Program Manager: School Partnerships & Capacity Building

Title: Program Manager:
School Partnership & Capacity Building

Classification: Exempt, hourly

Hours: Full-time (averaging 40 hours /week). Occasional evening and weekend meetings required.

Reports to: Executive Director

Location: Hybrid, based in Central/Eastern WA, with travel across state. Employees must live in Washington.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience, annual salary range between $70,000 - $75,000 .

Benefits :
Health benefits reimbursement, retirement benefits, paid holidays, PTO (Paid Time Off for sick time and vacation), travel reimbursement, flexible work environment, and professional development opportunities.

The Washington School-Based Health Alliance (WA SBHA) advances and advocates for school-based health care, working with communities and partners to achieve equity in health and educational opportunities for children and youth statewide. We envision a racially just and inclusive society where every child can reach their full potential in health, learning, and life.

As the statewide nonprofit organization advocating for and supporting school-based health centers (SBHCs) in Washington since 2010, WA SBHA works to expand the number and sustainability of SBHCs and to improve the quality of youth-centered health care services they provide. School-based health is responsive to the needs to the unique community and school in which they are located. To support the needs of each unique community, WA SBHA works with schools, school districts, and school communities to help determine the best path forward to support school-based health access for their population.

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The Program Manager:
School Partnership & Capacity Building is a new role at WA SBHA. This position is integral to our focus on expanding access to school-based care across Washington, particularly in rural areas. This role will support these efforts by directly engaging with schools to establish, promote, and advance their school-based healthcare emerging SBHC sites from concept to launch, lead cross-sector initiatives that remove systemic barriers, and forge partnerships that strengthen integrated care for students—especially in rural and historically underserved communities.

• Proactively identify, engage, and cultivate new and prospective school sites across Washington.
• Deliver tailored technical assistance to guide early-stage development, including readiness assessments and partner alignment; sample governance structures, and healthcare sponsor identification.
• Create and maintain practical, user-friendly resources—toolkits, templates, and open office hours—to streamline school site engagement and statewide support.
• Partner with local communities to facilitate in-person and virtual town halls/listening sessions to surface community priorities, build trust, and foster shared ownership of emerging school-based healthcare and SBHCs.

• In partnership with WA SBHA staff, scan statewide trends, identify system-level barriers, and translate findings into actionable initiatives that strengthen access to school-based health across Washington.
• Design and lead system-level improvement projects that expand the capacity and sustainability of school-based health care access for students, especially in rural and underserved communities.
• Pinpoint opportunities to reduce system burden on SBHCs and develop guidance, work plans, and resources that drive operational excellence and equity, especially as aligned with initiatives and goals of schools, school districts, and OSPI.

• Map, cultivate, and steward strategic relationships with schools, school districts/ESDs, and community-based organizations in areas seeking access to school-based health.
• Facilitate cross-sector collaboration to expand and improve access to school-based health services statewide.
• Represent WA SBHA in statewide and regional coalitions, committees, and working groups, ensuring SBHC perspectives shape collective solutions.
• Identify, package, and advance opportunities (e.g. pilots, grants, partnerships) that expand…