Director of Health Policy

Responsibilities

The Director of Health Policy will work with policymakers, community leaders, and community groups throughout the state to strengthen children's access to quality health care.

• Analyze current children's health policy issues; prepare fact sheets, briefing papers, and presentations.
• Develop and implement strategic recommendations for community and state action steps to expand children's health coverage, reduce childhood obesity, and strengthen access to preventive and quality care; build community support for action steps; conduct administrative and legislative advocacy.
• Provide leadership and technical assistance to promote effective outreach to enroll qualified families in available health coverage.
• Increase public awareness of children's health issues through the media, public events, publications, and outreach campaigns.
• Provide leadership and collaboration with health policy efforts around the state; develop working relationships with state and community leaders in health care.
• Monitor and analyze state and federal legislation and budget issues in children's health care.
• Network with national colleagues and stay current on trends and issues in children's health policy and practice around the country.
• Coordinate Kids Health Link coalition of non-profits to provide outreach and enrollment assistance in public health insurance, including supervising contractors and managing grant budgets and reporting.
• Identify and secure grant funding for children's health advocacy and projects; fulfill grant requirements.

Qualifications

• Preference of graduate degree and at least two years of relevant experience. At minimum, a Bachelor's degree in related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Excellent analytic and writing skills.
• Knowledge of health policy issues such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills; collaborative work style.
• Strategic leadership skills.
• Bilingual speakers preferred.