Hogg Policy Academy Director - contract position

The Hogg Policy Academy Director will lead the grant-funded Hogg Foundation Mental Health Policy Academy. In this role, the Hogg Policy Academy Director is responsible for executing the two-year Policy Academy including planning, coordinating, and facilitating Academy programming for the 24-person cohort of policy fellows, peer policy fellows, and their mentors. Academy activities include an orientation, monthly meetings, social events, community site visits, skill-building workshops, and a federal policy experience in Washington D.C.

The ideal candidate will bring lived experience of mental health or substance use, strong project management and facilitation skills, and experience in advocacy, policy development and/or systems-change work in Texas.

This contract position will report to the CEO of Texans Care for Children, and work in partnership with the Director of Policy at the Hogg Foundation to shape programming and the External Relations Associate at Texans Care...