Position Title: Project Lead, Community Engagement & Advocacy (North Carolina), PIH-US

Reports to: Director, North Carolina, PIH-US

Location: North Carolina (required), with travel throughout the state several days per month (<20%)

Position Type: Full-time (may include evenings)

About PIH-US:

Partners In Health United States (PIH-US) is the U.S. arm of Partners In Health, a nonprofit, social justice organization. We envision a future in which health is a human right, not a privilege in the United States. We seek the transformation of health and social systems so that structures of oppression no longer determine the quality or length of a person’s life.

PIH-US accompanies visionary public health and community partners working to build strong, integrated, community-led health systems across the U.S. PIH-US currently supports local health departments, health providers, elected officials, and community leaders to define clear health and racial equity agendas, and provides technical advising and operational support to deliver on those commitments. Our current focus communities include: Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Immokalee, Florida; Newark, New Jersey; New Bedford, Massachusetts; North Carolina; and Pima County, Arizona. We capture learnings from across this network to mobilize resources, advance policy change, and lay the groundwork for stronger community health systems nationally.

Position Overview:

The Project Lead will join the PIH-US North Carolina team to lead advocacy and community engagement efforts in support of technical advising and implementation accompaniment efforts at the state and local levels. Complementing PIH-US public sector accompaniment, the Project Lead will oversee strategy and implementation of advocacy efforts to advance policies that deepen investment in the community health workforce, empower community-based organizations to tackle today’s biggest issues, and strengthen local public health and health systems in North Carolina. The Project Lead will additionally lead PIH-US North Carolina community engagement efforts including statewide, regional, and local partnerships with the goal of ensuring community partners have the resources, relationships, and power necessary to identify, respond to, and meet the needs of the communities they serve. To achieve these goals, they will work closely with the PIH-US North Carolina technical advising (TA) team, advocacy team, marketing & communications team, and key external partners.

Responsibilities:

Community engagement (25%)

• Provide strategic leadership for, administrative and managerial oversight, and monitoring of PIH-US community engagement strategy across North Carolina
• Cultivate and facilitate collaborative relationships with statewide, regional, and local community organizations, coalitions, and other relevant partners across the state including health and human service organizations
• Supervise expansion of the North Carolina Community Collaborative partner network, partner convening, and technical advising of community-based organizations
• Oversee the development of materials and implementation of training related to community engagement capacity building efforts

Advocacy (25%)

· Lead development of and oversee implementation of PIH-US North Carolina advocacy strategy with a focus on investing in the community health workforce, empowering community-based organizations, and strengthening local public health and health systems

· Provide strategic advising and subject matter expertise to PIH-US staff and key allies to organize and manage coalitions of diverse organizational allies to build power behind advocacy campaigns

· Manage PIH-US North Carolina advocacy staff and collaborate closely with PIH-US advocacy team to execute advocacy strategies at the state and local level

· Lead the PIH-US North Carolina team in research, writing, editing, and publishing of policy papers, policy briefs, advocacy materials, reports and articles, and internal messaging through collaboration across teams, including Policy & Advocacy, Marketing and Communications, and Learning & Impact

Strategy development and broader partner engagement (25%):

· Identify and develop new opportunities together with PIH-US North Carolina leadership and key community partners for PIH-US to add value and maximize impact with advising support

· Liaise with Senior Project Lead, Public Sector and Systems Accompaniment to develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders in relevant government agencies and with other implementing and technical partners and manage communication channels to ensure continuity and transparency across partners

· Lead, facilitate, and organize meetings among the project partners, both in person and virtually

Project and grant management (25%):

· Manage and supervise 1-3 internal PIH-US project staff

· Oversee project management plan and approve project documents to support implementation

· Oversee project deliverables, including reports and other materials, to ensure highest quality standards are met

· Liaise with the Technical Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning to evaluate project performance across multiple workstreams using appropriate key performance indicators and project metrics for internal PIH-US reporting and external reporting to funders

· Provide regular reports on program and work progress to PIH-US leadership team, and liaise across other PIH-US teams

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in relevant fields related to public health desirable

· 6-8 years of experience in public health or community program development and implementation

· 4+ years of policy advocacy and community engagement required

· Experience collaborating with community health workers, community mobilization and engagement, and between public health or other governmental programs in North Carolina or other similar areas preferred

· Strong experience with or understanding of state-level legislative process with a track record of providing advice to and influencing policy makers

· Proven experience crafting and executing strategy for innovative initiatives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve goals, particularly in partnership with community partners

· Demonstrated experience in independently and effectively managing and prioritizing several projects simultaneously in a complex and fast-paced setting across numerous partners.

· Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills; ability to build strong professional relationships with staff and leadership across a diverse range of departments, organizations, and experience levels.

· Demonstrated cultural competency with expertise working with diverse, multi-lingual individuals and communities. Familiarity with the communities being served and keen ability to build trust with others.

· Sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information with discretion

· Grant writing and reporting experience preferred

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word

· Commitment to social justice and health equity is essential

Anticipated Salary: $100,000.00

Organizational Profile

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the world’s leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments’ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.

As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.