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Coordinator for National Women’s Health Initiative
Date Posted: 5/10/2011
Organization: Raising Women's Voices
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience and skills.
Description of Organization:
Raising Women’s Voices (RWV) is a national initiative working to ensure that the needs of women and our families are addressed as the Affordable Care Act health reform law is implemented. RWV is a collaborative initiative of three organizations: the National Women’s Health Network, the MergerWatch Project and the Avery Fellows Program of the National Black Women’s Health Imperative.
Position Responsibilities:
1) Providing support to RWV’s regional coordinators across the country, including managing a mini-grant process that provides financial support to these coordinators several times a year; arranging weekly conference calls on policy issues or strategy with the group of coordinators and responding to coordinators’ requests for assistance;
2) Serving as the RWV field organizer for NYS health reform implementation and sharing strategies developed in New York with RWV coordinators elsewhere; and
3) Building RWV’s nationwide field network through strategic use of social networking.
Qualifications:
Prior knowledge of health reform, particularly the women’s health concerns in state health reform implementation, is desirable. Other important job qualifications include: ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, good writing and public speaking skills, familiarity with social networking. This is a full-time job with health benefits.
Apply To:
Please send resume and a writing sample to: Lois Uttley, RWV co-founder, at lois@mergerwatch.org by May 18, 2011.
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