Staff Analyst - Community Engagement Program Manager

Salary Range: $6806.73 - $9820.80 Monthly

SUMMARY

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation.

DHS operates as an integrated health system, operating 26 health centers and four acute care hospitals, in addition to providing health care to youth in the juvenile justice system and inmates in the LA County jails.

Across the network of DHS’ directly operated clinical sites and through partnerships with community-based clinics, DHS cares for over 750,000 unique patients each year, employs over 28,000 staff, and has an annual operating budget of over 6 billion.

Community Programs at DHS supports a range of programs that provide healthcare and resources to specific focus demographics across Los Angeles County.

Programs include: 1) Housing for Health (HFH), which provides integrated housing, social services, benefits advocacy, and physical and behavioral healthcare to people experiencing homelessness or housing instability; 2) The Office Diversion and Reentry (ODR), which develops and implements programs to divert people with serious mental, physical and/or behavioral health needs away from the LA County jails and into community-based care; and 3) Harm Reduction Division, which supports the dignity, health and wellness of people who use drugs and/or are engaged in sex work, provides education and resources and advocates for policy change.

The Community Engagement Program Manager – at the level of Staff Analyst -- will be responsible for the development, including recruitment and retention, and management of two lived experience committees, one for HFH and one for ODR.

The committees will collaborate closely with the HFH and ODR leadership and staff members, as well as contracted community providers on all aspects of the programs.

The committees will provide critical feedback that could impact decision-making, address systemic issues, enact structural changes and lead to innovative solutions.

The committees will also work closely with the project teams to design, refine, promote, evaluate, and improve programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS


* Strategy: The program manager will work directly with the Community Programs Chief Engagement and Equity Officer and the Community Programs Chief Operations Officer to create the strategy around lived experience collaboration and to implement that strategy.


* Overall Management and Recruitment of the Committees: The program manager will use a human-centered and inclusive process to recruit the committee members and will provide a comprehensive orientation to create a culture of inclusion and knowledge sharing.

The program manager will implement quarterly meetings of the committee, along with additional training and community opportunities, maintaining frequent communication with HFH and ODR staff and leadership.

The program manager will help co-design, tailor, refine, and implement capacity building and training with and for the co...