Position Summary:
The Manager, Community Health, is responsible for the overall operations, strategic development, and implementation of Philabundance’s healthcare partnership and Home Delivery initiatives. The role leads cross department collaboration, data-driven program growth and improvement, partnership cultivation, community engagement, and team development to advance health equity and Food-as-Medicine work across the region. This position ensures effective communication, compliance, timely reporting, collaboration and alignment with both internal and external partners.
The Manager supports organizational strategic planning and strengthens Philabunance’s investment in health equity, nutrition access and community well-being.
Competencies:
- Accountability: reliable, honest, and transparent; regularly makes commitments and takes ownership of responsibilities.
- Effective Communication: conveys information clearly, with respect and integrity, using a professional manner and the appropriate means and channels for audience and subject matter.
- Agility: maintains efficiency in a changing work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
- Quality: Work is organized, accurate and neat. The employee displays a commitment to excellence, checks work and learns from mistakes and seeks feedback to improve quality as needed.
- Engagement: contributes to the success of the organization by embracing teamwork, taking initiative on tasks and problem-resolution, and seeking out learning opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop a comprehensive strategy. Manage execution, innovation, and integration of the Healthcare Partnerships programs.
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- Predict immediate and future workforce needs; manage work planning, performance, training, and staffing.
- Lead a team to support communication with program participants (enrollment, feedback surveys), vendors (order placement), and healthcare partners (participant information gathering, enrollment dates), program evaluation and support their professional development.
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- Execute solutions for problem areas, drives improvements and the resolution of road blocks, aligns with budgetary guidelines.
- Establish and maintain accurate data systems and support the development of partner activity reports, highlighting metrics and trends while incorporating feedback to inform, educate and improve program design. Data target is to translate health -outcomes and program data into actionable insights.
- Develop and execute a process and system to manage data-sharing agreements.
- Build program budgets, in collaboration with other departments, while planning for growth by seeking new contracts with prospective healthcare providers.
- Establish and support a network and pipeline of high value partnerships. Create ways to communicate and growth relationships.
- Create and develop opportunities and initiatives for partnership funding opportunities.
- Establish external tools to easily provide support for proposal writing, funder presentations, and partnership pitches.
- Partner with like-minded organizations to advance Health Equity and Food as Medicine initiatives – promoting healthy food and nutrition education – support our region’s most vulnerable neighbors.
- Key internal champion for health equity, internally and externally. Provide subject matter expertise to Philabundance and align with related programs and provide guidance to help teams apply health equity lens with communication and processes.
- Serve as an ambassador for the organization, clearly articulating the role and effectively communicating the Philabundance mission, values and impact to a variety of audiences.
- Strong alignment with Food Sourcing, PCK, Transportation, Warehouse and Development teams. Works closely with other departments to launch, sustain and grow programs and events.
- Create tools and produce resources that are easily leveraged internally which include program goals, impact and events. It is important to clearly communicate objects and impact of Home Delivery Programs and related Health Equity work.
- Create, plan, promote and execute Community Cook-In events – cooking demonstrations for food insecure populations. Coordinate with funders and cross-department teams.
- Responsible for supporting and aligning with Philabundance Cultural pillars. Ensure communications, actions and interactions reflect a focus on People, Professionalism, Partnerships, and Progress.
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Other Duties:
- Assist the Community Food Access team, Partnerships Department and strategic organizational goals as needed.
- Represent Philabundance in regional health equity coalitions, working groups, and multi-sector collaborations.
- Engage community stakeholders and advisory groups to ensure programs remain culturally responsive and community informed.
Note: Background check must be completed before hire. Clean driving record and valid driver’s license are required if employee is going to use company vehicles for transportation to home visits, agency partner visits or event participation.
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