Director, Maternal & Infant Health Initiative

Role Overview

• Serve as the maternal and infant health lead for the state, engaging and mobilizing community partners while building strong volunteer and partner relationships.
• Lead the development and implementation of a state-level strategic plan and advocacy strategy aligned with March of Dimes priorities.
• In collaboration with community partners and using data, identify areas of high need and burden and prioritize local programming.
• Partner with the national mission team to manage and implement mission initiatives, including new innovative opportunities, programs, and national campaigns at the local level.
• Foster strong collaboration with internal market staff to advance mission impact goals and ensure strategies are integrated across development, communications, marketing, and advocacy efforts.
• Build and sustain a strong network of volunteers and strategic partners—including maternal and child health organizations, agencies, and community leaders—to advance the mission.
• Embody and demonstrate organizational core values: Diversity, Integrity, Mission, Excellence, and Success (DIMES) in all professional interactions and responsibilities.
• Exemplify adaptive, results-driven leadership by centering community voices and positioning MOD as a trusted leader in MCH across the state.
• Proactively assess implementation risks and challenges and develop strategies to mitigate barriers and ensure successful program execution.
• Maintain accountability throughout all processes and engagement.
• Lead the implementation of programs and strategic initiatives that drive measurable impact and improve maternal and infant health outcomes statewide.
• Represent March of Dimes in media engagements and serve as a spokesperson at conferences, speaking engagements and events.
• Perform ongoing management of issues and execution of strategy, tracking of legislative and regulatory priorities, production of advocacy materials, and lobbying of policymakers.
• Manage coalition relationships.
• Plan and execute advocacy events.
• Represent MOD in various capacities with policymakers, volunteers, and other stakeholders.
• Register as a lobbyist consistent with state laws and regulations.
• If applicable, utilize electronic data management tools in order to review and analyze legislative developments.
• Translate and share mission and/or advocacy impact in ways that invite donor investment and supporter engagement.
• Collaborate with staff partners and key volunteers to identify, cultivate and secure program funding, including sponsorship, for relevant mission campaigns.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas: maternal/child health program planning and implementation; advocacy and government affairs; public health programming; working with disadvantaged populations; community development.
• Experience with results-based accountability model.
• Skilled organizer with experience in community engagement and coalition management including multicultural communities.
• Ability to interact across multiple acculturation levels and socio-economic groups.
• Familiar with the geography, key institutions and key partners and volunteers.
• Experience convening and leading partners, building strategic partnerships, and conducting meetings with internal and external partners.
• Critical thinking skills in assessing the local market environment and available resources to successfully implement new and existing programs.
• Ability to recruit, mobilize and lead volunteers and partners.
• Master’s degree in public health, health advocacy or policy, community health, public administration, or other related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working hours
• Professional development opportunities