Health Equity Coordinator

Join an organization at the forefront of health care advocacy around the nation

Community Catalyst is a national not-for-profit consumer advocacy organization working to build a health justice movement. Based in Boston MA, the organization develops new approaches to strengthen the voices of consumers and communities, organize vulnerable constituencies, and build the kinds of organizations and coalitions that can advocate effectively for health care reforms.  Community Catalyst staff members work with consumer and community groups in more than 30 states that are advocating for – and winning – health policy and system reforms which benefit consumers.

POSITION SUMMARY

Health advocacy has inadequately addressed persistent health inequities and systemic racism in the health care system. This is due, in part, to having no structured effort to collaborate with community-based organizations led by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), or include BIPOC in decision making processes. Addressing this oversight, and moving toward a health system that meets the needs of everyone, requires recognition that health advocacy is ineffective if problem solving is not rooted directly in communities. The Health Equity Coordinator will provide support and help to advance project goals for two Community Catalyst projects that aim to address this need, the Advancing Racial Justice Planning project and Community Solutions for Health Equity (CSHE).

SUPERVISION

The Health Equity Coordinator is supervised by the Director, Diversity Equity and Inclusion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Both projects will require:

• Serve as a liaison between the Community Solutions for Health Equity (CSHE) and Health Equity projects
• Represent projects on Community Catalyst issue teams and facilitate information sharing amongst other organization initiatives

Community Solutions for Health Equity (CSHE)

• Work with CSHE National Advisory Committee (NAC) and CSHE national partners to identify emerging racial justice strategies and local issues.
• Facilitate NAC participation in the Racial Justice Planning project.
• Actively see opportunities for NAC members to participate in Community Catalyst program/organizational work.

Advancing Racial Justice Project

• Provide project coordination to ensure execution of deliverables
• Facilitate weekly team meetings with internal team and remote staff including creating the agenda, managing follow-up and reviewing weekly schedule
• Develop and maintain relationships with key health equity national, regional partners and local and state racial justice organizational relationships including regular communication about the project.
• Synthesize learning from focus groups and interviews for reports on best practices to be shared with funders and partners.
• Contribute to writing of reports and other resources created to synthesize lessons learned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelors’ degree plus 1 year work experience, or 3 years of relevant work experience
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to multi-task and prioritize appropriately
• Demonstrated success in prioritizing multiple tasks and duties
• Ability to nurture a wide-range of relationships, understand how to appropriately and continually  engage partners in the project, and promote the community overall
• Strong written and oral communications, including the ability to convey complex information so that it is easily understood by the public
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks and projects
• Excellent follow-up and follow-through skills
• Ability to collaborate with diverse groups of people

Preferred

• Racial justice organizing experience

SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS

• Salary Range: $46,680-$54,100
• Generous paid time off policy
• Robust benefits package

Applicants should submit a resume with a one page cover letter briefly summarizing their interest in and qualifications for the position to: jobs@communitycatalyst.org. Please put “Health Equity Coordinator” in the Subject line.

Community Catalyst seeks a broad spectrum of qualified employees and is strongly committed to a diverse, equitable and family- friendly work environment.  

We do not discriminate in hiring based on age, color, ethnicity, race, national origin, primary language, religion, economic status, family status, mental and physical disabilities, veteran status, gender identity and expression, sex, or sexual orientation.

Through all our programs, Community Catalyst works to advance health equity, focusing on people of color and immigrants, as well as disability, gender, sexual identity and socio-economic status.  We strive for our staff to reflect the diverse communities with which we work.