About PIH-US

Partners In Health United States (PIH-US) is the U.S. arm of Partners In Health (PIH), a nonprofit, social justice organization. We envision a future in which health is a human right, not a privilege in the United States. We seek the transformation of health and social systems so that structures of oppression no longer determine the quality or length of a person’s life.

PIH-US accompanies visionary public health and community partners working to build strong, integrated, community-led health systems across the U.S. PIH-US currently supports local health departments, health providers, elected officials, and community leaders to define clear health and racial equity agendas, and provides technical advising and operational support to deliver on those commitments. Our current focus communities include Montgomery, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Immokalee, Florida; Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; North Carolina; and Pima County, Arizona. We capture learnings from across this network to mobilize resources, advance policy change, and lay the groundwork for stronger community health systems nationally.

Position Overview

The Project Lead will lead PIH-US’ work supporting and strengthening the community-based workforce in Massachusetts through programs, policy, and coalition building. The Project Lead will continue to manage a collaborative initiative, Advancing Community-Driven Mental Health,focused on supporting community-based social service organizations (CBOs) in Massachusetts to incorporate a mental health intervention known as Problem Management Plus (PM ). Leveraging lessons learned from PIH, the program has equipped front-line CBO staff with the knowledge and skills to address common mental health conditions for clients in their community and support them in reducing problems of mental health care accessibility. The Project Lead will ensure that the program continues to be implemented successfully by overseeing technical assistance and accompaniment to the CBOs, establishing and navigating internal and external relationships with participating partners, creating and implementing systems and processes for efficient project management, and sharing learnings and best practices. The position will work closely with, and have a dotted line of reporting to, PIH’s Cross-Site Mental Health team, who will serve as the technical experts in adapting and implementing community-based mental health interventions.

The Project Lead will also continue to establish PIH-US’ presence in the Greater Boston area and more broadly throughout the state by identifying and implementing additional areas of support to existing and new partners, cultivating relationships with local community organizations and local government departments, sharing learnings with the broader PIH-US, Massachusetts, and cross-site teams, and contributing to PIH-US Massachusetts’ strategic planning process.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Advancing Community-Driven Mental Health Program (50% of time).

• Design and oversee new systems and processes to provide implementation support and accompaniment to CBOs, including one-on-one coaching and technical assistance, inter-partner communication and knowledge management, and work plan and timeline development and tracking.
• Design and implement systems for managing internal cross-site PIH teams and external partners, including upward management and influence of senior leadership.
• Plan and execute Learning Community sessions for grant partners.
• Convene regular check-in meetings, provide regular email updates, and conduct other methods for ongoing communication and information sharing with partners.
• Ensure adherence to grant requirements and adequate communication with the funder and other partners, in close partnership with PIH’s Development team.
• Manage the grant budget, including preparation, regular monitoring of expenses, and satisfaction of grant reporting requirements.
• Develop, engage, and maintain strong relationships with partner organizations.
• Collaborate with grant partners to ensure that lessons and best practices are captured and disseminated externally.
• Support curriculum development, adaptation, and training activities, as well as project-related monitoring and evaluation activities, in close partnership with PIH’s Cross-Site Mental Health team.

Establish and expand PIH-US’ programming and policy work in Massachusetts to support a strong and sustainable community-based workforce (50% of time).

• Cultivate collaborative relationships with additional local community organizations, coalitions, government departments, healthcare providers, and other relevant stakeholders in Massachusetts.
• Support the community health workforce through coalition participation and building, and working collaboratively to identify policy, system, and environmental change solutions to cross-cutting issues.
• Increase access to culturally and linguistically competent training and programming for the community-based workforce.
• Identify additional programmatic partners in the Greater Boston area; create and implement additional areas of technical assistance and strategic support.
• Partner with the PIH-US leadership team to design and implement strategic planning for PIH-US’ presence in Greater Boston and Massachusetts as a whole, including fundraising, budgeting, and hiring strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, required, preferably in a field related to public health, public policy, social work ,or social science. Advanced degree in a relevant field preferred.
• 6-8 years of experience in public health, local government, consulting, and/or community-based program development, management, and administration required.
• Knowledge of the public health and social service landscape in Massachusetts and established existing relationships with relevant organizations.
• Demonstrated cultural competency with expertise working with diverse, multi-lingual individuals and communities. Keen ability to build trust with others.
• Demonstrated experience independently and effectively managing and prioritizing a complex project in a fast-paced organization and setting involving multiple stakeholders and work streams, including upward management of senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience working in policy/advocacy, or community organizing preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with external partners in an advisory capacity.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Strategic mindset and ability to think creatively around program objectives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve goals.
• Demonstrated experience designing strategy, establishing relationships, and shaping a new program in collaboration with multiple partners and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and health equity.
• Ability to work in-person in Greater Boston & throughout Massachusetts, as needed.
• Knowledge of mental health interventions preferred.

All applications for this role should include a cover letter.