Overview

The Opportunity

The Recruitment Consultant has a unique opportunity to increase Reach Out and Read’s impact in the region by helping us expand programming in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). This highly relational, contractual position will interact with other recruitment team members and senior health center executives. It requires a strong commitment to equity and a willingness to approach healthcare executives and pediatric providers with cultural humility and respect. The Recruitment Consultant must have experience with the Reach Out and Read (ROR) model, ideally as a clinician at a ROR clinic, and will leverage their experience with ROR to promote and secure health center participation in the program. The position reports to the Northeast’s Director of Special Projects and its Program Director.

Key Responsibilities:

Site Recruitment

  • Develop relationships with executives at targeted sites, initially 10-15 sites in Upstate New York
  • Identify organizational decision-making processes and timelines.
  • In concert with recruitment team members, help site leaders identify and overcome barriers to program participation.
  • Secure commitment to participation and hand onboarding responsibilities over to recruitment team members.

(The above statements are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).

Qualifications and Experience

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow, and excel professionally. We take this into consideration when looking at each applicant’s experience. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you would bring to our work. We are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you demonstrate most of the qualifications and experiences listed below:

Required:

  • Commitment to Reach Out and Read’s mission, model, and to eliminating disparate opportunities and outcomes for children based on race, ethnicity, language, or socio-economic status.
  • Experience providing pediatric primary care in a ROR clinic as an MD, DO, or NP.
  • Residency in one of the region’s states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Upstate New York). Preference will be given to residents of Western New York.
  • Access to dependable transportation.
  • We are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you demonstrate most of the qualifications and experiences listed below:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to coach, influence, mediate, and deliver results through others.
  • Ability to cultivate and sustain partnerships and relationships among diverse stakeholders and organizations.
  • Self-motivated and comfortable taking initiative, but also an enthusiastic, collaborative team member.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and adapt to change.

Position Specifications

This is an independent contractor position, working 8-10 hours per week at a rate of $76-$95/hour, through 11/7/2025.

Commitment to Diversity

Reach Out and Read is committed to building an organization that embraces diversity, pursues equity, and fosters an environment of inclusion. ROR sits at the intersection of health and education, uniquely positioned to play a critical role in addressing systemic disparities and inequities in the public health framework. ROR strives to be an antiracist organization, using its influence to fight against social injustice by supporting a culture of learning, empowerment, equity, and a deep appreciation for the unique experiences that we each bring to our communities. We believe that changing the world begins with holding ourselves and our workplace to that same standard.

About Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read, Northeast is part of a national nonprofit that was founded in 1989. We work to ensure that all families have the opportunity to create meaningful everyday moments through shared reading aloud and building relationships. By leveraging pediatric care to champion the positive effects of reading daily and distribute books, Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success and reaches 4.2 million children across the county – half of whom identify as BIPOC and a quarter of whom come from low-income families.

Reach Out and Read’s tens of thousands of trained pediatric providers use books as a diagnostic tool during regular check-ups, and teach parents how to engage their child with a book to promote positive parent-child interactions during the period of rapid brain growth between birth and age five. The daily practice of reading aloud with a parent supports children’s literacy and math skill development, their social-emotional development, and prepares them for future success in school. Working together with our sites and providers, we leverage our three decades of expertise, build on our literacy foundations, and engage our shared networks as a catalyst for change, focusing on equitably strengthening and deepening our impact on the children, families, and communities we serve.

The Impact

  • Reach Out and Read program sites are located in 6,000 clinics, safety net hospitals, medical systems, and other healthcare settings in all 50 states, Washington, D. C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • Reach Out and Read serves 4.2 million children and their families annually.
  • More than 6.5 million new, developmentally appropriate books are given to children annually.
  • 33,000 medical providers currently participate in Reach Out and Read
  • Our peer-reviewed body of evidence demonstrates that Reach Out and Read parents are two-and-a-half times more likely to read regularly to their children, and that children experiencing Reach Out and Read show enhanced language development.

To learn more about Reach Out and Read, visit www.reachoutandread.org.

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Reach Out and Read is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, cultural heritage, ancestry, political belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability or veteran status. Reach out and Read is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and we are committed to making special accommodations for your interview or work as a member of our team. If specific accommodations are needed, please notify us and our HR team will work to accommodate your needs.