Career Opportunities for Community Impact
Open Positions - Creating a more equitable future for Eastern Massachusetts
Full-Time Vice President of Program and Grantmaking
Job Summary
The Vice President, Program and Grantmaking plays a key role in overseeing the Foundation’s programs that are advancing health equity through a focus on community health and health access.
Reporting to the President, the Vice President is a critical member of the senior leadership team and will oversee programs that are advancing health equity through a focus on community health and health access. The Foundation's grantmaking emphasizes collaborative, place-based grantmaking that addresses social and economic factors to create generational change.
The Vice President will enhance the Foundation’s grantmaking to improve health in Eastern Massachusetts while fostering cross-sector partnerships, maximizing resource impact, and building the visibility of the Foundation’s contributions to the fields of social impact and health equity. The Vice President supervises program staff.
Education & Experience Required
Advanced degree in a relevant field required.
10+ years of senior leadership experience.
Leadership experience across multiple sectors, including philanthropy, grantmaking, and cross-sector partnerships, with a strong background in building and leading high-performing, mission-driven teams and creating scalable impact. Government experience is a plus.
Experience in engaging with government, business and community leaders across diverse backgrounds.
Demonstrated depth of experience building and sustaining high-performing teams, with a focus on developing internal organizational capacity and excellence.
Skills & Knowledge Required
Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and scale complex initiatives with sizeable and measurable social impact.
Demonstrated ability to lead and support high-performing teams in a collaborative nonprofit environment and create shared leadership structures that achieve measurable community impact with mission-aligned outcomes.
Commitment to health equity and the mission of the Foundation.
Ability to apply a racial justice, disability justice, and gender equity lens to programs and work products as well as staff culture.
Understanding of the grantmaking process, equitable grantmaking practices and change management at the organizational level. Expertise in leveraging philanthropy to drive social change.
Expertise in health, community health, and social determinants of health.
Understanding of systems change and power building, with experience navigating complex policy and political environments and fostering collaborative solutions to social challenges.
Demonstrated executive presence and stakeholder relationships in Eastern Massachusetts.
Superlative communication skills through multiple channels and across a range of audiences, with the ability to inspire both internal and external stakeholders.
Impeccable organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and operate under pressure and tight timelines.
Ability to understand, analyze and communicate about policy, research and programs, with facility with quantitative and qualitative strategies, strong analytical and problem-solving skills and experience with evaluation of multi-site, multi-year community and health-related initiatives.
Excellent people skills, tact, diplomacy, and strategic communication skills, with an understanding of power dynamics within philanthropy and a commitment to team-building and mentorship.
Proven ability to work effectively with advisory and governing boards, including experience aligning grantmaking with community priorities and strategic objectives.
Passion for the Foundation's mission, commitment to community engagement and a deep understanding of health equity and community impact, particularly in Eastern Massachusetts.
Multi/Bilingual/cultural background is desirable.
Compensation range is $165,000 – $195,000 and is dependent on qualifications and experience. This full-time, hybrid position includes generous time off and great benefits (paid vacation; sick time and holidays; health, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance; and retirement).
Interested candidates should apply by submitting a resume and cover letter to careers@atriusfoundation.org.
About Us
The Atrius Health Equity Foundation is a recently formed conversion foundation that aims to have a transformational impact on health equity in Eastern Massachusetts. It has launched large-scale grantmaking across Eastern Massachusetts and is seeking individuals with a demonstrated commitment to health equity and social justice to join its team. The Foundation seeks to close the gap in health disparities in Eastern Massachusetts by investing with communities and other partners to dramatically improve health and well-being. In developing its strategy for grantmaking, the Foundation recognizes that the status quo in which black and brown communities experience lower life expectancy and worse health outcomes is unacceptable, and that we must act differently if we wish to achieve different results.
Diversity Statement
At Atrius Health Equity Foundation, we appreciate the value and richness of different perspectives and experiences. We constantly strive to be a more diverse and inclusive workplace. We work to make you feel welcomed and engaged as a valued member of the team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, Atrius Health Equity Foundation will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and is CORI friendly.