Sustainability Accompaniment Lead
About The Position
The Sustainability Accompaniment Lead (Prosperemos Juntos | Thriving Together – PJTT) accompanies community-driven coalitions as they strengthen sustainability and continue shifting and sharing power through health equity strategies that address root causes of inequities. In the PJTT context, accompaniment requires a high level of discretion, independent judgment, and relational skill while guiding coalitions toward practical and realistic sustainability strategies. This role serves as a program officer, subject matter expert, and coalition coach. The Sustainability Accompaniment Lead is expected to anticipate challenges, identify sustainability gaps, and balance day-to-day execution with long-term strategic thinking. Success in this position requires comfort operating in dynamic community environments and representing MHM with confidence, humility, and strategic clarity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social/behavioral sciences, public health, or a related field.
- Three (3) years of experience in community outreach, organizing, or coalition building, including direct work with individuals who have lived experiences of inequities.
- High school diploma or equivalent and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in community outreach, organizing, or coalition-building roles.
- Demonstrated experience engaging individuals with lived experience in projects, programs, and/or decision-making processes to shift power to community members.
- Experience and knowledge in conflict resolution.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
- Must hold a valid driver’s license, have access to a vehicle, and maintain auto liability insurance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience sustaining people, processes, resources, and impact in nonprofit or public-private partnerships
- Familiarity with sustainability strategies (diversified funding, business planning, impact measurement)
- Knowledge of community development models such as ABCD
- Experience with health/social inequities work in marginalized communities
- Experience with grassroots organizing and faith-based partnerships
- Strong project management, public speaking, facilitation, and relationship-building expertise
- Familiarity with grant management systems or reporting
- Bilingual in Spanish, with ability to present and respond to diverse audiences, develop documents, and facilitate bilingual discussions.
Responsibilities
- Manage trust-based philanthropic relationships with coalitions by developing trust, providing guidance, monitoring performance & impact, and engaging MHM colleagues.
- Reteach and reinforce use of PJTT frameworks (e.g., Pathways to Population Health, Vital Conditions for Community Well-Being, stakeholder mapping, driver diagrams, 90-day action planning) in public and community settings.
- Present on financial sustainability topics (e.g., diversified funding, business planning, grant writing, impact measurement, succession planning).
- Serve as a subject matter expert advising coalitions on developing and evaluating generative sustainability strategies across people, processes, resources, and impact.
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of sustainability resources such as trainings, toolkits, templates, webinars, and consultant support.
- Guide coalitions in governance, strategic planning, action planning, and financial transparency to promote shifting and sharing of power.
- Participate in the planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of PJTT events.
- Co-design and co-evaluate PJTT efforts with other PJTT team members, Community Connectors, and persons with lived experience.
- Collaborate across MHM to embed equity principles and resident voice into planning and decision-making.
- Facilitate community discussions to share information, collect insights, and support program evaluation.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external partners including nonprofits, schools, faith-based institutions, and community stakeholders.
- Compile and analyze data to support evaluation and reporting on coalition progress toward power-shifting, health equity, and sustainability goals.
- Participate in curriculum development and tactical planning for PJTT.
- Represent MHM at community meetings and task forces.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
