common goal of forging a new path to promote health racial equity and racial justice in our communities we want and need a team that can bring their unique perspectives and stories to the table to best support our communities. Health Foundation currently operates on a hybrid work schedule with core in-office days of Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays and optionaltelework days on Mondays and Fridays.
Please attach both a resume and cover letter with your application.
SUMMARY: The Program Officer will be based out of the Sacramento office and is responsible for the day-to-day implementation and management of the California Funders for Boys and Men of Color (CFBMoC) and My Brothers Keeper Sacramento by supporting community partners to build their capacity for policy and systems change and culturally rooted healing practices coordinating hub activities overseeing and monitoring community partners grant activities and leveraging and strengthening relationships with community- based organizations nonprofit organizations public sector institutions and agencies and other funders to advance health well-being and equity consistent with the program goals.
CFBMoC is a statewide network of funders committed to removing structural policy and practice obstacles to educational health and economic opportunity for Californias boys and young men of color ensuring they thrive academically socially and economically. MBK Sacramento brings systems leaders advocates community partners youth-serving organizations and young people together to address health education employment and justice system disparities for young men of color through policy advocacy systems change and support for effective programs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Program Support
- Act as the primary lead responsible for managing the program.
- Actively engage in the community and region in order to advance grantmaking strategies through partnerships with nonprofit organizations public sector institutions and other funders to further the efforts of the program.
- Responsible for developing with community partners the initiatives strategies and engaging organizations within the funding region for strategic opportunities to implement the initiatives. In addition the Program Officer will work with the program team and other departments to develop strengthen and implement the programs internal processes to better serve the community partners and the goals of program.
- Build and strengthen relationships with community partner grantees to better understand the challenges and opportunities they face in their respective focus areas in advancing program goals.
- Provide and coordinate technical assistance to community partners and grantees that is responsive to demonstrated needs and ensures maximum impact. This includes convening coordinating and leading workshops and roundtable discussions informed by community partner input.
- Maintain an understanding of project implementation challenges and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.
- Coordinate the planning and management of all grants virtual and in-person statewide regional and general meetings informed by community partner input.
- Enable ongoing communication about program partners by organizing and managing regular conference calls and coordinating regular electronic updates.
- Prepare briefings and background papers on selected topics. This includes coordinating external partnerships and consultants research preparing the content and overseeing final production.
- Act as a subject matter expert and resource especially as it relates to systems-level changes. This requires attending meetings and conferences and giving presentations as well as reviewing articles and research.
Grants & Contracts
- Lead all grantmaking aspects of the program. This includes working with the Program and Admin/Finance Teams to review and assess proposals monitor grant work and conduct due diligence (i.e. site visits of pending and active projects).
- Manage grants/contracts from funders and consultants under the direction of the supervisor. This includes as assigned acting as the liaison with the funders monitoring and ensuring funder contract/award obligations are met meeting funder reporting requirements and interfacing with other Foundation departments on related issues.
- Work with the Senior Management Team to identify and cultivate grant funding. Assist with securing additional funding opportunities for the grantmaking program of the with potential local and national funders for future growth opportunities. Work with the Foundation and Center staff to prepare grant applications for additional funding.
- Assist community applicants in improving proposal quality and providing constructive critical analysis of strengths and weaknesses of funding proposals workplans and reports related to supported work.
- Work with the supervisor Evaluation Director and other members of senior management to develop and implement an evaluation plan for initiatives.
- Work with the supervisor Communication Director and management to develop and implement a communication strategy.
Foundation & The Center
- Initiate strategic alliances with key public officials Foundation stakeholders and community partners to advance the Foundations goals and initiatives.
- Represent the Foundation and The Center at public forums committees and other venues.
- Actively participate in capturing developing sharing and effectively using knowledge.
- Initiate and oversee specific projects for the Foundation or The Center as assigned by the supervisor.
- Work collaboratively with Foundation and The Center colleagues in quality assurance processes.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Work closely with the finance and accounting department to monitor grantees spending and tracking.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position supervises program support staff.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
- A Bachelors degree in health policy public health community development public administration or a related field and/or five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in health-related program or policy arena. Demonstrated significant experience coordinating multi-party collaboratives and/or collective impact models with a policy and systems change or community power-building focus with documented impact.
- At least three (3) years experience in philanthropy as a grant maker grants administrator and/or grantee.
- At least five (5) years of experience specifically in state and/or local policy ideally with community health or equity as a focus.
- Demonstrated experience advancing equity building organizational and community capacity and working with low-income immigrant and communities of color for sustainable change that advanced health and equity.
- Experienced and informed of trends activities and strategies in the social determinants of health and justice fields.
Language Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking presentation and group facilitation skills.
- Ability to read analyze and interpret common financial reports and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information to top management public groups and/or Board of Directors.
- Ability to speak read and write in another language is desirable.
Computer Skills
- Must be proficient in Windows Microsoft Office Outlook database software and internet use.
- Ability to learn and/or experience with cloud-based systems; examples include Salesforce Concur Zoom Teams Mailchimp and Constant Contact.
Certificates Licenses Registrations
Local and in state travel is required for this role. Must have reliable transportation. When using a personal vehicle must have a current valid drivers license and be insurable under the Foundations insurance policy.
Other Skills and Abilities
- A commitment to prioritizing a DEI lens in their work and/or lived experience.
- Prioritizing passion with a visionary mindset for the Foundations mission is essential.
- Demonstrates ability to initiate and promote public policy initiatives and expertise in working with policymakers policy advocates and the media.
- Broad knowledge of public health including federal state and county policy issues.
- Knowledge of healing-centered social determinant approaches with diverse cultural populations.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituencies and build consensus among a broad range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge of program development implementation and evaluation methods health promotion and policy and general management concepts.
- Demonstrates effective leadership and relationship-building skills.
- Executes effective project management and budgeting.
- Ability to read financial budgets.
- Support the grant life cycle monitor progress and performance support grantee partners to address/communicate resolving any issues that may arise
- Demonstrates the ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Team orientation and skilled at working collaboratively with co-workers and organizational partners (i.e. effectively applying active listening diplomacy and consensus-building skills negotiating roles and responsibilities with internal and external colleagues).
- Demonstrates and organized approach to effectively manage multiple projects involving a variety of internal and external collaborators.
- Demonstrates flexibility and ability to perform in a fast-paced organization.
- Demonstrates entrepreneurial orientation to work.
- Significant travel time might be required.
- Leader in program design and strategic knowledge in collaboration with teams.
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION
Sierra Health Foundation offers a competitive salary and benefits package. The hiring range for this position is $88700-$98000 annually. As part of the Foundations commitment to compensation equality and transparency our practice is not to consider salary counters above this hiring range.
Benefits include Medical Dental Vision Life and AD&D Short-Term and Long-Term Disability as well as an Employee Assistance Program Student Loan support and discount program. Employees receive paid holidays vacation and sick leave. Retirement benefits are provided through our 401(k) which includes employer matching up to 6%. Additionally we prioritize employee wellness by offering a Wellness Reimbursement program and wellness-paid time off throughout the year. Further details can be shared during the hiring process.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
