Project Manager (Health Programs)

Core Responsibilities

• Cultivate and maintain a portfolio of strategic relationships to increase awareness of and engagement with Healthier Generation initiatives, connect health and learning, and advance policies and practices that improve whole child health.
• Identify key individuals working across the school community, who can serve as champions, to collaborate on whole child health initiatives that meet mutually established deliverables and goals.
• Convene partners at the local, state, and/or national level to increase awareness and advocacy of, connection to, and collaboration on the integration of whole child health topics.
• Facilitate coaching, consultation, technical assistance, and capacity-building for partners on HG tools, resources and best practices that support the implementation of whole child health initiatives.
• Conduct activities that support continuous improvement with district and/or school leadership teams (e.g. support in building teams, data collection and assessment, data analysis and goal setting, action planning, and measuring impact of project goals).
• Report project progress and results through formal and informal reporting procedures, including contributing to grant reports, providing project updates, and tracking progress using various technology systems, such as CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and Knowi.
• Support the development, implementation, and/or promotion of org-wide initiatives (i.e. America's Healthiest School Awards, Leaders' Summit, etc.), leveraging it to elevate best practices and expand engagement across key health topics.

Required Competencies

• You should have a genuine interest in and commitment to making kids' lives healthier.
• You are a dedicated equity driven, solution-oriented professional who values community centered approach and systems-level change.
• Your ability to prioritize tasks, build internal and external relationships and be self-driven prepares you for this position.
• Your professional experience will show that you demonstrate Healthier Generation's competencies: Mission driven: You are passionate about creating equitable environments for young people and believe every mind, every body, and every young person should be healthy and ready to succeed.
• You demonstrate passion for school and youth-serving organizations, health and wellness, quality standards and processes.
• We collaborate and support: You plan collaboratively; inviting others to brainstorm and contribute ideas. You share information and resources to ensure clarity and understanding. You offer differing perspectives, counterpoints, and ideas to improve outcomes. You support others to achieve goals by sharing expertise, skills, or resources.
• We are aware of ourselves