Sr. Program Officer Full Time

Summary:

The Senior Program Officer assists in strategically developing, managing and evaluating a portfolio of grants and initiatives aligning to MHM goals. The Senior Program Officer assists/advises nonprofit organizations through the entire application and reporting process, from concept development through evaluation results. He/she is expected to develop and maintain a variety of relationships in the community, including regional funders, demonstrating tact and diplomacy.

Salary:

Annual salary rate begins at $62,339.00. Mid range at $77,923.00. Actual starting rate will be commensurate with experience and education.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties:

• Monitors a strategically themed and aligned portfolio, ensuring strong relationships with funded partners, programmatic accountability and compliance with the grant agreement and goals.

• Supports the development of trust-based grantmaking by understanding key tenets and best practices.
• Identifies, cultivates and maintains strong relationships and communication with a variety of external partners ensuring key stakeholders and MHM staff are kept appropriately informed and engaged, timely and consistently.

• Develops and manages a diverse portfolio of partners who are addressing the social determinants of health and systemic barriers to achieving health equity.

• Serves as a key point of contact and source of expertise for MHM’s work with partners and coalitions, including leading working groups, delivering presentations and coordinating trainings as needed.
• Develops and manages project scopes and schedules, ensuring deadlines and deliverable commitments are met.

• Assists grantees with the development, evaluation and revision of program-specific deliverables and outcomes, grant agreements, reporting requirements, compliance requirements, and other information.

• Conducts evaluative site visits and program audits to build and maintain positive grantee relationships while reviewing grantee program impact, compliance, and opportunities for capacity building.

• Develops shared metrics and deliverables across a strategic portfolio, to determine whether a strategy is effective.
• Looks for potential connections among partners and develop collaborative grant projects, increasing the impact of MHM’s investments.

• Compiles and analyzes information to support assessment, evaluation, and reporting program progress.
• Produces statistical and program reports for leadership use with the Board of Directors and Board Committees.
• Assists with determining the type of investments MHM may want to pursue, and which investments would have the greatest community impact. Makes recommendations for strategically aligned grantmaking opportunities.

• Stays current on grantmaking evolving practices and works to incorporate best practices into MHM’s work.
• Works closely with MHM Accounting Department on details of grant terms and compliance.
• Serves as a connector, working with public and private entities, grantees, and other stakeholders to expand MHM’s positive impact on health outcomes and grantee capacity.
• Interacts appropriately with all levels of staff, including Directors and CEOs.

• Represents MHM at community meetings and events as needed.

• Mentors/coaches team members as needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Proven experience as program manager, including experience planning programs and projects from start to completion, delegating tasks, setting deadlines and milestones
• Expertise in convening, stakeholder engagement, and group facilitation, especially with underserved and historically marginalized populations
• Demonstrated process-oriented approach to work, and an ability to bring clarity and direction to ambiguous assignments
• Good organizational, leadership, and communication skills and a positive approach to working with peers and external partners
• Expert self-starter who can work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work

Additional Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with healthcare, clinical operations, and/or Social Determinants of Health
• Experience with process development, program evaluation, and impact measurement methods (e.g., logic models, theory of change, design thinking)

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree required. At least 5 years’ experience in grant-making, community development, community engagement and/or related fields preferred, including 3 years managing a portfolio of grants as the employee of a funder required. Experience creating partnerships and successfully managing internal and external relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders preferred. Basic knowledge of budgets and financial statements preferred. Experience managing or serving on grant review teams is preferred.

Language Skills: Able to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or government regulations. Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers as well as the general public. Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Must be able to write routine reports, and correspondence. Must be able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization (diverse audiences). Must be fluent in English. Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Mathematical Skills:

Able to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, and statistics. Strong data visualization/presentation skills preferred

Reasoning Ability:

Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Able to interpret a variety of instructions written, oral, diagrams or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

Adept at Microsoft Office Suite with high level skills in PowerPoint and data visualization. Skill in utilizing a database to store, sort, and extract user-friendly data to support a grantmaking endeavor. High level of competence with a grant management database such as Blackbaud GIFTS Online preferred.

Travel:

Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to community partner sites, MHM clinic and program sites, convenings, and conferences

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

May require some evening/weekend work.

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