PIH-US envisions a future in which health is a human right, not a privilege in the United States. Our mission is to build strong community-led public health systems in the U.S. that ensure that everyone can exercise their right to health. We focus on two key levers for impact in advancing health equity in the US: (1) Place-based programming & advising and (2) Advocacy & movement building. The Senior Director of Advocacy is a senior leadership role within PIH-US, responsible for driving the organization’s advocacy and movement building work and serving as a key deputy and adviser to the Executive Director.

The Senior Director will be responsible for designing PIH-US’s advocacy and movement building strategy, including developing, advancing, and implementing the organization’s US policy priorities, managing relationships with elected officials and regulatory agencies, as well as building effective engagement by staff across the country in these processes. They will lead partnership development and coalition strategy to advance policies that strengthen U.S. public health infrastructure, the community-based workforce and elevate the roles of community leaders to advance health and racial equity at the local, state, and federal levels. The ideal candidate will bring a track record of mobilizing communities and coalitions and experience in collaborating deeply with others in the health equity movement ecosystem to turn shared priorities into policy wins. We value and make preference for those with lived experience related to the health inequities we are advocating to change. Previous experience as a Community Health Worker (CHW) or working as a CHW ally are also a plus.