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Thank you for your interest in joining the PolicyLink team!

PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works. PolicyLink collaborates with a broad range of partners to implement strategies to ensure that everyone—including those from low-income communities of color—can contribute to and benefit from economic growth and prosperity. Among our regional equity approaches is equitable development, a comprehensive local, regional, and state framework emphasizing equitable public investment, the fair distribution of affordable housing, and community strategies to improve health. 

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Senior Associate - Health Team (New York, NY)

SENIOR ASSOCIATE - HEALTH TEAM 

100% FTE
Salary commensurate with experience

This professional level position, available immediately, is an exciting opportunity to join the staff at PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national research and action institute that works to advance policies at the federal, state and local level to achieve economic and social equity. Please visit our website at: www.policylink.org.

Program Description:

The PolicyLink Center for Health and Place weaves research and action into policy initiatives to ensure that everyone—especially those in low-income and communities of color—can live, work, and play in healthy environments. The Center works with a host of partners on efforts to push for policies that allow people to live in communities of opportunity. One such initiative—the national Healthy Eating, Active Living Convergence Partnership—is a collaborative of national funders seeking to create Healthy People in Healthy Places (HPHP) through multi-field, equity-focused efforts focused on policy and environmental change. One of the Convergence Partnership’s core strategies is to promote and support such efforts in the field, recognizing that regional convergence initiatives is an essential step in advancing a national movement towards HPHP. The steering committee includes representatives from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, The California Endowment, the Kresge Foundation, and Nemours. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serve as a technical advisor to the Partnership. PolicyLink serves as Project Director working to coordinate the various efforts underway and assist in strategic thinking about future goals and strategies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as a resource and support for national convergence activities
• Provide technical assistance and support to regional convergence initiatives
• Track and assess national and regional trends and model policy and environmental change strategies that improve food and physical activity environments
• Supervise staff as appropriate and work with partner organizations to coordinate activities and events
• Build relationships with staff at foundations and other relevant groups to foster connections and communications between national partnership and regional convergence sites
• Conduct interviews to identify policy opportunities and assess strategic directions
• Create and oversee tracking and monitoring systems to manage TA requests, inquiries and outreach efforts
• Develop policy briefs and other written documents; conduct trainings as needed
• Travel approximately twice a month

 Qualifications/Skills:

• Experience in public health and/or public policy, particularly in the areas of social determinants of health, health disparities and inequities, food and physical activity environments, and other related fields. Minimum of 7 years of professional experience.
• Masters degree in public health, planning, or policy (e.g., MPH, MPP, MPA)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and analytical skills
• Experience in advocacy, technical assistance, writing reports and articles, and conducting trainings and public speaking
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work as a self-starting member of a team.

How to apply:

Send cover letter and resume to:

PolicyLink -- Senior Associate -- Convergence Partnership Search Committee
55 West 39th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
or fax to (510) 587-1113 or email to jobs@policylink.org (Include subject line: “[Your name] (Senior Associate-Convergence Partnership)."

Position open until filled.

Excellent benefits including paid vacation, health, vision and dental insurance and 401(k) retirement plan.

Please note: No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

PolicyLink is committed to maintaining a diverse, multi-cultural working environment.