Overview

National Council on Aging Join Our Mission. Shape the Future. At NCOA, we are on a mission to create the conditions for all to age well in America-today and into the future. Every day, we work to improve the lives of millions of older adults through innovative programs, trusted advocacy, and meaningful partnerships that advance health, economic security, and equity. We are seeking a dynamic and collaborative Senior Program Specialist, Healthy Aging to bring their expertise, vision, and passion to help drive our mission forward. The Senior Program Specialist will play a pivotal role in advancing healthy aging and falls prevention initiatives by managing project activities, strengthening funded partner capacity through technical assistance, and supporting data-informed program improvement and the dissemination of promising practices. The ideal candidate is a highly organized and resourceful program professional who thrives on managing complex projects, building collaborative relationships, and translating implementation experiences and data into practical resources and solutions that strengthen programs and partner success. They will embrace and exemplify NCOA's core values of Caring for All, Collaboration, Innovation, Integrity, and Respect, fostering a culture of excellence while helping ensure that every older adult has the opportunity to age with dignity, purpose, and security. If you are ready to make a lasting difference while leading with purpose, we invite you to join our team. POSITION SUMMARY The Senior Program Specialist, Healthy Aging leads and supports the day-to-day activities, operations, documentation, resource development and logistics of multiple health promotion projects with a focus on fall prevention, clinical-community linkages, and evidence-based programs. With guidance from the project team, the Senior Program Specialist leads a variety of project activities, including funded partner onboarding, individual and group technical assistance, facilitating webinars, hosting office hours, meeting coordination, resource development, relationship building and logistics and making relevant connections across the aging network. The Senior Program Specialist uses well-developed organizational skills, resourcefulness, and an interest in community building and cross-sector collaboration to advance this work. This role works closely with NCOA's Research & Evaluation team to support rapid-cycle evaluation and use of data to strengthen program implementation. The Senior Program Specialist helps coordinate data collection and evaluation activities with funded agencies, supports data collection and evaluation trainings, and assists with preparing funded agencies to meet project and external evaluation requirements. The Senior Program Specialist works with the Research & Evaluation team to help identify and document implementation challenges and trends, support quarterly analyses and performance reporting, coordinate activities related to the external evaluation, and help ensure evaluation findings and funded agency needs inform ongoing technical assistance and continuous quality improvement. The Senior Program Specialist also takes a leadership role in project communications, reporting, and dissemination activities and works with project staff and NCOA's Communications team to support the sharing of project information, findings, resources, and promising practices. This role works collaboratively within the Center for Healthy Aging, with NCOA's Research & Evaluation team and other cross-functional teams, and with external project partners. The Senior Program Specialist uses strong relationship management, communication, organizational, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills to support successful project implementation and advance falls prevention efforts for older adults. Positions at this level typically report to a director or senior director and require advanced knowledge and experience as well as strong project man