A Career with the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation  

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation is committed to inspiring philanthropy and community service – with a special interest in children’s health, education, veterans, Lyme Disease, and the arts – by creating awareness, offering guidance, and leading by example to show the world what giving can do.

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Point72’s Community Matters team, and the Amazin’ Mets Foundation share leadership and often collaborate on initiatives to strengthen their collective efforts. This exciting opportunity offers you the ability to work within a highly collaborative team across multiple organizations, where no two days are the same.

Health Program Analyst

We’re looking to add a Health Program Analyst to our team. In this role, you will oversee critical aspects of the Foundation’s grantmaking portfolio under the direction of the Senior Program Officer, Executive Director and Foundation’s President, Alexandra Cohen. You will be responsible for supporting Foundation leadership in evaluating proposals, analyzing data from grantees and publicly available sources, conducting due diligence and grant management operations for grantees, and supporting grantees throughout the grant period to ensure optimal results. The position will focus on the health portfolio including adolescent mental health, veterans mental health, and other health and human services sectors.

What you’ll do

• In consultation with Foundation leadership, build, manage, and evaluate health and human services portfolios with a focus on adolescent mental health, veterans mental health and other health and human services grantees.
• Research and understand the landscape of stakeholders (e.g., potential grantees, governmental programs, beneficiaries, communities) and intervention approaches in mental health, veterans health and other health and human services sectors.
• Solicit proposals from grantees that fit into funding strategies for health and human services portfolios and conduct due diligence on submissions.
• Monitor and evaluate operational and performance metrics of the Foundation’s grantees (focusing on our larger health projects, such as veterans health) and forecast operational demand and capacity.
• Where appropriate, conduct external landscape analysis of comparable operations to benchmark grantee practices and performance metrics.
• Support financial and programmatic analysis of grantee reports (e.g., analysis, visualizations) in the health and human services portfolios.
• Regularly summarize findings of analyses and help present results to Foundation leadership to support decision-making.
• Manage grantmaking processes for health and human services grants including updating Salesforce records, processing grant letters, communicating with grantees, and related tasks.
• Assist with data gathering and analysis from external sources (e.g. government statistics).
• Conduct grantee site visits to build relationships and evaluate grantee performance.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

What’s required

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2-4 years’ experience in health or human services or related field
• Strong technical skills including Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint. Ability to create and design PowerPoint presentations
• Strong knowledge of data analysis and/or organizational performance measurement
• Demonstrated ability to communicate confidently and effectively with executive and senior stakeholders, including c-levels and board members
• Some travel required
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
• Hybrid office with regular days to work from home
• Offices located in New York City or Stamford, CT

About Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation is committed to inspiring philanthropy and community service by creating awareness, offering guidance and leading by example to show the world what giving can do. Since launching the Foundation in 2001, Steven and Alexandra Cohen have generously funded local and national nonprofit organizations that uplift the communities in which they serve. The Cohens’ giving reflects their personal connection with the causes that inspire them. To learn more, please visit steveandalex.org or follow the Foundation @CohenGive on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

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