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Director, Community Engagement and Capacity Building, Bureau of Queens Neighborhood Health

Long Island City, NY, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead community engagement and capacity building for the new Bureau of Queens Neighborhood Health to address racial inequities and chronic disease prevention in Jamaica, Queens.

Role type

Director of Community Engagement and Capacity Building

Builds

Community partnerships, organizational capacity, and health initiatives for diverse NYC communities

Domain

Public health / Social determinants of health / Racial equity

Required skills

Community engagement, grant writing and management, budget development, team supervision, data presentation, policy development, technical assistance training

Preferred skills

Applied public health, statistics, social justice, data analysis, anti-oppression frameworks, Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint, multilingual communication

Technologies

Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Coordinate internal and external community initiatives; attend and present at community board meetings; develop and manage budgets for grant-funded programs; lead grant writing and funding acquisition; supervise and mentor a four-person outreach team; develop training and capacity-building initiatives for community partners; present public health data to stakeholders; assist in developing community-based policy initiatives; plan and execute health-related events; develop metrics to measure engagement efforts.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight

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