SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 
 

 ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION

The mission of the San Francisco Public Health Foundation (SFPHF) is to develop and mobilize resources in support of the goals of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and its community partners to protect and promote health. SFPHF is well-resourced and is in strong financial standing. Our job is to streamline and simplify our community health partners’ paths to successfully serve San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents. 

For more information, please visit https://sfphf.org/.

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Salary range: $150,000-$175,000

  • Excellent benefits (see details below)

  • Provide critical health services to those who have been left behind by conventional healthcare

This is the right opportunity if you are:

  • A flexible, transparent, and approachable leader

  • An authentic, service-oriented partner in the community

  • Creative and have a solutions-seeking mindset

  • Deeply committed to serving the crucial healthcare needs of thousands of community members

POSITION OVERVIEW

San Francisco Public Health Foundation (SFPHF) seeks a flexible, creative, visionary, and client-focused Executive Director to lead this organization into the future. The Executive Director will oversee the organization’s vision; manage strategic relationships including clients, governmental entities, Board Members, staff, and volunteers; and ensure fiscal responsibility through grant management, grant making, and fundraising.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The position works closely with the Board of Directors. An internal team of seven full-time employees report to this position.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership + Management

  • Demonstrated visionary leadership experience in the nonprofit sector; preferably in the public health field and/or community-centric organization. 

  • Manage and oversee a staff of seven internal team members.

  • Proactively build meaningful client relationships with key community partners and stakeholders. Understand nuanced stakeholder dynamics

Board of Directors

  • Serve as a strategic partner with the Board and its sub-committees to ensure effective resource development, governance practices, and fiscal responsibility and stability.

  • Partners with the Board of Directors and Staff in the development and execution of short-term goals, long-term goals and the execution of the pending strategic work plan.

  • Translate approved goals into action and oversee their implementation.  

Financial Management + Fundraising

  • Implement financial strategies, including budget management, facility with profit/loss statements, balance sheets and contract management/negotiation. 

  • Collaborate with Director of Finance in identifying and organizing potential fundraising resources.

  • Experience working successfully with fundraising practices.

Internal Team + Operations

  • In depth experience with talent management and human resources with an eye for effective internal collaboration.

  • Promote a culture of thoughtful transparency, authenticity and generosity. 

  • Enthusiastically supervise and motivate the internal team to achieve their best work.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Seven or more years of progressively challenging nonprofit leadership experience 

  • Passionate about the mission of San Francisco Public Health Foundation and its community partners

  • Experience in creating organizational and financial plans in partnership with a Board of Directors

  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience

  • Gifted and analytical diplomat who strives for each voice to be heard

  • Track record of working with a culturally-diverse population of community leaders, board members, volunteers, and staff

  • Creative problem-solver 

  • Thoughtful and proactive listener

  • A generous customer-service attitude with all clients and stakeholders

  • Deep ability to proactively and effectively collaborate with peers, Board members, and volunteers

  • Synthesize information succinctly and persuasively

  • Knowledge of the SF Bay Area public health world, strongly preferred

  • Present information clearly to diverse audiences

SALARY OR SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this position is $150,000-$175,000

Benefits: Medical (eligible on 1st of the month after hire date). Employer pays 100% of employee premium; Dental; Vision

Other Insurance: Life Insurance; Short Term Disability; Long Term Disability

Retirement: 401(k) Employer Match

Vacation/PTO: 13 paid holidays; 15 days’ vacation in 1st year of employment (accrual increases each year)

TO APPLY

To apply for this position, or for additional information on the opportunity, please send a copy of your resume with a cover letter to Victoria Silverman at apply@cooksilverman.com.

All applications and inquiries will receive a response and be kept strictly confidential. 

San Francisco Public Health Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

EQUITY STATEMENT  

“At SFPHF a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace is one where all employees and volunteers, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education, or disability, feels valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our positions and programs. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages, and we strive to assure that all voices are valued and heard. 

We’re committed to modeling diversity and inclusion, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.

To provide informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, SFPHF strives to: 

  • See diversity, inclusion, and equity as connected to our mission and critical to ensure the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve. 

  • Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress. 

  • Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness. 

  • Help to challenge assumptions about what it takes to be a strong leader at our organization, and who is well-positioned to provide leadership.

  • Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.

  • Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our board and staff.

  • Lead with respect and tolerance. We expect all employees to embrace this notion and to express it in workplace interactions and through everyday practices.

SFPHF abides by the following action items to help promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace: 

  • Pursue cultural competency throughout our organization by creating substantive learning opportunities and formal, transparent policies.

  • Improve our cultural leadership pipeline by creating and supporting programs and policies that foster leadership that reflects the diversity of American society. 

  • Develop a system for being more intentional and conscious of bias during the hiring, promoting, or evaluating process. Train our hiring team on equitable practices.

  • Include a salary range with all public job descriptions. 

  • Advocate for public and private-sector policy that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Challenge systems and policies that create inequity, oppression, and disparity.”