Health Access
414 13th Street, Suite 450
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 873-8787
Fax: (510) 873-8789
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Job Openings with Health Access
Northern California Organizer
Lead Organizer - It's Our Healthcare
Online Organizer
Health Access offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits including health, life, and disability insurance, 401k savings plan, and a fast-paced but casual work environment.
Promoting diversity is integral to the mission of Health Access. Health Access seeks applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability. Health Access embraces equality of opportunity and treatment for all employees in all employment matters. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume with salary requirements referencing JOB TITLE position in the subject line to: jobs@health-access.org or 1127 11th Street, Suite 234, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Community Organizer, Northern CA – Oakland, CA
Posted 02/22/08 -Printable Version-
Position Summary:
Health Access seeks an experienced community and/or political organizer to staff our Oakland office, and coordinate our Northern California activities such as coordinating regional coalitions, campaigns, actions, and events in support of our goal to defend and expand access to health care.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Coordinate regional health coalitions, including maintaining relationships with key members and informing them of developments in Sacramento and Washington, DC;
- Organize press conferences, actions, and events to support statewide issue campaigns;
- Serve as a regional spokesperson for the organization, including giving presentations to groups, and testimony at public hearings;
- Outreach to community leaders and key organizations;
- Formulate and execute strategy and tactics in political issue campaigns;
- Recruit new members and affiliates to the coalition;
- Identify and work with uninsured families, immigrants, seniors, and patients;
- Develop grassroots leaders to be active on health care issues;
- Assist in research, fundraising, and other organizational operations;
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least three years of experience in community and/or political organizing;
- The ability to work independently;
- Good organization, writing, public speaking, and computer skills; and
- General familiarity with health care issues and California state politics
- Bi-lingual skills a plus.
Language and Communication Skills:
- Read and comprehend general instructions, correspondence, and memos.
- Write professional correspondence.
- Effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to executives and employees of the organization, as well as individuals outside the organization.
- Ability to collaborate, lead teams, and drive complex decision making processes.
- Analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- An independent thinker, self-motivated, problem solver, and team player, with a commitment to excellence.
- Have strong organizational skills, and ability to stay focused with attention to detail.
- Must be able to meet deadlines, be responsive, and demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills.
- General familiarity with health issues, California state politics, and nonprofit advocacy are a plus, but not required.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud, as multiple telephone conversations and normal office equipment continue throughout the day. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Health Access is a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians, and a statewide coalition of over 200 member organizations representing seniors, children, people with disabilities, immigrants, communities of color, health care professionals, people of faith, labor, and working families. For twenty years, Health Access has been a leader in the state’s health care reform movement.
Lead Organizer - It's Our Healthcare Coalition
Posted 6/03/08 -- printable version --
Position Summary:
Health Access seeks an experienced community and/or political organizer to serve as Lead Organizer responsible for coordinating the field activities of the It’s Our Healthcare Coalition; a statewide coalition of partner organizations working to expand access to quality, affordable health care for all Californians. The position may be based in either our Oakland or Los Angeles office.
Specific responsibilities include:
The IOHC Lead Organizer would coordinate activities around the state to keep advocates informed about legislative reform efforts and legislation of interest to health advocates. The position would:
- Maintain regular contact with nine existing regional coalitions.
- Convene regional, in-person meeting with existing coalitions.
- Coordinate efforts with the Having Our Say coalition sponsored by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network and their project organizer.
- Maintain a statewide advocacy calendar to keep advocates informed of regional and statewide activities.
- Organize press conferences, actions, and events to support statewide issue campaigns.
- Serve as a spokesperson for the organization, including giving presentations to groups, and testimony at public hearings.
- Recruit new members and affiliates to the coalition.
- Assist in research, fundraising, and other organizational operations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
May supervise interns and volunteers as available
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least three years of experience in community and/or political organizing.
- The ability to work independently.
- Experience participating in or coordinating diverse coalitions.
- Good organization, writing, public speaking, and computer skills.
Language and Communication Skills:
- Read and comprehend general instructions, correspondence, and memos.
- Write professional correspondence.
- Effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to executives and employees of the organization, as well as individuals outside the organization.
- Ability to collaborate, lead teams, and drive complex decision making processes.
- Analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate in a language other than English is a plus.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- An independent thinker, self-motivated, problem solver, and team player, with a commitment to excellence.
- Have strong organizational skills, and ability to stay focused with attention to detail.
- Must be able to meet deadlines, be responsive, and demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills.
- General familiarity with health issues, California state politics, and nonprofit advocacy are a plus, but not required.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud, as multiple telephone conversations and normal office equipment continue throughout the day. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Health Access is a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians, and a statewide coalition of over 200 member organizations representing seniors, children, people with disabilities, immigrants, communities of color, health care professionals, people of faith, labor, and working families. For twenty years, Health Access has been a leader in the state’s health care reform movement.
Online Organizer
Posted 6/03/08 -- printable version --
Position Summary:
Health Access seeks an experienced Online Organizer to work with internal and coalition member staff to do online outreach with the goal of driving new traffic to our website(s), increasing the number of online advocates, expanding our education and advocacy efforts to reach new audiences, and encouraging individuals and organizations to become participants in the work of Health Access. The position may be based in either our Oakland or Sacramento office.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Work as part of our organizing staff to develop a dynamic online outreach and marketing program that will increase visibility and effectiveness.
- Distribute online action alerts, e-newsletters, and other updates.
- Develop, manage, and maintain online lists.
- Implement benchmarks, gather data, analyze results (click-throughs, response rates, tell-a-friend), and increase site traffic through search engines and other online strategies.
- Help develop and manage promotional and visibility efforts such as viral campaigns and online advertising.
- Work with internal and coalition staff to ensure message consistency across all online platforms.
- Stay on top of new developments in web and online strategies.
- Assist in research, fundraising, and other organizational operations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least two years experience doing successful online organizing and outreach.
- Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop).
- Good understanding of online organizing techniques and technologies.
- Familiarity with e-advocacy software, such as Get Active.
- Strong graphics skills.
- Strong writing and editing skills.
- The ability to work independently.
Language and Communication Skills:
- Read and comprehend general instructions, correspondence, and memos.
- Write professional correspondence.
- Effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations.
- Analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- An independent thinker, self-motivated, problem solver, and team player, with a commitment to excellence.
- Have strong organizational skills, and ability to stay focused with attention to detail.
- Must be able to meet deadlines, be responsive, and demonstrate excellent communication and customer service skills.
- General familiarity with health issues, California state politics, and nonprofit advocacy are a plus, but not required.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud, as multiple telephone conversations and normal office equipment continue throughout the day. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Health Access is a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians, and a statewide coalition of over 200 member organizations representing seniors, children, people with disabilities, immigrants, communities of color, health care professionals, people of faith, labor, and working families. For twenty years, Health Access has been a leader in the state’s health care reform movement.
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