Program Manager, Systems

Advertised Job Type: Permanent - Full-time regular employment

Work Type:
On Site

R.O.C.K. Mat-Su (Raising Our Children with Kindness) is a community collaborative working to accomplish two goals:
1) Strengthen families so all children thrive in a safe, healthy, and equitable community and
2) End child abuse and neglect and reduce adverse childhood/community experiences. R.O.C.K. Mat-Su is a cross-sector community partnership working to influence the systems that affect children and families, guided by the collective impact framework. The Mat-Su Health Foundation serves as the initiative’s “backbone” organization, ensuring it is staffed, funded, and governed appropriately to carry out its important mission. R.O.C.K. Mat-Su employees are employees of the Mat-Su Health Foundation.

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of the shared vision, common agenda, and desired impact for assigned focus area initiative work groups;
• Identify policy, systems, and practice changes necessary to advance initiative outcomes;
• Provide stewardship and oversight of governance structures within focus area initiatives;
• Partner with the R.O.C.K. Mat-Su Director to ensure alignment between initiative work groups and the broader strategic goals and objectives of the collective.

• Design and convene high-level, outcome-driven meetings and community forums using collaborative processes;
• Serve as a strong, neutral facilitator who builds trust and effectively manages complex stakeholder dynamics;
• Promote distributed leadership and shared accountability among partners;
• Utilize diverse facilitation strategies to strengthen engagement, clarity, and impact;
• Guide work groups toward consensus, shared measures, collective meaning, and strategic progress.

• Develop and coordinate comprehensive strategies that advance population-level, systems-level change;
• Align and support strategic, administrative, and operational priorities for R.O.C.K. Mat-Su and MSHF;
  Oversee budgets, contracts, grant funds, and procurement processes for assigned initiatives;
• Ensure timely completion of grant and contract deliverables;
• Communicate clearly and consistently with partners and community stakeholders regarding initiative progress;
• Maintain knowledge of relevant research, trends, and best practices;
• Integrate the collective impact framework and other evidence-informed models to achieve initiative goals;
• Coordinate workgroup meetings, trainings, and community convenings.

• Oversee shared data systems and evaluation processes
• Translate data insights into strategic adjustments and continuous improvement efforts
• Develop reports and communication materials that clearly demonstrate progress and outcomes
• Promote transparency and shared ownership of results among partners.

• Build and sustain strong relationships with community partners and key regional and statewide stakeholders;
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of systems impacting children and families in the Mat-Su Borough;
• Uphold R.O.C.K. Mat-Su’s role as a respected, neutral convener;
• Serve as a liaison between funders and implementation partners.

• Advance alignment with the organization’s commitment to health equity and inclusion;
• Support collective efforts to address historical and intergenerational trauma at the population level;
• Ensure initiatives are guided by authentic community voice;
• Facilitate health equity efforts through equitable policies, practices, and assessment approaches;
  Identify and work to eliminate structural barriers affecting children and families;
• Demonstrate ongoing professional growth in cultural…