Reports To: Director of Place-Based Initiatives

Supervises: None

Location: Remote capable within the United States, preferably in Boston, MA or surrounding area

FTE Status: 1FTE, Exempt

Salary Range: $71,600 – $82,300

Posting Date: February 20, 2025

Closing Date: March 10, 2025

We’re looking for a Place-Based Initiatives Regional Manager, based in Boston or the surrounding area,  to support the development of deep, trusting partnerships among health care systems and community-based organizations in order to build impactful, sustainable, and replicable models for collaborative action and community projects that advance climate mitigation, climate resilience, and health equity in Boston. The Manager will work alongside Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth staff, partners, and consultants to achieve objectives and key results. In this way, the Manager contributes to the fulfillment of the organization’s ultimate aims of reducing health care greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the resilience of hospitals and communities alike, and driving health equity.

Organizational Overview

Health Care Without Harm seeks to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint and becomes a community anchor for sustainability and leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. We have a unique and dynamic workplace with more than 80 staff members in the U.S. and abroad. We believe health care, as the only sector with healing as its mission, has an opportunity – and obligation – to use its ethical, economic, and political influence to create an ecologically sustainable, equitable, and healthy world. Health Care Without Harm works to achieve its mission in collaboration with Practice Greenhealth, the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada.

Position Description

The Place-Based Initiatives Regional Manager, based in Boston or the surrounding area,  is responsible for managing projects and activities in the Boston area as part of the organization’s national Place-Based Initiative (PBI) program, to support the development of deep, trusting partnerships among health care systems and community-based organizations in order to build impactful, sustainable, and replicable models for collaborative action and community projects that advance climate mitigation, climate resilience, and health equity. The Manager will work alongside Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth staff, partners, and consultants to achieve objectives and key results. In this way, the Manager contributes to the fulfillment of the organization’s ultimate aims of reducing health care greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the resilience of hospitals and communities alike, and driving health equity.

Primary Objectives

• Develop and maintain a leadership role in managing projects and activities related to the program’s Boston Place-Based site location, including cultivating strategic partnerships and representing the organization to advance this work.
• Organize and provide support to the Practice Greenhealth network in implementing Place-Based projects in Boston with health care anchor partners.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the organization’s strategy to deepen Place-Based partnerships between health care and communities.
• Collaborate with the Place-Based Initiatives Team and contribute to a team culture that emphasizes quality, strategic prioritization, flexibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Strategy and Planning – 20%

• Annually, as part of the work planning cycle, develop workplans associated with the Boston site location and support work planning for the organization’s overarching Place-Based initiatives strategy, including learning across all site locations.
• Working closely with other Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) and Practice Greenhealth staff, develop and implement strategies and projects that support the advancement of the program’s objectives and the organization’s strategic plan.
• Support the development of funding and maintenance of funder relationships for this work in coordination with other team members, the Program Coordination Team, and the Development Team.
• Cultivate the organization’s values in day-to-day work and interactions.

Programmatic – 70%

• Manage projects, workplans, and grants that build on unique regional opportunities for progress toward climate mitigation, climate resilience, and health equity. Collaborate with regional partners, national partners, and other HCWH and Practice Greenhealth staff to:
  • Plan and convene educational meetings, forums, webinars, and conferences around the strategic direction and development of community climate projects.
  • Manage health care anchor institution participation.
  • Increase engagement of health care anchor institutions with community partners to support community climate resilience.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with health care facility representatives, health professionals, and community and professional organizations to advance relevant program and project goals.
• Maintain key project management infrastructure in an organized and accessible manner and provide regular updates to other HCWH and Practice Greenhealth staff about Boston Place-Based initiative site location progress and projects.
• Develop and disseminate technical guidance, tools, strategies, and resources to support Boston project implementation and replication to support HCWH and Practice Greenhealth partners nationwide.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with staff across HCWH, Practice Greenhealth, and Greenhealth Exchange.
• Contribute to the planning, facilitation, production, editing, and delivery of content and educational sessions for HCWH and Practice Greenhealth, including presentations, articles, blogs, press releases, newsletters, reports, virtual webinars, and the annual CleanMed conference.
• Contribute to and/or lead programmatic initiative(s) to support the development of the organization’s subject matter expertise and advancement of its goals and contribute to and/or lead organization-wide efforts (e.g., Practice Greenhealth Partner experiences, CleanMed planning team(s), DEIB Team, Culture Celebration & Engagement (CCE) Committee, HCWH international network sub-groups).
• Support and participate in the evaluation of the Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards, as needed.
• All other duties as requested and needed to meet organizational goals.

Administrative – 10%

• Coordinate with the Director and the Program Coordination Team to develop Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and contracts related to projects that the Manager is leading and to manage contracts and partnerships within the scope of work.
• Support the Director by participating in the annual budgeting and work planning processes, assisting with grant development and management to maintain a funding portfolio for this work, engaging partners, and contributing to semi-regular strategic planning processes.
• Maintain records of partner activity and contacts in the organizational database (NetFORUM) and Google Drive.

Qualifications

Minimum Education: BA or BS. Combined experience/education as a substitute for minimum education.

Minimum Experience: 3 years in project coordination in a nonprofit, government, consulting, or health care setting. Combined experience/education as a substitute for minimum experience.

Minimum Field of Expertise: Community organizing, coalition-building, community development and engagement, public health and/or health care operations.

Preferred Education: Relevant graduate study and/or certifications. Combined experience/education as a substitute considered.

Preferred Experience: 4+ years

• Experience with project management, monitoring, and evaluation, especially for complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working in a matrix organization or with multiple teams.
• Experience working in a virtual organization. Familiarity with nonprofit advocacy and/or membership-based organizations.

JOB-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Subject Matter Expertise: Knowledge of climate change issues, including the impacts on health and the health care sector. Demonstrated knowledge of community engagement and equitable local and regional project design and implementation.
• Strategy Implementation: Ability to participate in implementing an annual workplan. Ability to think strategically and creatively while organizing time efficiently.
• Leadership: Ability to support and collaborate effectively with colleagues across the organization.
• Action-Oriented: Ability to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available, and to focus on tangible steps to make progress toward strategic objectives.
• Project Management: Ability to work independently and stay organized while being held accountable to a team, with experience working collaboratively with others to track, measure, and achieve project goals. Ability to manage internal and external relationships to complete projects and deliverables with multiple stakeholders. Ability to develop and implement advocacy campaigns and educational content and organize events.
• Effective Communication: Good written communication skills. Ability to effectively write email communication and concise content. Good interpersonal skills to work across a virtual organization and with varied stakeholders.
• General Management: Ability to work with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Google products such as Google Drive and Google Documents. Previous knowledge or ability to easily learn to use an internal communication tool like Slack.

What’s In It For You?

• Join an organization where your colleagues share a profound commitment to the mission, and a global network of partners work collaboratively to support it.
• Play a vital role in helping drive growth, influence impact, and further advance our efforts to create a more sustainable health care sector and planet.
• Flexible and supportive work environment with generous paid time off, 14 paid holidays, and every other Friday off to support organizational wellness and work-life balance.
• Excellent benefits package, which includes full coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your family

To Apply or Inquire

Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth are committed to cultivating and sustaining culturally and ethnically diverse organizations and to the principles that promote inclusive practices. We believe systems can only be transformed when a diversity of voices, perspectives, and lived experiences are a part of the movement for change. We are dedicated to building a diverse staff with expertise and interest in addressing systemic racism within our organization and to serve the mission of the organizations in respectful ways. Health Care Without Harm/Practice Greenhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply, upload a cover letter along with your resume via this link. Questions can be addressed to jobs@hcwh.org. Only competitive candidates will be invited to participate further in the recruitment process. Closing date to apply is March 10, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.