Vice President of Policy & Research

Community Servings•Boston, MA

9d•$170,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Vice President of Policy and Research reports to the CEO and serves on Community Servings’ Executive Team. This role develops and executes an agenda integrating food and health care policy to secure innovative public and private funding for the organization’s programs. The Vice President oversees the AMPL Institute’s Food Is Medicine policy, research, provider education, and related campaigns, working with professionals, board members, volunteers, and consultants. The role oversees AMPL’s operations, staff, budget, grants, events, and public engagement. It also advances research partnerships and projects, policy collaborations and advocacy, and culinary medicine and education programming. As an Executive Team member, the Vice President serves with the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development as staff liaison to the Healthcare Strategy Committee. Community Servings provides medically tailored meals and groceries to people and families experiencing illness and food insecurity, and prioritizes racial and economic justice and health equity. AMPL’s mission is to transform healthcare so medically tailored nutrition becomes a universally accessible standard of comprehensive, person-centered care.

Requirements

Ability to complete necessary training to serve as principal investigator or site principal investigator for complex research projects.
Ability to complete required training to become a registered lobbyist in Massachusetts.
Demonstrated public-speaking skills.
Strong research and writing skills.
Demonstrated organizational, time-management, and project-management skills.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, including confidence and poise when engaging academic, legislative, and other groups.
Ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
Ability to work independently.
Solid computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite.
BA/BS in nutrition, policy, law, or an equivalent field.
3–5 years of experience in government, academia, healthcare, or food justice.
Experience in research, writing, and public speaking on subjects related to Food Is Medicine.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee the work and administration of the AMPL Institute, including its staff, budget, grant reporting, annual View of the Field report, events, and public speaking.
Manage direct reports, including the Senior Research Project Manager, Senior Manager of Food and Health Policy, Manager of Education, and Education Specialist/AMPL Program Coordinator, and other staff as needed.
Serve on the Executive Team and, alongside the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, act as staff liaison for the Healthcare Strategy Committee.
Develop and help implement a plan to establish research partnerships and obtain evidence on the cost-effectiveness and health impacts of medically tailored home-delivered meals.
Explore and oversee research projects with Tufts Friedman School and other academic institutions; manage research dietitians and senior research staff implementing projects such as NIH-funded clinical and claims-data studies.
Collaborate with Harvard CHLPI and other academic institutions on joint food and health policy white papers.
Identify, prioritize, and conduct outreach to congressional and state legislators involved in healthcare reform and food policy.
Co-lead Food is Medicine Massachusetts (FIMMA), including quarterly meetings, the Community Based Organization Task Force, and advocacy for FIMMA priorities with administrative and elected officials.
Oversee external government relations firms and help prepare advocacy communications materials.
Attend advocacy capacity-building programs and legislative visits; recruit and train advocates and speakers, including consumers, consumer advocates, and health care professionals.
Oversee development and delivery of culinary medicine programming, develop business and marketing plans to expand education programming, and oversee the internship program.
Align AMPL initiatives with organizational goals; build partnerships and collaboration; take responsibility for departmental outcomes, budgets, grant deliverables, and strategic objectives; ensure quality execution and compliance; and develop and mentor staff.