Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson FoundationAbout the role
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), located in Princeton, N.J., is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. To get there, we must work to dismantle structural racism and other barriers to health. Since 1972, we have focused on developing and promoting innovations in health and healthcare to improve the lives of millions. Through funding, convening, advocacy, and evidence-building, we work side-by-side with communities, practitioners, and institutions to achieve health equity faster and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
At RWJF, we work toward three Generational Goals to transform health in our lifetime: Economic Inclusion for Family Wellbeing, Equitable and Accountable Public Health and Healthcare Systems, and Healthy and Equitable Community Conditions.
We take seriously our responsibilities, and we pledge to work in ways that reflect our Guiding Principles. These are rooted in equity and influence everything we do at RWJF. Equity, diversity, inclusion, and collaboration enable our staff’s wide range of experiences, passions, and perspectives to strengthen our ability to address our nation’s most pressing health issues and support a culture of belonging. Part of this work includes actively shaping an inclusive organization where all staff members thrive as we build and use our capabilities, voice, and power to advance health equity. RWJF offers a collaborative, collegial, and creative work environment. With a career at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, you will make a difference.
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
As RWJF tackles structural racism as a barrier to health, the New Jersey department’s role has evolved from a traditional funder to a strategic grantmaker, thought partner, impact investor, convenor, and anchor. The New Jersey department closely aligns with and brings to bear RWJF’s voice, resources, and institutional assets to improve health and wellbeing in the state. This approach—informed by grantees, intermediaries, partners, and community members—has redefined RWJF’s role as a philanthropic anchor institution that is responsive, accountable, and is in a durable relationship with New Jersey communities with the greatest barriers to health equity.
The New Jersey department advances:
building and bridging power with and across communities
shifting narratives about health and wellbeing
advancing policies, practices, and systems change that promote health equity statewide
We pursue this work in two ways: developing and implementing New Jersey-focused strategies in close collaboration with community members and strategic partners, while also leveraging learning, tools, and best practices from across RWJF’s national portfolio and other departments to strengthen outcomes in New Jersey. Our investments focus on intermediaries, community-based partners, nonprofits, grassroots groups, and other organizations driving policy and systems change and movement-building throughout New Jersey using place-based grants, infrastructure support, co-funding, leadership development, impact investments, convening, narrative and communication support, collaboration, and sustained partnerships. We prioritize investments in historically marginalized communities that have faced persistent barriers to achieving health
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