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Program Officer

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Augusta, Maine, USA
Full-time

The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) seeks dynamic, innovative candidates to join our mission-driven team for a full-time (30-40 hours/week) Program Officer position.  MeHAF is Maine's largest statewide, private health care foundation, with a mission to promote quality health care, especially for those who are uninsured and underserved, and improve the health of everyone in Maine.

MeHAF achieves this broad mission through a set of goals and strategies that are anchored in advancing equity.  Within this framework, the Program Officer will develop and manage program activities including grants, policy research, technical assistance, learning and information dissemination, partnership development, and community engagement.  

Position details:  This staff person will take a combination of lead and secondary roles in several of the program areas outlined in the MeHAF Strategic Framework.  The ideal candidate is a strategic, creative thinker who is adept at cultivating collaborative relationships with diverse groups, and who brings knowledge, capacity, and experiences that broaden those of the MeHAF team.  Program Officers must have strong networking, relational, and analytic talents to support community engagement, program design, implementation, monitoring, and improvement.  Such work relies on working closely with communities, partner organizations, applicants, and grantees, and requires exceptional interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.  We seek candidates with proven ability to navigate complex systems and structures and the power differential that may exist between organizations, including between a foundation and its collaborators, applicants, and grantees.  Specific program areas will be assigned based on expertise and interests of new and current team members.   Subject area expertise in behavioral health (including substance use disorder) and/or maternal and child health is desirable, but more important is the ability to plan, implement, and adapt programs while building relationships with diverse communities across the state, thus contributing to MeHAF's ongoing organizational learning and development.  

Qualifications:   Nine years’ combined highly relevant paid or unpaid experience and/or education post high school.  Relevant fields include, but are not limited to:  public health or health, community organizing, public policy, or community development.   Experience with groups who face disproportionate barriers to health care and health is strongly desirable.  In addition, prior experience with nonprofit organizations, health care delivery and public health as well as philanthropy can be helpful.  See the position description for more details.  

MeHAF is an equal opportunity employer and seeks applicants who will contribute to the diversity of its staff.  The MeHAF office, based in Augusta, serves as the primary work site, and we require that employees live in Maine. Staff lives in a variety of urban and rural communities in southern, central, and coastal Maine.   MeHAF has a telecommuting policy that allows some work from home.  With this recruitment, we may consider a new employee who could be based in Piscataquis, Aroostook, Washington, or Hancock Counties.

 

How to Apply: 

For further details about the position (including a detailed job description) and information on how to apply, please visit our website (www.mehaf.org). Interested applicants should send a cover letter, describing their commitment to MeHAF’s goals and values, and a resume that highlights relevant paid and unpaid experience they would bring to advance achievement of MeHAF’s mission, to Dani Kalian ([email protected]) by August 30, 2019.  The position will remain open until filled.

Organization Info

Maine Health Access Foundation

Overview
Headquarters: 
Augusta, Maine
About Us
Mission: 

Who We Are and What We Believe

Our work is defined by a bold vision and foundational organizational mission, and framed by a guiding set of operational values rooted in achieving health equity across all components of our work.

Our Vision: We envision a Maine where all people and communities are healthy and well.
Communities across Maine will thrive when all people in Maine are able to lead healthy, productive, and purposeful lives. In this vision, all voices are heard, and all people have what they and their families need to be healthy and well.

Our Mission: To promote access to quality health care, especially for those who are uninsured and underserved, and improve the health of everyone in Maine.

MeHAF works with nonprofit partners and key leaders in the public and private sectors to advance initiatives and policies that help those who face barriers to access health care services and achieve optimal health. Each year we provide approximately $4 million in grant and program funding to support activities aligned with our mission.

Our Values: As Maine’s largest independent health philanthropy, our work is driven by six core values:

EQUITY. We believe that all people in Maine should have access to quality, affordable health care and have good health. We commit to working across services, systems, and sectors to achieve fair and just health outcomes for all. We strive to include and amplify the voices of people who are marginalized, under-represented, or underserved.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. We believe that we can learn from the insights and experiences of people in communities across Maine. We solicit a broad range of ideas and opinions to inform and shape our work, welcoming perspectives that challenge our assumptions and enhance our understanding. We strive to engage others with respect and humility and in ways that are culturally and linguistically competent. We understand that our knowledge will continue to grow as we learn from the expertise of others.

COLLABORATION. We believe that success depends on building honest and respectful relationships with partners from all sectors and by fostering shared purpose among and across communities, constituencies, and organizations throughout the state.

CREATIVITY. We believe that the best way to cultivate and fuel bold ideas is by supporting diverse organizations to build their own capacity and by bringing people together to explore new approaches to address common goals. We balance pursuit of specific strategies with a spirit of flexibility, recognizing that innovation lies in embracing opportunities and ideas generated by a variety of organizations and individuals.

TRANSFORMATION. We believe in approaches that build the decision-making power of individuals, families, and communities to engage in and ensure the quality, responsiveness, and sustainability of systems change. We acknowledge that advocacy is an important lever to bring about change. We support systems-level approaches that improve health care delivery, expand coverage, enhance quality, reduce costs, ensure access, and advance population health.

INTEGRITY. We believe in developing and disseminating objective information to foster shared learning and understanding. We elevate and promote successful approaches to improving the health of our priority populations. Individuals who are uninsured and underserved are included as organizational advisors and leaders. We evaluate our own work and are transparent about our accomplishments and the areas that need improvement. We ensure wise stewardship of the Foundation's financial resources and make strategic use of our human resources to achieve our mission.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Aug 5 2019
Active Until: 
Sep 5 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Maine Health Access Foundation
industry: 
Nonprofit