Health Initiatives Specialist (Chicago/Hybrid)
Feeding America is hiring a Health Initiatives Specialist.
Responsibilities:
• Takes direction from Manager/Director of Health Initiatives to implement project tasks, processes and analysis for Food & Health capacity building initiatives (e.g., food as medicine, and healthcare partnerships focused), progressing key project components and coordinating with team members, appropriate personnel, and/or consultants in a timely and clear fashion.
• Collaborates with Health Initiatives manager and director to define project goals, program design and deliverables and to draft and manage project budgets. When appropriate, delegates tasks to team members, appropriate personnel, and/or consultants to support key project activities and deliverables.
• Support in the implementation of Feeding America’s enterprise-level Health Impact efforts and Holistic Supports strategies, as well as any other related strategies, providing guidance and consultation to key FANO and network food bank stakeholders to support implementation of these strategies, as appropriate
• Support collaborative efforts across departments, to support the evidence building, translation, and dissemination of models, programs, and partnerships that seek to improve key outcomes, build capacity, and inform continuous learning across the network.
• Support the facilitation of trainings, technical assistance and sharing of knowledge and resources to the network and other stakeholders via a range of modalities, including toolkits, design and facilitation of workshops, trainings, and peer-learning spaces, documenting and disseminating key learnings and resources with internal and external audiences.
Education/Experience:
• Three or more years of experience in non-profit, private sector or healthcare roles at increasing levels of responsibility. Specific experience in the Food as Medicine programming, public health, community health or health policy space strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in program implementation and service delivery, technical assistance and capacity building, and continuous quality improvement.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Experience collecting, analyzing and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative data; familiarity with evaluation methods preferred. Comfortable leveraging technology to support project implementation; proficiency in platforms such as Excel, SmartSheets, Salesforce, SharePoint or similar tools preferred.
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