What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Health Advisor position at Grantmakers in Health?
If you are:
- Passionate about improving health and wellbeing and ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
- A great communicator, able to synthesize information and distill key trends, challenges, and implications, both in writing and verbally.
- A natural connector, good at networking, making meaningful connections, bringing people together, and spreading ideas far and wide.
- Excited about leveraging philanthropy as a powerful force for change.
- A strategic thinker with a track record of designing and implementing programming to advance health equity goals.
Able to work collaboratively with different stakeholders to advance organizational priorities.
We have the perfect opportunity for you!
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is looking for a seasoned equity professional who enjoys working across internal teams and with philanthropic stakeholders to improve health outcomes for all. The Senior Advisor for Health Equity will draw upon a deep knowledge of equity and inclusion, public health and policy, and the field of health philanthropy to achieve GIH strategic objectives, drive organizational growth and revenue, and support GIH Funding Partners.
We are looking for someone with:
- Substantive experience helping organizations incorporate equity into their programmatic work and internal processes.
- Experience developing health equity programs for nonprofits, government agencies, or foundations.
- Experience in policy and advocacy at the local, state, or federal level.
- Experience in research, data analysis, report writing and presentations.
- Experience in building partnerships and forming and managing coalitions across sectors.
- Excellent verbal and written communications and facilitation skills.
- Experience designing and writing funding proposals and liaising with funders.
- A graduate degree and at least five years of relevant work experience or a bachelor's degree and at least seven years of relevant work experience.
Who we are:
GIH is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the health of all people. Our mission is to foster communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.
The Senior Advisor for Health Equity will:
- Report to the President and CEO.
- Work with all GIH teams (Programs, Communications, Development, and Finance and Administration) to ensure that organizational programming and strategy are anchored in equity and inclusion.
- Provide support to Funding Partners to advance their diversity efforts, through strategic guidance, webinars, publications and in-person meetings.
- Partner with other philanthropy support organizations and stakeholders to advance equity and inclusion efforts within philanthropy.
- Represent GIH externally by effectively communicating about GIH, highlighting the work of health philanthropy, giving presentations, and collaborating with grantmakers and other organizations.
What we offer:
- A competitive salary of $135,000 to $165,000 based on experience.
- Paid vacation, personal, and sick leave to encourage work life balance and a generous benefits package.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance along with voluntary life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
- The option to participate in our Health Care, Dependent Care, and transit flexible spending accounts, and to purchase supplemental insurance such as accident or hospital insurance through Aflac.
- Eligibility to participate in our retirement plan upon hire, including a matching contribution and, after one year of employment, a generous discretionary contribution.
- Hybrid work environment: This position is based at GIH's office in Washington, DC. Employees are expected to be in the office three days per week, with Tuesdays being required for all staff.
To Apply:
To indicate your interest in this position, please submit the following information (please include your last name in all filenames when uploading materials. (For example: SrAdvHE.LastName.CoverLtr)
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Salary requirement
- At least two supervisory references and one professional colleague reference (including name, title, organization, phone number, and email)
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Salary : $135,000 - $165,000
