The Maine Health Access Foundation is the state’s largest private nonprofit health care foundation dedicated to promoting access to quality health care and improving health.
Many of our current programs focus on building the capacity of community-led organizations to create health outcomes that are more equitable for every person in Maine. Past and current grantees have helped to improve systems to address critical health needs, coverage, and access to quality care.
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MeHAF is Looking for a Program Officer!
We are looking for a full-time Program Officer to lead our Health Equity Capacity Building and Health Advocacy programs. Our team of ten highly-engaged staff is committed to our mission to promote access to quality health care, especially for those who are uninsured and underserved, and improve the health of everyone in Maine.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about justice and social change, with experience in community organizing; racial, class and gender justice and equity; and public policy. We are seeking a strategic, creative thinker who excels at building relationships of trust. Program Officers employ their relational, analytic, and organizational skills to support community engagement, program design, implementation, evaluation, and improvement. They work closely with communities, partner organizations, applicants, and grantees, employing exceptional interpersonal and cross-cultural skills and striving to mitigate the power imbalances inherent between a foundation and its stakeholders.
Understanding of and ability to effectively relate to people and groups who face disproportionate barriers to health care and health is critical to success in this role.