Perigee seeks a systems change-focused Program Officer to join its outstanding program team. Following its first strategic planning process in 2023, Perigee is in a period of transition as it operationalizes and implements its new framework while prioritizing strong exits to some earlier investments.
The program officer will partner in many areas and lead in some others. Reporting to the director of programs, the program officer will work with all members of the program team and contribute to a collaborative and feedback-oriented culture. The program officer’s portfolio will consist of both inherited projects and grants, day to day management of grants cultivated by Perigee leadership team members, as well as opportunities to develop or implement new grant relationships that advance Perigee’s strategic framework.
A few exciting focus areas for the program officer include:
- Managing Perigee’s investments in The Nest, a groundbreaking guaranteed income pilot focused on Urban Indigenous and Pacifica families in the Puget Sound region, with broader aspirations to inform and influence public investment in cash for families during pregnancy and early parenting.
- Managing a set of Washington Indigenous Birth Justice Network grants in their final year with a strong exit in terms of relationship and impact.
- Contributing to internal teams working on new national funding opportunities focused on the growth and sustainability of equitable prenatal-to-age-3 mental health models, state and regional prenatal-to-age-3 systems collaboration, and the use of somatic healing practices.
The program officer will navigate investments toward Perigee Fund’s equity north star and guiding principles. Committed to learning, the program officer will participate in ongoing team and individual equity work with openness, self-reflection, stamina, and accountability to self, colleagues, and community.