Senior Program Officer, Equity and Grants Management; HF

Posted on December 10, 2019

At the Horizon Foundation, we are leading community change so that everyone in Howard County can live a longer, better life. As the largest independent health philanthropy in Maryland, we run innovative initiatives, collaborative partnerships, strategic grantmaking and thoughtful advocacy campaigns – all geared toward improving health and wellness in our community.

When you join the Horizon Foundation, you are joining a team that is committed to addressing serious health challenges in Howard County. Since 1998, the Foundation has invested more than $55 million in 300 community programs. Our track record shows we are making progress. For example, we successfully piloted fresh fruit and salad bars and new school lunch menus, leading to the school system’s expansion of the changes to all 41 elementary schools.

We launched a racial equity learning collaborative with five grantee organizations and hosted a racial equity summit with 600 community members attending. And we led a community-wide initiative to change the norms around sugary drinks that resulted in a 20 percent drop in soda sales.

We are seeking a Senior Program Officer to lead innovative areas of work particularly in the areas of racial equity and grants management. This position is integral to helping the Foundation achieve its impact goals.

This position will report to the Chief Program Officer (CPO) and work closely with the program staff in addition to other internal stakeholders and the broader community. Certain applicants may possess the additional experience, skills, and abilities, to be considered for a higher level, Program Director, position.

• Lead all equity-related initiatives of the Foundation including helping to develop strategic direction of work moving forward, engaging communities of color to help them build power, interacting with other foundations/peers in the region/nation doing similar equity work, overseeing and recruiting equity consultants, managing related grantmaking, community awareness events, and training programs and facilitating a grantee collaborative exploring equity-related policy campaigns. To learn more about the Foundation’s current equity work, see http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org
• Administer the Foundation’s grantmaking process. Serve as the Foundation's principal contact with potential grant applicants and as the administrative contact for all awarded grantees. Along with the CPO and other program staff, analyze and evaluate external grant requests related to assigned priority areas including the strength of the proposed grant activity, outcome measures to be achieved and the organization's health and stability.
  
  Contribute to the development and monitoring of quality and performance indicators. Lend staff support to the Foundation’s Grant Committee.
• Provide creative, innovative and thoughtful leadership in program development, program funding and program execution. Contribute to the design and implementation of existing and new team initiatives. Working closely with the CPO and other program staff, help design the Foundation’s approach to achieving assigned strategic goals and take the lead in implementing program plans to include: (a) recruiting community partners and potential grantees;
  
  (b) contracting with vendors; (c) producing work plans, timelines and monitoring budgets; (d) analyzing public policy changes; and (e) developing accountability measures.
• Offer technical assistance to grantees via grantee meetings, site visits and one-on-one consultation.
• Lead the Howard County Health Assessment Survey process, Grantee Satisfaction Survey process and other data collection efforts of the Foundation, as assigned. Annually, the Foundation surveys its grantees to better understand how to improve its grantmaking and technical assistance function. Periodically, the Foundation and its partners also field a comprehensive health survey of county residents that helps drive joint strategic planning and program development.
• Represent the Foundation at local meetings, committees, task forces and…