Health Access Manager
About The Position
We are hiring a Health Access Program Manager to lead LYRIC’s new citywide youth health access initiative in partnership with SFDPH, Huckleberry Youth Programs, Homeless Youth Alliance, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and Larkin Street Youth Services. This role blends direct youth engagement with system-level strategy. You’ll oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of LYRIC’s Health Access Point Program, ensuring young people have seamless pathways to harm reduction services, HIV/STI prevention, PrEP navigation, and other critical wellness supports. As a member of LYRIC’s leadership team, you’ll strengthen cross-agency partnerships, champion youth voice in health access systems, and help shape our strategic vision for the next decade.
Requirements
- Deeply connected to the LGBTQQ+ community, with extensive knowledge of issues impacting LGBTQQ youth.
- Experienced in positive youth development, youth–adult partnership, harm reduction, social justice, restorative practices, and/or systems change.
- Skilled in case management, curriculum development, group facilitation, and staff supervision.
- Knowledgeable about Bay Area youth health resources, especially those serving LGBTQQ youth and youth of color.
- A proven program manager with experience in leadership development, youth organizing, wellness, health access, civic engagement, or violence prevention/response.
- Committed to working in a multiracial, multicultural, multi-gendered, intergenerational environment.
- Emotionally grounded and able to support youth experiencing trauma, including survivors of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
- Organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple projects with high-quality execution.
- Skilled at giving and receiving appreciative and developmental feedback.
Responsibilities
- Manage the planning, implementation, and evaluation of LYRIC’s Health Access Program.
- Engage LGBTQQ+ youth in accessing care—including harm reduction education, HIV/STI prevention, and PrEP navigation.
- Build a comprehensive infrastructure of youth health services through partnerships with SFDPH and community health organizations.
- Ensure alignment with LYRIC’s mission, vision, and operating principles across all program areas.
- Maintain full contract compliance, including reporting, data management, and relationship stewardship with funders.
- Supervise staff using trauma-informed, strengths-based, and youth-centered approaches.
- Provide clear expectations, timely coaching, and constructive performance feedback.
- Complete annual performance reviews on time and support staff in developing measurable growth plans.
- Model leadership development by supporting youth, staff, and colleagues to understand and champion health access for LGBTQQ+ youth.
- Represent LYRIC in citywide stakeholder groups and health access collaboratives.
- Advocate for the needs of LGBTQQ youth—particularly youth of color and trans/nonbinary youth—within public health systems.
- Strengthen cross-agency alignment and communication across strategic initiatives.
- Facilitate formal and informal evaluations and needs assessments.
- Present program learnings to internal teams, partners, and stakeholders.
- Contribute to long-term strategic planning and organization-wide initiatives.
Benefits
- $800 annual Health & Wellness cash supplement
- $1,000 annual external professional development allowance
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and acupuncture/chiropractic
- Optional Health FSA and commuter benefits
- 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% employer match
- 19 paid holidays (including your birthday and a winter break)
- 19 vacation days
- 18 sick days
- 1 personal day
- Critical incident, bereavement, and paid jury duty leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
