The Organization
About the Humana Foundation
The Humana Foundation was established in 1981 as the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc., one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies. Located in Louisville, Ky., the Foundation seeks to co-create communities where leadership, culture, and systems work to improve and sustain positive health outcomes. For more information, visit humanafoundation.org.
About the Humana Foundation
The Humana Foundation was established in 1981 as the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc., one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies. Located in Louisville, Ky., the Foundation seeks to co-create communities where leadership, culture, and systems work to improve and sustain positive health outcomes. For more information, visit humanafoundation.org.
Humana and The Humana Foundation are dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility. Our goal is to ensure that every business decision we make reflects our commitment to improving the health and well-being of our members, our employees, the communities we serve, and our planet.
About Humana
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to helping our millions of medical and specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care, behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes health care easier to navigate and more effective.
Position Overview
Foundation Professional – FL
job requisition id R-288639
Description
The Foundation Professional is responsible for executing strategies in support of the Foundation’s funding, research, and programmatic goals by identifying innovative regional and/or national programs which directly aim to address community-identified needs such as social isolation (loneliness, belonging) and food security (food deserts).
Responsibilities
The Foundation Professional is responsible for executing strategies in support of the Foundation’s funding, research, and programmatic goals by identifying innovative regional and/or national programs which directly aim to address community-identified needs such as social isolation (loneliness, belonging) and food security (food deserts). The Foundation Professional will grow an intimate understanding of the needs of organizations, community, and individuals in the geography in which they are assigned. The Foundation Professional is an effective project manager that can engage multiple grantees and stakeholders at once, manage grantee relationships using both trust and metrics, drive grantees toward adapting or driving best practices, and evaluating grantee outcomes. The Foundation Professional will also ensure programs within the assigned portfolio operate within the spirit of the Foundation’s objectives and strategy by facilitating on-time delivery and managing towards meeting grant outcomes and outputs.
The Foundation Professional , with supervision, may co-create or design programs that accelerate the Humana Foundation’s larger innovation and design, pilot and research objectives. These programs or partnerships seek to transform the current local landscape or drive toward national system-building approaches.
The Foundation Professional must have an intimate understanding of the communities and geographies in which they are assigned, live and work and may conduct outreach, organize, listen to and address the concerns of local residents and organizations. With this in mind, in this role the Foundation Lead must discern how funded programs or research may directly impact individual citizens, neighborhoods, or whole communities in which the Humana, Inc. business may operate.
This role requires critical thinking, a commitment to effectively communicating across teams and stake holders, strong verbal and written communication skills, high-level presentation skills, and a desire to advance the Foundation’s strategic vision. Foundation Professional will need to have the ability to work independently and collaboratively while completing multiple tasks with competing deadlines and priorities. This role may require travel.
The role may also include implementation of special projects, as needed, and other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
• Works with Foundation leadership to inform and drive grant making priorities, strategies, and tactics in support of the Foundations goals including but not limited to improving and sustaining health outcomes and achieving greater health equity.
• Writes and produces informative briefings and reports and other materials related to the Foundations’ strategies or emerging /key issues for Foundation leadership and board (and external audiences, when appropriate) in partnership with Communications Director.
• Stays up-to-date on developments in Foundation focus areas through research and by attending pertinent conferences and meetings.
• Monitors Foundation progress at the strategy and initiative levels; and incorporates key learning when aligned with Foundation strategy
• Forms key partnerships with individuals and organizations – in the non-profit, public and private sectors – to enhance implementation of Foundation strategies.
• Represents the Foundation and its interests to key Program related external constituencies, including Humana, Inc., in both formal and informal presentations such as attending conferences, committee representation and other meetings as necessary.
• Serves on non-profit boards and working groups as a Foundation representative, as needed.
• Facilitate community discussions with the goal of advancing key Foundation initiatives that advance overall impact and strategy.
• Translates community and non-profit needs into insights that can be used to further refine the Foundation strategy and focus areas and may incorporate those findings into program development.
• Monitors and evaluates grantee outcomes across the following areas: program, policy, finance, governance, management and legal
• Uses key learnings from grant evaluation, overall portfolio review, and Foundation’s desire to be research-driven and innovative to recommend program modifications, extensions, to Foundation leadership and Board.
• Screens and managers funding inquiries
• Conducts due diligence assessments of prospective grantees in partnership with Finance Lead
• Manage all phases of the investment cycle from inquiry to application review, selection, performance evaluation (when required) renewal or closing.
• Identifies areas where capacity enhancement grants, within defined scope, may be delivered to further scale grow program impact
Role Essentials
DRIVER LICENSE
• This role is a part of Humana’s Driver Safety program and therefore requires and individual to have a valid state driver’s license, a clean driving record and proof of personal vehicle liability insurance with at least 100,000/300,000/100,00 limits.
• 3-5 years’ experience in the philanthropy, nonprofit or public sectors
• Exceptional technology skills, including familiarity of or willingness to learn and operate online grants management and event systems (Grant management systems, Event systems, Microsoft Office Applications)
• Knowledge in one or more of Humana Foundation’s strategic focus areas (Health Equity, Mental health – social isolation/companionship/loneliness; Food security and Nutrition)Awareness of concepts related to health equity, systems change, and root causes
• Demonstrated persuasive and respectful presentation skills for communications with internal leadership, external high-level stakeholders, and communities
• Proven ability to work effectively independently and across diverse disciplines including but not limited to the Humana Foundation’s strategic focus areas
NOTE: This is a work from home position – the ideal candidate will spend a significant amount of time collaborating with the regional partners in Florida and Louisiana.
COVID:
• We will require full COVID vaccination for this job as we are a healthcare company committed to putting health and safety first for our members, patients, associates and the communities we serve. This job requires close personal interaction with patients. You will not be able to social distance.
• If progressed to offer, you will be required to provide proof of full vaccination where allowed by law. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Scheduled Weekly Hours 40
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