Organization

Baltimore Community Foundation is a philanthropic foundation created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations. Our mission is to inspire donors to achieve their charitable goals from generation to generation and to improve the quality of life in the Baltimore region through grantmaking, enlightened civic leadership, and strategic investments. BCF’s vision is of a Baltimore that boasts a growing economy where all have the opportunity to thrive. Our action agenda organizes grants, initiatives, and advocacy around this vision. The values that guide our work are trustworthiness, inclusion, and entrepreneurialism.

With assets over $250 million comprising over 850 charitable funds, BCF has granted over $500 million since its inception in 1972 and is one of the Baltimore region’s top grantmaking foundations. BCF makes charitable contributions to support a wide range of issues affecting the Baltimore region, currently with a focus on school communities and impact investing. BCF is the fiscal sponsor for a transportation focused program initiative and is affiliated with four supporting organizations BCF undergoes a vigorous accreditation every five years and is certified under the Council on Foundation’s National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.

BCF operates from the knowledge that profound disparities in opportunity exist between people of color and their white counterparts, and we acknowledge the historic and ongoing role that structural racism plays in creating and perpetuating those disparities. That is why we are committed to reducing racial disparities, identifying and combating structural racism, and fostering more equity and inclusion through our grantmaking, initiatives, and advocacy.

Position

A temporary position, the Fellow in Public Health will report to the President of CEO and work effectively with BCF staff to conduct grantmaking related to vaccine hesitancy.  The fellow in public health will implement BCF’s partnership with the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities funded the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation. This position will spend approximately 75% of time focused on grantmaking and other disbursements designed to tackle vaccine hesitancy. Approximately 25% of this position’s time will focus evaluation, convening and liaising with local and national partners. The Fellow will identify, vet, recommend and evaluate grassroots community partners as well as community-based institutional actors that are addressing vaccine hesitancy.   

While the position is ideally a full-time position, a part time commitment of not less than 20 hours per week will be considered for a qualified and appealing candidate

Responsibilities

• Develop and recommend an effective grantmaking/disbursement strategy for approximately $750K in funding over a six- to nine-month period.
• Working with BCF staff and regional partners to identify influencers to support and partners for grantmaking.  
• Represent BCF in local and national meetings and convenings on vaccine hesitancy.
• For grant recommendations, conduct any needed due diligence including site visits, writing grant recommendations, preparing for advisory group meetings, notifying grantees of funding decisions, establishing reporting requirements, and reviewing reports for awarded grantees.
• Cultivate and maintain a productive and positive working relationship with BCF staff and volunteers.
• Stay current with best practices related to COVID-19 risk mitigation and vaccine hesitancy, including occasional travel to conferences to represent BCF and for professional development purposes.
• Other related duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

• Direct knowledge or experience with Baltimore and the target communities for the CDC project;
• Minimum 3 years’ public health experience or a degree in public health;
• Demonstrated ability to work comfortably and effectively with diverse constituencies, e.g. community and nonprofit leaders, donors, trustees, volunteers and elected and other public officials;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Entrepreneurial work style oriented toward outcomes;
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work independently, and attention to detail;
• Familiarity and comfort with grants management software is a plus;   
• Fluency in Spanish is not required but is a plus. 

Term

Commences December 2021/January 2022 for 9 – 12 months

Full-time or Part-time (at least 20 hours/ week)