Careers

Health Resources in Action offers exciting, engaging, and challenging employment opportunities for researchers, facilitators, analysts, trainers, policy specialists, and more.

People come to HRiA because of our commitment to social justice and health equity, our wonderful clients and partners, and our dedicated and dynamic staff. People stay at HRIA because of our collaborative approach to problem solving, our friendly work environment, and our commitment to providing employees with challenging and exciting professional opportunities.

HRiA offers exceptional employee benefits that include a 35-hour work week; employer funded health, dental and life insurance; a retirement plan that includes an employer-funded tax-deferred annuity; generous vacation and sick time; and flexible work schedules.

Equity & Inclusion are core values of our organization. Our hiring and business practices appreciate the strengths offered through varied backgrounds. As public health practitioners with a social justice focus, we are committed to better understanding and learning from the institutional structures that create disparities among us and our work. We are actively seeking to build a diverse and experienced staff.

HRiA is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

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Positions

We are seeking a VT Helplink Community Outreach and Engagement Associate who will help build awareness and increase use of the VT Helplink services by engaging communities and conducting outreach throughout Vermont to VDH’s Preferred Providers, community partners, coalition members, people using substances and in recovery, allies, family and loved ones, young adults, and other constituents and priority populations. Travel within Vermont and occasional travel to the Boston office is required. Candidates must be based in Vermont.

We are seeking a Projects and Marketing Coordinator to work with the Associate Director of Communications and Executive Director, the Board of Directors, HRiA Staff and our members/partners to achieve the NACHW mission.

We are seeking a full-time Director, Youth Tobacco Prevention, who will lead our existing Massachusetts (MA) youth tobacco prevention projects and contribute to the overall growth of our youth tobacco prevention work in MA and beyond. Given the statewide focus of these programs, the Director will be expected to work in the Boston office 2-3x per month, and to attend in-person events and meetings, as needed. The Director will have the flexibility to work from home when not in person.

We are seeking a Budget Analyst to play a vital role within the Budget, Analysis, & Reporting department, ensuring the effective management of financial resources through meticulous analysis, forecasting, and reporting.

We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Training & Education who will work collaboratively with a cross-disciplinary team to develop and deliver capacity building services on behalf of the MA Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment (M-TAC).

We are seeking an Associate Director who will work collaboratively with a cross-disciplinary team to develop and deliver PBU, an innovative and customized grantmaking program, as well as oversee and collaborate on evaluation and quality improvement tasks for this and the M-TAC programs. The Associate Director must live within daily commuting distance of Boston and will have the flexibility of working remotely from home and/or in our Boston office.

We are seeking a full-time Director-level position who will serve as a senior-level Project Lead on multiple evaluation and assessment projects, contributing to the overall growth of the organization, including participating in new business development through proposal writing, presentations, and other HRiA promotional activities. The person in this position should be able to participate in half-day, in person meetings in the Greater Boston area without needing overnight accommodations.

We are seeking a Data and Quality Improvement Associate for our Helplines to use data analysis and quality improvement expertise to enhance substance use and problem gambling treatment access in multiple states, while gaining a deeper understanding of substance use, problem gambling and related systems in all states.

We are seeking a Senior Director of the KP (Kaiser Permanente) Center for Gun Violence Research and Education who will work alongside the Executive Director to implement the KP Center’s strategic plan and oversee operational development, growth, and efficiency.