Â鶹ֱ²¥, Inc. (HRiA) is a non-profit organization working to improve and reimagine public health. We connect, consult, and collaborate to solve complex challenges of access and equity in our health and social systems. Together with our partners, clients, and collaborators, we create actionable solutions so that all people can thrive.
In 1957, The Medical Foundation (TMF) was created to primarily fund biomedical research in Massachusetts. Since then, we’ve been on a journey of evolution. We changed our name to Â鶹ֱ²¥ (HRiA) to reflect our impact in the field of public health. Today, HRiA works with individuals, organizations, and communities to drive a policy and systems change approach to advance health and racial equity.
HRiA seeks sustainable solutions for complex problems using an anti-racist approach. We aim to be adaptable and flexible in meeting clients and partners where they are, offering our decades of knowledge and resources to collectively realize our dream of equitable, sustainable health for all. The foundation of this work is centered on our values:
- Â鶹ֱ²¥and racial equity by identifying and addressing the root causes of health inequities, intentionally working to shift narratives and power imbalances and disrupt all systems of oppression.
- Leading with heart by demonstrating our passionate commitment to our work, continuously challenging ourselves with humility and vulnerability while pursuing and holding ourselves accountable to our mission.
- Collaboration by intentionally and respectfully leading, partnering, and following to strengthen relationships, uplift different voices and build trust.
- Innovation by driving toward new strategies, questioning norms, and continuously learning and evolving to support the needs of our clients and communities.
HRiA offers exciting, engaging, and challenging employment opportunities for facilitators, trainers, researchers, analysts, policy specialists, grant managers, and more. People come to HRiA because of our commitment to advancing health equity and inspiring work; they stay for our wonderful clients, partners, and dedicated and dynamic staff. With our growing portfolio of high-impact work, person-centered policies, and generous benefits, our team continually invests in making HRiA a great place to work. Our diverse staff of over 270 people hail from 30+ states, with a homebase in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood.
Benefits
HRiA offers strong benefits to its employees, including:
- Competitive salaries
- Â鶹ֱ²¥insurance
- Retirement plan
- Flexible summer hours
- Vacation starting at 4 weeks
- 13 paid holidays, plus office closure time during the last week of December.
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Position Description
HRiA’s Research and Evaluation (R&E) Cluster works with a variety of clients such as health departments, hospitals, schools, foundations, and community organizations to provide valid, reliable data for developing, implementing, and improving health and social programs and initiatives across the United States. These services help guide each step of program and policy planning by assessing strengths and needs, determining potential key partners, understanding issues salient to priority audiences, identifying challenges, and evaluating progress and impact. Services include, but are not limited to, survey development and administration, interview and focus group moderation, statistical data analysis, data visualization, report writing, and translation of research findings into actionable next steps for designing and evaluating programs, services, initiatives, and policies.  Typically, R&E projects focus on topics such as community health assessments, public health-health care integration, public health infrastructure, environmental health, housing and community development, behavioral health (substance abuse and mental health), chronic disease prevention and related behaviors, among other areas.
Position: This opening is for a full-time Director-level position who will serve as a senior-level Project Lead on multiple evaluation and assessment projects. There are many Director-level staff in the Research and Evaluation cluster, and it is expected that Director-level staff will be skilled researchers/evaluators with excellent interpersonal and client management skills. The person in this position is expected to have experience leading complex projects for various clients and stakeholders, including government agencies / health departments, hospitals, philanthropic foundations, schools, and community groups, have strong analytical skills, and a commitment to health equity. They will need to understand how to balance research rigor with the budgetary and time constraints that are common to applied research as well as be able to navigate different partners’ and stakeholders’ multiple perspectives on a project. The person in this position will need to be adaptable as project course corrections are common in the work we do. Strong presentation, interpersonal, and project management skills are a must, especially given our consultancy model
The person in this position will lead or be a key cluster member for a variety of projects including but not limited to short-term collaborative community health assessment and planning projects, large scale grant-funded multi-partner longitudinal evaluations, and formative research to inform program, policy, or intervention development. Projects could focus on a range of topics including environmental health, public health infrastructure, health systems transformation, behavioral health (substance abuse and mental health), chronic disease prevention and related behaviors, the social determinants of health including community development, housing, and education, or health equity. It is critical that they be able to discuss research methods and findings in a clear, salient manner to non-research audiences. The person in this position should be able to participate in half-day, in person meetings in the Greater Boston area without needing overnight accommodations.
The Director will also contribute to the overall growth of the organization, including participating in new business development through proposal writing, presentations, and other HRiA promotional activities.
The Director will be supervised by a Managing Director in Research and Evaluation but will work closely with all members of the R&E Cluster and many programmatic and administrative staff throughout the organization.