Senior Officer for Public Opin

The Foundation is happy to announce an opening for the position of Senior Officer for Public Opinion Insights. This position provides strategic leadership and management of a Foundation signature effort to better understand how Coloradans think about health and what shapes their values, perceptions and opinions about policy issues. The Foundation and its partners in the advocacy community will leverage this understanding to more persuasively communicate and build support for policies that improve health equity in Colorado. This position is responsible for development, execution and iteration of a long-term strategy for public opinion research that produces actionable insights for effective policy advocacy. The position provides leadership and guidance for this effort, including development and management of an influence, training and learning agenda based on research outcomes. The Senior Officer for Public Opinion Insights works in partnership with Foundation leadership and the policy and communications departments to position the Foundation as a leader in the advocacy field both in Colorado and nationally. At the Foundation, we believe that keeping equity at the heart of our work will lead us to better health. That starts from within, including intentional application of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices that guide how we operate and work in communities across Colorado. For example, our cornerstones are designed to help ensure that: We serve Coloradans who have less power, privilege and income, and prioritize Coloradans of color. We do everything with the intent of creating health equity. We are informed by the community and those we exist to serve. Candidates will have a personal commitment and connection with our mission and cornerstones; work well in ambiguity and managing change; and proactively identify opportunities to advance our mission while remaining grounded in the day-to-day responsibilities. They will need to be able to apply principles of health equity and racial justice across all of their work, as well as integrate concepts of strategy formation and refinement, systems thinking, complexity, adaptive/emergent strategy, worldviews and power. Ideal candidates will: Prioritize and manage a qualitative pub