Senior Program Officer

Colorado Health Foundation; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking foundation dedicated to health equity as a Senior Program Officer. In this dynamic role, you'll craft and implement strategies that drive community change, engage in meaningful conversations, and manage impactful grants. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, you'll work collaboratively across departments, leveraging your skills in critical thinking and relationship building to create lasting change. This full-time position offers a robust benefits package and the opportunity to make a significant impact in communities throughout Colorado.

Benefits

Robust benefit and wellness package

401(k) match

Generous paid leave programs

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in community change and health equity.
• Experience with capacity building and community development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies for community engagement.
• Manage grants and collaborate with various departments.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Strategic Agility

Community Engagement

Health Equity

Relationship Building

Project Management

Coaching and Consultation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The Foundation is excited to announce an opening for the position of Senior Program Officer (SPO). This position is responsible for the development and implementation of the organization's strategies. It necessitates holding an enterprise-wide perspective and having the ability to both craft strategy and implement it. This position requires active community engagement and listening in order to discern between potential paths of action and choose the one that will create impact. The SPO will recommend and manage grants, and work collaboratively with the Foundation's other departments, including policy, communications, impact investing and learning and evaluation to leverage opportunities for strategic impact. The Senior Program Officer will lead the Foundation's Community Solutions priority, as well as be part of our locally-focused work and our Capacity Building and Advocacy priorities.

At the Foundation, we believe keeping equity at the heart of our work will lead to better health for ourselves, our organization, our communities and our state. This starts internally, including intentional application of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices to guide how we operate and work in communities across Colorado. For example, our cornerstones are designed to help ensure that :

• We serve Coloradans who have less power, privilege and income, and prioritize Coloradans of color.
• We do everything with the intent of creating health equity.
• We are informed by the community and those we exist to serve.

Candidates must have a personal commitment and connection with our mission and cornerstones; work well in ambiguity and managing change; and proactively identify opportunities to advance our mission while remaining grounded in the day-to-day responsibilities. They will need to be able to apply principles of health equity and racial justice across all of their work, as well as integrate concepts of strategy formation and refinement, systems thinking, complexity, adaptive / emergent strategy, worldviews and power.

Ideal candidates will :

• feel comfortable engaging in complex, nuanced conversations around health equity and the Foundation's strategies and centering race in our work.
• be skilled at critical thinking, problem solving, strategic agility, and have an ability to make decisions and see paths forward even when there is considerable ambiguity.
• create conditions that allow internal and external groups to plan, develop and implement work, including facilitation of those groups.
• provide coaching, consultation, and other support to internal staff, as well as people and organizations externally, that allows them to tap into their capacity in a way that helps them accomplish their goals.
• enjoy the challenge of crafting the big picture strategy, while also figuring out how that needs to be turned into action and executing accordingly.
• have the attention to detail required of managing a large workload of multiple projects and relationships in a fast-paced and ever evolving workplace, without losing sight of our mission.
• excel in developing relationships with various partners and stakeholders; producing written summaries and recommendations; managing multiple projects with consistency, timeliness and accuracy; exhibiting a high level of self-awareness and a desire to learn.
• have a deep understanding of the communities we serve, including communities of color, rural communities, and neighborhoods or regions that face the greatest health inequities.
• have a broad understanding of the social determinants of health, policy and advocacy, capacity building, community change work, and philanthropy.
• be able to work both independently and collaboratively, within and across teams.
• have motivation to identify issues, innovate solutions, take initiative, and continuously improve practice.

Senior Program officers are actively engaged in their assigned regions and communities, which requires a minimum of 40% travel throughout Colorado. A valid Colorado driver's license is required for travel throughout the state.

A Bachelor's Degree that prepares you to do the work of community change, centering health equity and eight years of experience. Preference will be given to applicants with extensive experience in capacity building with community organizations, community development, and place-based experience. Background with immigrant and refugee communities preferred.

It's an exciting time to join the Foundation whose assets include a complex investment portfolio valued at approximately $2.6 billion and whose annual grant making is in excess of $100 million. Additional benefits are a robust benefit and wellness package, 401(k) match, and generous paid leave programs. The starting range for this $141,500-$173,300 paid as salaried, exempt and is eligible for all CHF benefits. This is a full-time position in Denver, Colorado with the exception of required travel.We work on a hybrid schedule of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in office (required) and Thursday and Friday remote. Qualified candidates should submit their resumes and cover letters, stating which position(s) interest you, on the Colorado Health Foundation's website ( www.coloradohealth.org ).

This position closes on March 31, 2025.

The Colorado Health Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.