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.
