Job Posting 4/3/2025

Program Development Associate


About Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap):

Strong community-based healthcare is vital to low-income and historically disadvantaged communities.

Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap) is a mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that finances development of quality healthcare and good healthcare jobs in low-income communities. V-Cap supports community-based healthcare providers such as Community Health Centers and Mental Health Centers through flexible and advantageous financing, targeted development services, and strong community partnerships.

Position Summary:

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting vulnerable communities; and thrives in a small, collaborative, and creative work environment. This position will support V-Cap’s external communications, market development activities, and health sector research. The position requires a strong balance of project management skills; excellent communication capabilities; and fluency with financial and quantitative information. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, show drive to make a difference in low-income community healthcare, and demonstrate creativity and skills to contribute to V-Cap’s mission.  This is a NYC based position, supporting V-Cap’s work across all V-Cap markets.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Content and Communications, including content editing, development, and posting across digital platforms, build-out of website and social media presence, and management of communications database.

  • Development of visually compelling and well-researched materials for external presentations, reports, and grant proposals targeted to healthcare and funding audiences.

  • Research support, including analysis of public health data, developing profiles of potential community health investees, review of organizational financial statements, and tracking of policy developments affecting our sector.

  • Operational and administrative support, including assistance with platform and database management.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated depth of interest in related health and social impact fields.

  • 1 to 2 years of experience in a related field or organization, such as a community development organization, health policy setting, community healthcare provider, workforce development organization, foundation, advocacy organization, or social impact finance organization.

  • Excellent written, graphic, oral and relational communication skills, including demonstrated ability to produce written and presentation content.

  • Strong ability to find, understand, and integrate into work product diverse sources of information, including financial reports, narrative documents, quantitative information, and public policy.

  • Adept at current business software platforms, including MS Office suite (Excel/Word/Powerpoint), G Suite products, social media platforms, Squarespace, database/CRM applications, and data visualization platforms (such as Tableau).

  • Able to quickly grasp new information, acquire knowledge and contribute to finding creative solutions.

  • Strong commitment to social justice and economic and racial equity, and to investing in care for our most vulnerable populations.

Location:

Metro New York City

Compensation and Benefits:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience, along with robust benefits, including comprehensive health insurance, ancillary benefits and retirement savings plan.

Salary Range $75,000 to $85,000, dependent on credentials, directly related experience and skills sets.

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to recruiting@vitalcap.org. Applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

V-Cap is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We particularly encourage applications from candidates within communities that benefit from our investments.

Start Date:

Expected start date is Q2 2025.