Community Impact Director

About the role

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate dialogue to better understand the community’s needs.
• Collaborate to create an action plan to drive health impact in the community.
• Design and facilitate training and technical support opportunities for community-based organizations and direct service providers.
• Enable organizations to offer health skill-building, such as culinary skills and health literacy, as well as general health education, including BP self-management, nutrition skill-building, physical activity, and stress management.
• Establish systematic community-based blood pressure screening, education, and referral interventions.
• Ensure coverage and support of self-monitoring blood pressure.
• Support food security screening and referral in health centers and community organizations.
• Engage HRSA-funded and other health centers in systems change work and participation in outpatient quality programs focused on improving blood pressure management and addressing other barriers.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, including affiliate and state-level health strategies colleagues, Advocacy, and Quality teams, to ensure that local opportunities are aligned with the AHA’s agenda at the state and affiliate level and that public policy opportunities are actualized.
• Focus on key health priorities such as high blood pressure, nutrition security, CPR/AED education, tobacco/vaping prevention, and women’s health to drive meaningful and measurable community health improvements.
• Maintain regular reporting dashboards and data summaries to track program performance, community impact, and strategic initiatives.
• Create and share easy-to-understand marketing reports for funding partners (if needed).

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience with community/public health issues and/or managing community/public health promotion or related educational programs or other related experience.
• University/College degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to recruit, mobilize and manage volunteers, including C-suite level executives.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills in assessing the local market environment and available resources to successfully implement new and existing programs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large projects and events ensuring deadline compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment working towards common goals with internal and external clients.
• Ability to influence team members without supervisory authority.
• Ability to do daily local travel up to 75%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times.
• Ability to lift and/or move large objects (such as boxes) with the expectation that heavier items would be broken down into smaller components or requesting additional assistance may be required before lifting and/or moving.
• Must have at least basic knowledge and skill/proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Knowledge of the social determinants of health (SDOH) as it relates to behavior modification through self-care activities and policy/system-wide changes.
• Understanding of local health systems, relationships with hospitals, health clinics, and Federally Qualified Health Centers preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. Heart U is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year. Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

Additional Information

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

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