Rural Partnership Strategist & Project Coordinator

Partners In Development; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Partners In Development seeks a Rural Partnership Project Analyst and Coordinator (Temporary) to advance rural partnership strategy for family and community well-being. The role connects PIDF leadership with rural communities, health organizations, and partners to plan, coordinate, and ensure accountability.

The position emphasizes research, cross-sector collaboration, and implementation readiness, with a focus on keeping timelines and decisions visible and aligned with community input and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; field as listed above.
• At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in project coordination, program development, applied research, partnership development, community engagement, healthcare, education, human services, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to research complex topics, assess sources, synthesize qualitative and quantitative information, and translate findings into clear recommendations and action plans.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-party projects, facilitating meetings, tracking decisions and deliverables, and moving work forward without direct authority over all contributors.
• Strong writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including experience preparing proposals, concept papers, pitch materials, reports, or executive briefings.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with families, community leaders, frontline staff, executives, healthcare professionals, funders, and public-sector partners.
• Working knowledge of spreadsheets, presentations, shared-document systems, project tracking tools, and basic data visualization or reporting.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within Hawaiʻi, interisland travel, and occasional evening or community-scheduled activities.

Responsibilities

• Research the needs, strengths, priorities, existing resources, service gaps, and opportunities of rural and Native Hawaiian communities and identify partnership models that can improve family and community well-being.
• Synthesize research, community input, program data, partner guidance, policy requirements, workforce approaches, and funding conditions into concise findings, decision briefs, presentations, landscape analyses, and practical recommendations for PIDF leadership and partners.
• Map existing services, community assets, prospective partners, referral pathways, organizational capacity, and service gaps across priority rural communities.
• Track relevant public and philanthropic funding opportunities, policy developments, financing approaches, and partnership opportunities that may support implementation and responsible expansion.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, social science, education, public policy, business, community development, or a related field

Job description

Partners In Development seeks a Rural Partnership Project Analyst and Coordinator (Temporary) to advance rural partnership strategy for family and community well-being. The role connects PIDF leadership with rural communities, health organizations, and partners to plan, coordinate, and ensure accountability.

The position emphasizes research, cross-sector collaboration, and implementation readiness, with a focus on keeping timelines and decisions visible and aligned with community input and