Program Manager, HIV Street Medicine

Wellness and Equity Alliance LLC•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$85,000 - $105,000•Onsite

About The Position

Wellness Equity Alliance (WEA) is hiring an HIV Street Medicine Program Manager to lead field operations and network development for its HIV street medicine initiative. The role oversees new team launches from assessment through steady state, streamlines workflows, and builds regional and national partnerships that sustain field teams and support program growth. The position is intended for someone who will build long-term relationships with stakeholders and refine operations as the initiative scales. The role manages program budgets and work plans in partnership with WEA leadership, monitors HIV care continuum outcomes, leads quality assurance and improvement, and ensures compliance with relevant funding and regulatory requirements. It also supports grant reporting and proposals, cultivates funder relationships, and contributes information for organizational communications while protecting patient dignity and privacy. The position is in person in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Indio, or San Diego, California, and involves frequent travel to field sites throughout California and other states. Work combines office-based responsibilities with field work in outdoor street-based settings, encampments, shelters, and rural communities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, nursing, health administration, or a related field.
Five or more years of experience managing community health programs.
Proven record of launching new programs or sites and leading them to stable operation.
Valid driver’s license and ability to travel frequently, including overnight and out-of-state travel.
Working knowledge of the HIV care continuum, PrEP and PEP, and Ryan White or HRSA program requirements.
Experience building coalitions or multi-partner collaboratives with shared goals.
Strong skills in budgeting, data-driven management, and grant reporting.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple programs and partners at once.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to engage partners, funders, and communities and represent WEA.
Strong commitment to quality assurance and quality improvement.

Nice To Haves

Master of Public Health (MPH).
Experience working with government agencies.
Knowledge of services for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
Knowledge of harm reduction and trauma-informed care principles.
Comfort working in outdoor street-based settings, encampments, shelters, and rural sites, as well as in an office using virtual meeting and planning tools.

Responsibilities

Lead new field team launches from assessment through steady state, with guidance from the Director of Street Medicine.
Develop and maintain a standard launch playbook to make successive team launches faster and more complete.
Conduct local stakeholder outreach and establish referral pathways with shelters, harm reduction programs, housing providers, behavioral health agencies, emergency departments, police departments, public health departments, and community-based organizations.
Support the Director of Street Medicine with team lead check-ins to resolve operational issues, refine workflows, and support staff retention.
Conduct outreach and follow-up with city, county, and state health departments to convene regional and statewide HIV street medicine collaboratives.
Engage FQHCs, HIV/AIDS service organizations, academic medical centers, tribal health programs, Ryan White recipients, and community-based organizations.
Develop collaborative governance, charters, shared goals, and data-sharing agreements with partners.
Facilitate learning communities to share best practices and protocols and train new street medicine teams.
Identify and assess expansion markets, including urban, rural, frontier, and tribal communities.
Represent WEA at national conferences, policy convenings, and funder briefings.
Manage the program budget and annual work plan in partnership with the Director of Street Medicine, Chief Development Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.
Monitor program outcomes, including tests performed, new diagnoses, PrEP starts, linkage to care, retention, and viral suppression.
Ensure all teams submit consistent monthly data on core HIV care continuum measures.
Lead quality assurance and quality improvement efforts.
Maintain compliance with HRSA, Ryan White, CDC, state, and county requirements, and support audits and site visits.
Prepare grant reports and contribute program content to proposals with the Development team, ensuring timely submission and no compliance findings.
Cultivate funder relationships and help identify public and private funding, under the guidance of the Chief Development Officer and with support from the Development team.
Gather stories, images, data, and spokesperson support for WEA communications while protecting patient dignity and privacy.
Keep the CEO, CMO, CDO, and Director of Street Medicine informed about launches, collaboratives, and outcomes.