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The Center for Hope and Healing is seeking an Executive Director.

PolicyLink is hiring a Senior Associate and an Associate Director.

Team Up for Youth is seeking a Deputy Executive Director.

The UCSF Institute for Health and Aging is hiring a Healthy Community Data and Research Specialist (Job No. N-300).

Contra Costa Health Services is seeking an Injury Prevention and Physical Activity Program Manager with a Focus on Built Environment for their Community Wellness & Prevention Program.

The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is seeking a Director of Advocacy Resources.

Kaiser Permanente is hiring a Program Manager/Program Officer to work with their Community Health Programs and Evaluation.

Game Theory Academy and West Oakland Woods (WOW) Farm are hiring Youth Associates to participate in a year-long business education and farm management program.

Public Health Institute is seeking a Program Administrator, a Program Coordinator, California Convergence, a Program Associate II and a Communications Coordinator, for their work pertaining to Community Transformation Grants.

Berkeley Media Studies Group is seeking a Strategic Communications Specialist.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking a Program Officer.

Public Health Institute is seeking a Project Coordinator.

Latino Coalition for a Healthy California is hiring an Executive Director.

Executive Director, The Center for Hope and Healing
The Center for Hope and Healing is seeking a talented Executive Director. The position is located in Lowell, MA. Download a job description here.

Senior Associate: Health Team, PolicyLink

This professional-level position-available immediately-is an exciting opportunity to join the staff at PolicyLink, located in our New York offices. The job is 100% FTE, and salary is commensurate with experience.

Program Description:
The PolicyLink Center for Health and Place weaves research and action into policy initiatives to ensure that everyone-especially those in low-income and communities of color-can live, work, and play in healthy environments. The Center works with a host of partners on efforts to push for policies that allow people to live in communities of opportunity. One such initiative-the national Healthy Eating, Active Living Convergence Partnership-is a collaborative of national funders seeking to create Healthy People in Healthy Places (HPHP) through multifield, equity-focused efforts focused on policy and environmental change. One of the Convergence Partnership's core strategies is to promote and support such efforts in the field, recognizing that regional convergence initiatives are essential in advancing a national movement towards HPHP. The steering committee includes representatives from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, The California Endowment, the Kresge Foundation, and Nemours. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as a technical advisor to the Partnership. PolicyLink serves as Project Director working to coordinate the various efforts underway and assist in strategic thinking about future goals and strategies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as a resource and support for national convergence activities.
• Provide technical assistance and support to regional convergence initiatives.
• Track and assess national and regional trends and model policy and environmental change strategies that improve food and physical activity environments.
• Supervise staff as appropriate and work with partner organizations to coordinate activities and events.
• Build relationships with staff at foundations and other relevant groups to foster connections and communications between national partnership and regional convergence sites.
• Conduct interviews to identify policy opportunities and assess strategic directions.
• Create and oversee tracking and monitoring systems to manage TA requests, inquiries, and outreach efforts.
• Develop policy briefs and other written documents; conduct trainings as needed.
• Travel approximately twice a month.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Experience in public health and/or public policy, particularly in the areas of social determinants of health, health disparities and inequities, food and physical activity environments, and other related fields. Minimum of 7 years of professional experience.
• Master's degree in public health, planning, or policy (e.g., MPH, MPP, MPA).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and analytical skills.
• Experience in advocacy, technical assistance, writing reports and articles, public speaking, and conducting trainings.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work as a self-starting member of a team.

To Apply: Send Resume and Cover Letter to:

PolicyLink-Senior Associate-Convergence Partnership Search Committee
55 West 39th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018

or: Fax: (510) 663-4358 or e-mail to jobs-at-policylink.org (include subject line: "[Your name] (Senior Associate-Convergence Partnership). Position is open until filled.

Please note: No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Excellent benefits including paid vacation, health, vision and dental insurance, and 401(k) retirement plan.

PolicyLink is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff and a welcoming workplace.

Associate Director, Health: PolicyLink
(Position located in Oakland)
100% FTE
Salary Commensurate with experience

PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works®. PolicyLink collaborates with a broad range of partners to implement strategies to ensure that everyone─including low-income people and communities of color─can contribute to and benefit from economic growth and prosperity. Please visit our website at www.policylink.org.

PolicyLink is working on local, state and national policies to improve access to healthy foods in low-income communities and communities of color. This includes advocacy for policies which support the development of all sorts of healthy food retail from new or redesigned grocery stores, to improved corner stores, to coops and community supported agriculture. In addition, we are promoting urban agriculture, developing policy approaches to enhance and expand innovative projects. The scope of work also includes a variety of research projects, and convening local, state, and national groups along with philanthropy, policymakers, and community leaders to assess challenges and develop solutions.

We are searching for an individual with deep knowledge of healthy food access and with demonstrated experience in food policy and advocacy on the local, state, or national level and, who, in partnership with others, will have achieved significant policy impacts. Our ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, deep connections and access to broad professional networks and the ability to convene diverse constituencies. They should have a passion for improving the lives of low-income communities and communities of color and understand the connections between health and place. Additionally, we are looking for someone with strong communication skills, including facilitation and presentation skills. The associate director will be passionate, curious, team-oriented, able to work under tight deadlines, flexible, and dedicated to the PolicyLink mission. It is also important that our candidate possess the ability to work with others in a collegial team-building environment.

Essential Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be a key staff member of the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place. They will work in collaboration with other team members to develop and implement advocacy efforts to improve access to health food at the local, state, and national level. In addition, they will reach out to the field to identify needs and opportunities for research, capacity building, collaboration, and support to sustain existing efforts. As appropriate, the Associate Director will supervise staff, work across other teams within the organization, and develop reports, proposals, briefing papers and other materials, as indicated. They will build relationships with staff at key foundations, and among practitioners, policymakers, business leaders, and other stakeholders. As needed, the Associate Director will make presentations and represent the organization at various meetings, conferences, and other events. They will be responsible for conducting trainings, participating in research projects, and providing overall coordination and leadership. This position requires some travel.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Experience in public health and/or public policy. Minimum of 7 years of professional experience.
• Advanced degree, such as MPP, MPA, MPH, or MSW or commensurate experience.
• Experience with food access issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience in writing reports and articles.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research preferred, but not required.
• Experience in coalition building, community engagement.
• Supervision and management skills preferred, with strong leadership capacity.
• Experience building relationships with, and providing technical support to, organizations and stakeholders.
• Commitment to economic and social equity issues.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a self-starting member of a team.

To Apply:
Send Resume, Cover Letter, and three Professional References to:
PolicyLink-Associate Director, Health Search Committee
1438 Webster Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94612 or:

Fax to 510-663-4358 or e-mail to jobs-at-policylink.org (include subject line: "[your name]" Associate Director). Position open until filled.

Excellent benefits including paid vacation, health, vision and dental insurance, and 401(k) retirement plan.

Please note: No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

PolicyLink is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff and a welcoming workplace.

Deputy Executive Director, Team-Up for Youth
Team-Up for Youth, creators of Coaching Corps, is looking for a Deputy Executive Director at an exciting time in their development as they expand nationally in order to reach 500,000 young people with the power of a volunteer sports coach trained in youth development while building a national movement focused on using sports as the vehicle for improving health, education, and social outcomes for low-income young people. They are looking for a highly seasoned leader who can be a partner with the Executive Director in strategy development and implementation. The position would oversee all programming, policy, communications/public relations, data and impact-driven evaluation, and public relations. The person should have experience taking outcome-driven initiatives to scale nationally or statewide, a commitment to improving the health, education, and/or social outcomes for young people living in poor communities, and a demonstrated ability to leverage relationships with key stakeholders from a variety of constituencies.

Team Up for Youth are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and are willing to consider relocating the right candidate. Their compensation package is highly competitive. More information can be found at www.coaching-corps.org.

Healthy Community Data and Research Specialist (Job No. N-300), UCSF Institute for Health and Aging
The goal of this project is to enhance public health and health equity in land use planning and policy making. This will be accomplished through providing data, a standardized set of statistical measures, and tools for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of land-use, policy, and environmental changes on health. A set of healthy community metrics provides a common framework for linking health to the community environment, including that impacted by land-use decisions. The framework and indicator set can thus help cities/counties and regional partners develop plans and programs that meet the broader sustainability and equity goals and objectives of the Strategic Growth Council (SGC). The framework and indicators will help to better inform local and state policy makers regarding the potential positive or adverse health impacts of policy and planning decisions, to facilitate more informed decision-making and better plans and programs, and facilitate local health department engagement in planning for healthy communities.

As part of an analysis team, the incumbent will assume responsibility for reviewing the literature on indicator projects, individual indicators, data sources, evidence that links the indicator to health outcomes and health inequity, and research new indicators; synthesize literature and criteria for selecting indicators. Will contribute to the design of a project meta-database; manage the data base including writing queries to generate lists and reports on the status of indicators; and document the database in a written technical document describing its structure and contents (i.e. data dictionaries). Will also be responsible for acquiring data in machine readable format; downloading data from websites and media; organizing and documenting file organization; aggregating data using SAS, Excel, MS Access according to specifications in the meta-database; documenting steps in aggregation in a how-to manual; visualizing data using tools in MS Office suite and ArcGIS; researching and applying statistical principles for estimation of confidence intervals, standard errors and their stability consistent with confidentiality and appropriate use of data; assisting with administrative arrangements to acquire non-public data via commercial vendors, non-profit organizations, and government agencies via MOUs, contracts, or other agreements; documenting project activities in technical reports, including how-to manuals and illustrative reports for users of indicators. Assisting and coordinating with Regional Progress Report indicators project and other Strategic Growth Council data-related groups; develop project work plans; arrange webinar to present indicators and how-to do manual and illustrative document. Arrange follow-up and provide technical assistance at up to 6 locations, document how indicators will be used by stakeholders, and document process and findings of outreach efforts.

Job Function: Data Collection, Analysis, Interpretation, and Visualization

Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's degree in appropriate field such as epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medical sociology, or health economics, (master's degree preferred); 3 years of experience in quantitative analysis and/or population-based research, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; understanding of statistical methods (e.g. epidemiology, biostatistics, econometrics; experience using statistical software for data analysis and management (e.g. SAS, STATA, SPSS, GIS); the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to a variety of audiences is essential, as is the ability to make public presentations.

Preferred: Master's degree in an appropriate field or a doctoral degree or doctoral degree candidate with academic training in an appropriate field, such as epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, public policy analysis, medical sociology, health economics; experience conducting geospatial analyses, analysis of large databases, and/or evaluations; knowledge of chronic disease epidemiology, health inequities, and other public health issues related to planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of land-use, policy, and environmental changes on health.

Submit Applications to: Annabel Paragas, University of California San Francisco Institute for Health & Aging 3333 California St., Ste. 340 San Francisco, Ca 94118. Phone: 415-476-9472. Email: Annabel.paragas-at-ucsf.edu

A complete application will include a cover letter (reference Job No. N-300), curriculum vitae, copies of key publications and most recent syllabi, if any.

Injury Prevention and Physical Activity Program Manager with a Focus on Built Environment, Community Wellness & Prevention Program - Contra Costa Health Services

Be part of the management team for a nationally recognized public health prevention program with an established track record for working on innovative approaches to prevent injuries, promote physical activity, and improve the built environment at the community level.

The Community Wellness & Prevention Program (CW&PP) is within the Public Health Division of Contra Costa Health Services. Our approach to public health prevention involves working in collaboration with diverse communities to improve conditions that contribute to poor health. We identify environmental, social, behavioral and economic factors that influence health and health disparities, support those factors that promote community health, and reduce factors that contribute to sickness, injuries, and premature death.

CW&PP is pleased to announce the opportunity to lead a groundbreaking, multi-faceted project that uses strategies from the Spectrum of Prevention to prevent injuries, promote physical activity, and engage in land use and transportation projects in order to create opportunities for safe physical activity in schools and communities. Specific project areas include: Safe Routes to School, Bike and Pedestrian Plans, Health Impact Assessments of Land Use and Transportation Projects, Urban Greening, General Plans and more. Reporting to the CW&PP Director, the Injury Prevention & Physical Activity Manager's responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, and evaluate projects that encourage physical activity and create safe community and school environments that encourage physical activity
• Supervise team of program coordinators, health educators and community health workers
• Oversee budget, financial and program reporting for multiple projects
• Develop and implement policies that focus on using land use and transportation (built environment) strategies to promote safe physical activity in Contra Costa
• Partner with city, county and school district staff to integrate physical activity promotion into existing activities, future planning, and policy development
• Partner with community residents, collaboratives and organizations to decrease pedestrian and bicycle injuries and increase physical activity in school and community settings
• Research funding sources, best practices in the field, and write grant proposals to support project activities
• Oversee evaluation of program activities and monitor levels of injury and physical activity in the community
• Conduct training, workshops, and in-service presentations with community residents, professional audiences, community leaders and stakeholders
• Represent the Injury Prevention & Physical Activity Project in the community, at local and regional meetings, to elected officials and in the press

Candidates must demonstrate:

• Knowledge of current best practices and policies to prevent injuries, promote physical activity and integrate health with land use and transportation planning
• Experience in managing and integrating complex projects with multiple deliverables and funding sources; expertise in monitoring budgets and contracts from multiple funding sources
• Experience in strategic program planning and implementation including familiarity with using the Spectrum of Prevention to address public health issues; experience in the development and implementation of public policy
• Experience in supervising, training and engaging a diverse group of staff in program planning
• A track record of successful grant writing and use of quantitative and qualitative evaluation strategies
• Ability to collaborate effectively with elected officials, city staff, community groups, residents and professionals from the fields of planning, engineering, emergency response; skill in leading, facilitating, and participating in coalitions and collaboratives
• Expertise in oral, written, and electronic communication to a diverse array of audiences with different experiences and perspectives

Minimum Requirements: Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Public Health or a closely related field; one (1) year of full-time experience, or its equivalent, in a health care organization, public health agency or community program performing program management. Substitution: Possession of a Baccalaureate degree with a major in public health or related filed and two years of full-time experience in a public health agency or community program may be substituted for the master's degree requirement. One additional year of experience may be substituted for the required major. No substitution is permitted for a baccalaureate degree.

Salary and Benefits: $60,913- $74,040 depending on experience; county benefits package

To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to Marta Rincon, 597 Center Avenue, Suite 125, Martinez, CA 94553 or marta.rincon-at-hsd.cccounty.us. NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.

Contra Costa Health Services is committed to creating a diverse workforce at all levels of employment. People from diverse communities are highly encouraged to apply.

Contra Costa County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Position open until filled.

Director of Advocacy Resources, The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Help guide the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity's rapidly-expanding work on food marketing to young people. Coordinate and lead the Rudd Center's work to educate and inform community organizations about issues related to food marketing, and develop resources to help identify and implement appropriate strategies for intervention.

Essential Duties

• Develop a comprehensive advocacy liaison strategy for the Rudd Center, focusing on food marketing to children and adolescents, and communities of color.
• Build and maintain advocacy relationships by identifying and serving as a liaison between community advocates and health- and child-related NGOs.
• Educate advocacy groups about food policy and obesity, marketing, and the food environment via briefings, webinars, conferences, presentations, and other methods as appropriate.
• Provide expert/technical assistance to advocates from community organizations pertaining to obesity and marketing issues, including creating strategic plans, agenda setting, message framing, policy options, etc.
• Produce fact sheets, reports, and other written materials for distribution on the website and/or in written form; work with Communications Director to ensure website is up-to-date.
• Represent the Rudd Center at meetings, conferences, and speaking engagements.
• Monitor and analyze local and state legislation, policymaking, and regulatory activity regarding food marketing.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff at the Rudd Center to carry out the Center's mission.

Education and Experience
Master's degree in a related field or law degree and two years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Firsthand knowledge of advocacy processes.
• Experience working with a wide range of groups, including low-income people and communities of color.
• Familiarity with health care/nutrition issues.
• Experience in public speaking/presentations.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Excellent public speaking skills for multiple audiences.
• Ability to travel within and outside Connecticut.

Please apply for this position through Yale's job posting website. You can search this position by the Requisition ID Number: 15190BR.

Program Manager/Program Officer, Community Health Programs and Evaluation, Community Benefit - Kaiser Permanente
This position would provide mid-level technical and project management support to the Community Benefit Department's community health programs and evaluation efforts. Reporting to the Vice President for Community Health, this position would work closely with and be supervised by the senior program manager for community health programs and the director of program evaluation.

Key Tasks: Community Health Programs

• Under the direction of the Senior Program Manager, develop and implement community health partnerships with philanthropic partners, public health agencies, community-based organizations and other external partners
• Develop and monitor grants including reviewing and providing feedback on grant proposals, developing staff write-ups for Board and contributions committee review processes, conducting quarterly check-in calls and follow-up on key grant milestones and managing the entry and update of grants data in GIFTS
• Develop grant-making strategies and coordinate with regional colleagues on co-investments, ensuring the national grantees deploy effectively in KP regions
• With guidance from the Senior Program Manager, facilitate KP's inter-regional Community Health Initiatives Workgroup: develop agendas and assure follow-up to monthly meetings; developing and executing the annual CHI Academy; manage the development and dissemination of the HEAL Happenings newsletter; support other peer-learning efforts.
• Support the development and track progress of regional strategic plans for Community Health Initiatives; consultant regional colleagues on implementation challenges and adjustments.
• Provide content expertise to the Community Health team and to internal partners in the area of community-based prevention, policy and systems change and environmental strategies to improve healthy eating and active living.
• Support the team's role in executing on KP's Total Health agenda with a focus on healthy schools initiatives, KP healthy workforce efforts and/or clinic-community integration aspects of obesity prevention and treatment.
• Prepare manuscripts for publication, other communications materials and presentations for senior leadership and external audiences
• Represent KP's Community Health Initiatives effort at scientific meetings and conferences

Evaluation Tasks

• Under the direction of the Director for Program Evaluation, provide technical assistance to regions to develop and implement program evaluations, develop evaluation contracts and build evaluation capacity
• Supporting the business functions of evaluation by supporting contract management and managing IRB approval
• Support deployment of a program-wide Community Health Needs Assessment utility, working closely with and managing the work of internal partners (i.e., the Utility for Care Data and Analysis) and external vendors
• Staff the inter-regional work group on CHNA to support peer-to-peer learning and the deployment of best practices around needs assessment
• Serve as a technical expert to the department and the program on population health measurement

Skills and Experience

• An MPH, MPP or similar advanced degree
• At least 5 years experience with a foundation or public health agency developing and managing grants, and developing prevention programs
• Expertise in environmental and systems change
• Experience developing, implementing and managing program evaluation
• Strong analytical and communications skills
• Familiarity with clinical prevention and/or health education

Youth Associates, Game Theory Academy and West Oakland Woods Farm
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Community Transformation Grant - open positions, Public Health Institute
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. They offer a wide array of career opportunities both in our administrative offices and in their many programs. More information is available here.

Strategic Communications Specialist, Berkeley Media Studies Group
Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) is seeking a full time strategic communications specialist. BMSG is committed to helping public health professionals and community advocates engage the news media strategically to advance healthy public policies. The strategic communications specialist will help to advance the field of media advocacy by co-authoring BMSG publications and providing tailored technical assistance to support advocates in developing and carrying out their media advocacy plans. As part of the BMSG training team, they will develop and conduct media advocacy trainings for BMSG clients. Our clients work on public health policy issues including violence prevention, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco control, reproductive health and other issues. Learn more.

Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a nationally recognized philanthropic organization specializing in the health care needs of all Americans, is currently seeking a program officer to work in Research and Evaluation (R&E) with the Childhood Obesity Team. The Foundation, with $9 billion in current assets, has existed as a national foundation since 1972 and is dedicated to improving the health and health care of all Americans through grant making, communications efforts, the design and implementation of initiatives, and the dissemination of knowledge. The R&E strategy is to provide better information for better decisions by highlighting lessons learned from our investments and by providing a useful knowledge base designed to assist the efforts of colleagues in the health and health care fields.

The Foundation currently seeks a program officer to work with the Childhood Obesity team whose goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by improving access to affordable healthy foods and increasing opportunities for physical activity in schools and communities across the nation.

Program officers in the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Unit are professional staff responsible for creating, developing, implementing and managing the research and evaluation aspects of the Foundation's initiatives to improve health and health care. Their primary responsibility is to work with team directors, team members and executive staff to design and implement research and evaluation strategies that generate impact congruent with the specific objectives of the teams and the Foundation. They are also responsible for the development and management of performance measurement systems, and the maintenance of the publications and research portion of the RWJF website to disseminate findings from research, evaluation and policy investments.

This position is a three-year renewable term appointment.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications include completion of Ph.D. or experience equivalent to a Ph.D. degree in public health, public policy, economics, psychology or related fields or experience equivalent to an advanced degree and three (3) or more years of relevant experience. A combination of education and experience may be substituted for the education requirements. Successful candidates must have experience and leadership potential in childhood obesity and in developing innovative, break through programs in health and health care. Interest in policy analysis with experience in state and local policy is desirable.

HOW TO APPLY:
Click here for more information about this position. Click here to submit your resume and letter of interest.

APPLICATION DEADLINE DATE:
December 31, 2011

Project Coordinator, Public Health Institute
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally and internationally. PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 "Best Non-profit Organizations to Work For" by the Non-Profit Times in a national search. PHI is seeking a full time Project Coordinator for the Health in All Policies. This position is located in Sacramento, CA.

The Food Procurement Project Coordinator works collaboratively with a team of Health in All Policies staff at the California Department of Public Health to support the development and implementation of healthy and sustainable food procurement policies for California state agencies. Primary responsibilities are: 1) Research, prepare, and disseminate a report summarizing current state procurement policies and practices; 2) Through a collaborative process, develop guidelines outlining healthy food procurement nutrition standards and location-efficient procurement practices for state agencies, including model policy language and recommendations; and 3) Secure commitment from at least one state agency to implement a healthy and/or location-efficient food procurement policy, and work with that agency to implement this policy.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Research existing best practices weekly in the areas of healthy and location-efficient food procurement through key informant interviews with state agency and external experts and review of published and gray literature.
• Collaborate with partners weekly to develop policy guidelines including an individual implementation plan for a pilot policy. This will include a needs assessment at the focus agency(ies), baseline data collection, identification of policy champions, stakeholder engagement, intervention development, training of relevant parties, and assessment of changes.
• Research existing laws, regulations, and policies governing state food procurement weekly and develop a summary report.
• Communicate with state agency and community partners monthly to gather resources, information, and feedback as materials are developed.
• Conduct key informant interviews monthly to assess the nature of state spending on food, including the types of foods currently being purchased.
• Coordinate the monthly review and approval of guideline documents by state agency partners.
• Prepare grant progress and final report materials semi-annually.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree is required. A Masters degree in public health, public policy, nutrition, or a related field preferred.
• 3 years experience in public health, public policy, nutrition, or a related field
• Understanding of the public health approach to primary prevention of chronic disease and the role of policy, environment, and systems change in improving population health
• Understanding of the relationship between diet and health, federal dietary guidelines, and the health and environmental benefits of local food production, purchase, and consumption
• Policy analysis skills, including the ability to develop and evaluate policies and make policy recommendations
• Ability to analyze, think critically, and understand public policies that are relevant to public health, healthy eating, and sustainability
• Qualitative research skills, including the ability to conduct key informant interviews, synthesize existing research, design data collection mechanisms, and write reports
• Strong writing and editing skills, including experience developing policy reports and incorporating feedback into work products
• Strong verbal communication skills, both in a one-on-one setting and in small groups
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to conduct background research, including literature reviews
• Ability to oversee and manage work plans
• Ability to plan and facilitate meetings, build consensus, and work collaboratively
• Ability to arrange meeting logistics and take detailed meeting notes
• Ability to communicate technical material to a lay audience
• Advanced computer skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently with little supervision and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work as a member of a team

Compensation:
This is an exempt position and the salary is commensurate with experience. PHI offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability insurance, life insurance, 403b (group retirement annuity) and partial subsidy of public transportation cost. For more information about PHI's benefits, visit our benefits page here.

How to apply: To apply for this position click here. We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer. No phone calls, please.

Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
The Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) - the only statewide organization with a specific emphasis on Latino health - was founded in 1992 by health care providers, consumers and advocates to address Latino public policy and advocacy; community education and research. These functions relate to LCHC's three key strategic areas: access to health care, prevention, and community health. The Executive Director serves as the head and most visible advocate of the leading organization in the state for addressing health concerns of the Latino community through public policy and advocacy. The Executive Director oversees the development and implementation of LCHC's operational and policy strategic plan and serves as its chief fundraiser and spokes person. Specifically, s/he is responsible for financial management and reporting, fundraising, program development and implementation, public policy and advocacy, managing staff, board development, and communications. Download the full job description.