Nonprofit Foundation Program Officer

Our client, a Houston-area foundation focused on community health, has an opportunity available for a Program Officer. This role advances the foundation's strategic framework by managing a portfolio of grants and initiatives that address the root causes of health inequities in Texas. This Program Officer translates high-level vision into actionable strategies that are outcome-focused, sustainable, and responsive to emerging opportunities.

• Establish and maintain ongoing, trust-based relationships with grantee partners, peer funders, and leaders from non-medical drivers of health (NMDOH) support organizations and health care, as well as collaborators across the foundation's divisions. This includes working together to identify and respond to emerging opportunities and challenges and recommending foundation engagement that advances long-term progress on the foundation's strategic priorities.
• Manage and shape a defined portfolio of grants and initiatives that advance the foundation’s Strategic Framework, including assessing organizational and financial health, evaluating sustainability, and applying discernment to recommend the most strategic investments; contribute to the long-term vision, scope, and impact of the foundation’s work. For community health centers and safety-net providers, assess operational performance, reimbursement strategies, financial sustainability, and organizational capacity to inform grantmaking recommendations and strategic engagement.
• Monitor and analyze trends affecting community health centers and safety-net providers, including payor mix, reimbursement policy, value-based care, health coverage changes, uptake of non-medical drivers of health concepts, and emerging models of care. Synthesize these trends to assess their implications for the foundation's grantmaking strategy and long‑term philanthropic approach.
• Work directly with grant applicants, grantee partners, partner organizations, and the foundation's colleagues to develop and steward outcome‑focused investments that advance health equity and the goals of the foundation’s Strategic Framework.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the foundation and with external leaders to co‑develop strategies and grantmaking approaches that address systemic drivers of health inequities, integrating learning and evaluation to capture insights, share lessons, and strengthen future investments.
• Translate the high‑level vision and strategies of the foundation’s Strategic Framework into clear, actionable plans, grantmaking approaches, and partnerships that drive measurable progress toward intended outcomes.
• Serve as a key voice within the Grants team to inform, design, and implement strategies that deliver on the foundation’s Strategic Framework. Demonstrate adaptive leadership by navigating complexity, adjusting strategies in response to changing circumstances, and supporting grantee partners and colleagues in times of uncertainty.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in work related to the Foundation’s Action Areas – Health and Health Care Services, Healthy Communities, Health Policies – or closely related work in philanthropy, nonprofit, or public sectors, with direct involvement in grantmaking, program design, policy, or systems‑change efforts.
• Experience in community health center and safety‑net provider operations, health care finance, clinic administration, or clinic strategy.
• Experience with grantmaking, impact investing, community development finance, health care finance, or other mission‑aligned capital strategies preferred. Demonstrated interest in learning and applying innovative philanthropic tools to advance community health is expected.

• Ability to translate high‑level vision into actionable plans, grants, and partnerships.
• Strong systems and policy thinking skills; ability to identify root causes and levers for long‑term change.
• Demonstrated judgment and discernment in grant stewardship, with the ability to assess organizational and financial health, weigh competing uses of funds, and recommend the most strategic investments.
• Creative and analytical thinking,…