Job Description
For more than a century, Cedars-Sinai has served vulnerable communities across Los Angeles. This dedication to community service is one of Cedars-Sinai's defining qualities as a leading nonprofit academic healthcare system. Cedars‑Sinai Grantmaking focuses on strengthening the capacity of local nonprofit partners in improving access to care, finding lasting solutions for people experiencing homelessness, and addressing health disparities for Los Angeles residents who have been socially and economically marginalized. Join us! Discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals.
What you will be doing in this role:
As a member of the Community Engagement team, the Associate Program Officer (APO) will further the work of the Community Benefit Giving Office (CBGO), which is designed to centralize all community giving for Cedars-Sinai and maximize its impact across Los Angeles.
The Associate Program Officer reports to the Associate Director (AD). The APO primarily supports the work of Cedars-Sinai's philanthropic Homelessness and Housing portfolio. Under the guidance of the AD, the APO facilitates Homelessness and Housing grant requests from intake to execution and learning. The Associate Program Officer garners input from relevant internal collaborators and assesses historical giving to generate recommendations, coordinates the application process, works with the AD to acquire grant approval, and facilitates ongoing progress reporting and learning. The APO ensures grant alignment with the Medical Center's mission, Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the CBGO's overall strategies and goals. Primary duties include:
- Provide ongoing coordination and support for all aspects of Homelessness and Housing grant portfolio.
- Assist AD and relevant internal partners with the entire grant cycle, from exploratory conversations to application, review and approval, tracking of payment requirements and progress reporting, across the Homelessness and Housing portfolio and other initiatives as assigned.
- Represent Cedars-Sinai at external meetings including with peer funders, local systems partners, and grantees.
- Provide grant lifecycle support. This includes development of proposal guidelines, reporting, communication with grantees, coding and tagging of grant requests, and evaluation in partnership with the senior grants manager.
- Perform custom analysis as requested. This includes landscape assessments, field analysis and presentations for the Board of Directors and senior leadership.
- Facilitate hand-off of grants requests from senior leadership and/or departmental owners (Government Relations, Research Center for Health Equity, Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital, etc.)
- In conjunction with AD, update grant approval protocols to maintain institutional commitments while aligning with broader Cedars-Sinai priorities.
- Alongside AD, pilot and facilitate various exploratory grant efforts with new and existing internal and external partners to better leverage CBGO resources and increase collective impact of grantmaking through non-monetary expansion of relationships. Seeks out opportunities for employee volunteerism and workforce development programs within existing grant dockets.
- Provides Marketing and Communications with grant summaries, findings, and successes with the broader community.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Minimum educational requirement for this position is a High School Diploma/GED. Bachelor's degree or two years of college education (AA degree) is preferred. Graduate degree in public health, public policy, or a related field a plus.
- A minimum of 4 years work-related or commensurate non-profit experience is required. Prior experience with grantmaking in the homelessness and housing sector preferred.
- Experience with Salesforce a plus
Why Work Here?
Beyond providing an outstanding benefit package that includes healthcare, paid time off and a 403(b), we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our amazing staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
Req ID : 8199
Working Title : Associate Program Officer - Homelessness and Housing
Department : Comm Benefit Giving Off Ops
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Community Engagement
Job Specialty : Community Engagement
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $75,524.80 - $117,062.40
Our compensation philosophy
We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package and any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. Pay Transparency Non Discrimination Provision (PDF) (opens in new window)
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve. Quality Care and Research—For All, By All (opens in new window).
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy. Cedars-Sinai’s AA Policy Statement (PDF) (opens in new window)
