Are you passionate about improving the health of our communities? Arcora Foundation is dedicated to improving health equity by engaging with communities to prevent oral disease, transform health systems, and ensure that oral health is part of whole person care. Our long-term vision is that all people can enjoy good oral and overall health, with no one left behind.

We are seeking a Program Manager to join the Arcora Foundation. We are looking for someone with experience in developing and cultivating authentic relationships with diverse communities, specifically with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color who are disproportionately impacted by overall and oral health inequities. This position is part planner, part activist, requiring the ability to work with diverse partners, ask critical questions, listen well to identify the best approaches and make strategic adjustments, and implement those approaches with skill and enthusiasm. This person will have a track record of creating change with communities, leading initiatives, and developing and running projects that have had positive results. This position reports to the Senior Director of Community Partnerships.

Arcora Foundation offers highly competitive medical, dental and vision plans as well offering an 8% 401k match and all employees start accruing vacation and sick time from their very first day. We empower employee development through our tuition reimbursement plan, professional development plans, recognition programs, and employee-led communities.

Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Lead and direct multiple streams of work and teams within the Community Partnership portfolio of the Foundation’s work. Ensure work across teams is aligned to support Foundation strategy and mission. Make key programmatic decisions and find opportunities for collaboration across teams.
Participate on the Foundation’s Strategy Implementation Team.
Provide guidance and support to staff and teams to ensure progress towards team goals.
Provide staff support to Foundation Board and Foundation internal leadership.
Represent the Foundation in external audiences; prepare and deliver presentations as needed.

Program Development and Implementation

Serve as a subject matter authority on one or more topics related to the Foundation’s mission (i.e., community water fluoridation, local impact networks, sealants, health behavior change, and social determinants of health).
Engage with staff and external partners to identify and implement community driven approaches and innovative interventions to eliminate oral health disparities within communities. Partner with key collaborators to develop performance indicators to evaluate effectiveness.
Contribute to the development of the Foundation’s Three-Year Work Plans and annual budgets and provide input into tracking of progress toward equity metrics and milestones.

Program Management

Identify and cultivate relationships in order to help determine scopes of work with communities and other key collaborators, ensuring project accountability and progress toward identified goals.
Lead key meetings and events, including setting priorities, planning agendas and presentations, and developing collaborator engagement strategies.
Manage execution of program strategies using a proactive, problem-solving approach rationalized by previous experiences and date driven methods

Community Engagement

Cultivate, develop, and maintain relationships that are critical for creating change to make progress on achieving the Foundation’s mission.
Build networks, coalitions, and authentic relationships with community leaders, elected and government officials and funders to bring to bear ideas and resources to assess and support the Foundation’s efforts.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This has supervisory responsibilities: at least three Arcora Foundation employees, a number of consultants (approximately five), and a large number of contracts/grantees.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree required; particularly in public health, public administration, healthcare administration, health education or business is preferred.
Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience working related to building or influencing health systems, community services, and innovative health or social service solutions.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate relationships with tact, and to work effectively and respectfully with politically, ideologically, culturally, and geographically a diverse group of people and communities.
Demonstrated ability to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion successful practices.
Demonstrated track record in leading programs or initiatives related to oral health, overall health, social determinants of health and driving health equity.
A strong commitment of coaching and mentoring direct reports to manage well and build on their strengths and capacities.
Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple projects and work with teams with varied strengths to ensure goals are reached in a timely and successful manner.
Ability to assess situations, identify causes, gather, and process relevant information, and generate solutions.
Experience developing a budget, understand what the cost benefit relationships are, and opportunity for financial sustainability.
Deep commitment to equity, alignment with the Foundation’s mission, and Delta Dental of WA and Arcora’s OneTeam Values: Accountability, Courage, Curiosity, Inclusion, and Integrity.

Washington Dental Service and its affiliates, including Delta Dental of Washington and Arcora Foundation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.