Blue Zones, LLC employs evidence-based ways to help people live better, longer. Our work is rooted in the New York Timesbest-selling books The Blue Zones, Thrive, and The Blue Zones Solution—published by National Geographic books. We are applying the tenets of The Blue Zones in over 70 communities throughout the U.S., significantly improving health and lowering healthcare costs. Our work, which focuses on optimizing living environments and policies, has occasioned double digit decreases in obesity and smoking as well as measurable increases in life satisfaction. Our work has been featured in the New York Times, WSJ, NPR, National Geographicand the New England Journal of Medicine. For more information, visit www.bluezones.com.

Be part of a team that's bringing innovative leaders together from across the community to lead and ignite a movement to improve well-being on a significant scale -- a movement that promises to help your friends, family, and neighbors in Jacksonville live better, longer.

Join us if you are a policy advocate or have experience working with city government and are driven to make a difference; If you enjoy working with people who are passionate about improving the well-being of others; if you have a proven track record working with strong, results-driven teams and enjoy challenging yourself and others to find creative solutions.

Within the policy sector, Blue Zones works with our partners and local governmental staff to change, add, or remove policies and practices in the built environment, food, tobacco, and alcohol arenas. Policies can be regulatory, e.g., modifying parking regulations or updating school nutrition standards, or non-regulatory, e.g., expanding access to recreation assets or enabling more farmer’s markets. Across all policy areas, Blue Zones conducts significant outreach and education to increase understanding of how specific policies may impact well-being. For more information regarding Blue Zones Project please visit bluezones.com/bzpjacksonville/

Job Summary

Reporting to the Public Policy Leader, this person is responsible for the successful advancement of the Blue Zones Project within the policysector. This will include adding, changing, or removing policies that span county-wide regulations and standards. The Public Policy Coordinator will collaborate with policy partners to establish, implement, and communicate policy priorities and projects. Success is achieved when policies are passed, projects are implemented successfully, and the local businesses adopt the recommended changes to improve well-being. Throughout this process the Public Policy Coordinator will have access to Blue Zones’ best-in-class experts. Changing and implementing policies requires a coalition of invested stakeholders, technical knowledge, and commitment to change. This role will be responsible for supporting and managing this coalition.

Essential Job Functions

• Build the necessary partnerships to pass and implement identified policies that favor health and well-being.

• Develop and maintain positive working relationships and collaborate with leaders/advocates (government, schools, non-profits, employers and health care organizations) to move policy initiatives.

• Assist in the development and update of the Community Blueprint (action plan) for policy initiatives.

• Identify, support and manage policy sector(s) performance/value measures and outcomes data.

• Manage and execute the Blue Zones 4D Policy process (discover, design, develop and deploy) for making policy change and community transformation through implementation with support from national experts and community stakeholders.

• Develop and meet monthly targets to achieve annual Community Blueprint metrics.

• Ensure Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and a focus on health equity in policy initiatives as appropriate to Jacksonville/Florida.

• Compile community impact stories.

Specific Skills/ Attributes

• Proven track record working on strong, results-driven teams.

• Proven ability to design an advocacy strategy and convene community leaders and volunteers to adopt and implement community policy priorities.

• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work professionally with internal staff, external leaders such as political leaders, city and county staff and any other organizations.

• Ability to communicate best practices in the areas of built environment, tobacco, alcohol, and food policy and the importance of policy in creating sustainable environmental change.

• Understand local policy making process as well as local, state and federal jurisdictions as they relate to identified community policy initiatives.

• Knowledge of existing related local, state and/or federal potential partnerships, policies or projects.

• Understand local, state and/or federal funding mechanisms, cycles and barriers.

• Ability to organize and prioritize meetings and work to meet deadlines.

• Compelling written/oral communication skills as it relates to driving initiatives related to policy within the community.

• Excellent computer skills including familiarity with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint as well as Internet search capabilities. Experience in the use of CRM software is a plus.

• Comfortable working in a team environment.

• Energetic, charismatic, collaborative

• Energized by the Blue Zones Project mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required - public health, public administration, urban design, planning, social policy or health promotion preferred.

• 3+ years of experience in coalition building, public policy, food policy, advocacy, city planning, community organizing, and/or planning related fields.

• Resident of Jacksonville required. Position is onsite and will require a COVID-19 vaccination or qualifying exemption.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

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