Equitable Workforce Manager

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The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

Summary

The Public Health Alliance of Southern California (Alliance) is seeking a passionate, equity and justice-oriented Workforce Manager to lead the Alliance’s emergent initiative: Building an Equitable, Resilient, Public Health Workforce (Workforce Initiative).

The Alliance’s new Workforce Initiative will assess, analyze, and provide strategies to implement policy and systems change in support of a diverse, resilient, equitable public health workforce. This work is laying a foundation for achieving health and racial equity through workforce development strategy both within local public health departments and in communities.

Position Description

This new role will be joining a dynamic, innovative, and high-performing team to lead the Alliance’s emerging Workforce Initiative in close partnership with Riverside University Health System Public Health and other key partners. The Equitable Workforce Manager will work to help design and facilitate culture strategies that help local health departments align their mission and core values with agency culture. This position will help to design people-centered workforce approaches alongside those impacted most, adding their own expertise, research, and data to the ideation and implementation of strategies. This position will catalyze systems and practice change using workforce analytics, thoughtful partner engagement, and energizing communications to help others see and address culture gaps in their areas of responsibility and influence.

The Alliance is a coalition of the executive leadership of eleven local health departments in Southern California, committed to advancing health equity and racial justice through regional collective action. Its members have a statutory responsibility for the health of almost 60% of the state’s population. The Alliance works to mobilize the transformative power of local public health for enduring health equity. We believe that Southern California should be a place where everyone has the opportunities and resources necessary to live a healthy and productive life. To learn more about the Alliance’s innovative work visit https://www.thepublichealthalliance.org/. The Alliance is a program of the Public Health Institute.

This position reports to the Alliance’s Director of Health Equity and Justice.

Employment Type : Full Time

Full salary range for this position: $73,813 to $107,089 per year. The typical hiring range for this position is from $73,813 (minimum) to $90,451 (midpoint), based on 100% FTE. The starting salary is determined based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Guidance & Technical Assistance

• Collaborate with Riverside University Health System Public Health (RUHS-PH), to lead the development and implementation of equitable workforce recruitment and resilience plans.
  • Activities may include conducting a needs assessment and contextual policy and literature reviews; synthesizing key findings; developing and communicating recommendations, benchmarks, and timelines; and implementing and adapting strategies.
  • Plan approaches may include strategies to increase and improve workforce pipelines and engagement with community-based entities, development of career ladders, employee wellness programs, and organizational culture changes.
• Approach workforce development initiatives and strategy utilizing an equity frame with attention to systems, policy, and structural change lens in order to accelerate momentum for health equity and racial justice.
• Contribute technical assistance and policy support for local and state policy and budgetary initiatives impacting the public health workforce.

Communications & Strategic Partnerships

• Support building critical and sensitive relationships essential to creating support for equitable workforce development, with intentional focus on minoritized and marginalized workers and communities.
• Develop and deliver presentations, briefings, and communication materials for local, regional, and state audiences, leaders, advocates, and other stakeholders.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Manage tracking and monitoring of project goals and objectives.
  • Develop measurement tools for tracking impact and analyze findings.
  • Develop recommendations for action and program modification.
  • Develop and implement continuous quality improvement activities.

Project Management

• Manage day-to-day organizational needs related to the Alliance’s emergent initiative, Building an Equitable, Resilient, Community-Based Public Health Workforce.
• Manage timely completion and submission of deliverables.
• Effective coordination with project partners, including preparing agendas and materials for meetings, conducting outreach and follow-up, and meeting facilitation.

Collaboration with Alliance Team 

• Collaborate with the Alliance team to ensure effective consideration and integration of health equity and racial justice into workforce-related materials and approaches.
• Provide strategic thought leadership and forward thinking around current workforce issues from across the region, responding and taking into account our member health jurisdiction needs, and future projects and endeavors of the Public Health Alliance teams.

Perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience (e.g., lived experience, experience in community organizing, institutional and systems change work, etc.).
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, public policy, urban planning, education (with an emphasis on educational equity), ethnic studies, or a related field; Or substitute with four additional years of relevant experience.

Other Qualifications

• Experience centering the voices and experiences of communities of color and other marginalized communities, and ability to contribute lived experience and perspective in dismantling systems of oppression (e.g., racism, sexism, ableism, classism, bigotry, etc.).
• Experience working in or with local government health jurisdictions or other local government agencies preferred.
• Proficiency in the development and implementation of workforce development and resiliency strategies such as recruitment and hiring; onboarding; learning and growth; leader development; and employee engagement and wellness.
• Proficiency in co-creating organizational strategies and building shared commitments with a broad spectrum of managerial, administrative, and professional staff, especially executive level leaders.
• Ability to effectively navigate complex institutional and political environments.
• Ability to work with autonomy and flexibility in a fast paced, high-productivity environment.
• Determination to achieve outcomes, complete tasks, and deliver on professional commitments.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Strong oral communication skills, both in a one-on-one setting and in small groups.
• Skilled in facilitating meetings and creating spaces of belonging and courage.
• Strong program management skills, including contract reporting and completion of deliverables.

 Important Information

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week) position.
• This is currently a remote position, but candidate must have access to transportation and ability to commute to various locations in the Southern California region (Riverside County in particular) for light daytime travel (approximately 2-3 times per month).
• Resident of Southern California strongly preferred.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS

This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal/state/local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

PHI WORKFORCE MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY

Per the PHI Workforce Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, it is a condition of employment for all domestic based employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless they are granted a reasonable accommodation under applicable law.

New hires need to provide proof of full vaccination prior to their start date or apply for an exemption/accommodation within three business days after their start date. Depending on the circumstances, new hires who do not comply with this Policy, or who cannot be reasonably accommodated, will either have their employment suspended or terminated. Candidates who are non-compliant will have their offers rescinded.

EEO Statement

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