OVERVIEW

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.
We are currently hiring a Community Impact Director in the Huntsville and Greater Birmingham, AL market. As the Community Impact Director, you will make an extraordinary impact by working with staff to advance strategic region priorities for the Southeast Region. You will drive the execution of health impact goals within the market by focusing in the areas of hypertension, cholesterol, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity with a focus on select communities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years of related experience with community/public health issues and/or managing community/public health promotion or related educational programs or other related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to analyze data, recognize trends and recommend initiatives to improve outcomes.
• General knowledge of fundraising practices and/or corporate social impact sponsorship development is preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to “tell the story” as we work to advance the mission of the Association.
• Effective interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to develop collaborative working relationships internally and externally.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel occasionally within the region approximately 25-30% of the time.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS WE ARE SEEKING:

• Experience working with multicultural communities preferred.
• 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.
• Proficient in Canva

AT AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION, OUR MISSION IS TO BE A RELENTLESS FORCE FOR A WORLD OF LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, RELIGION, AGE, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

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• Drive market health assessments, coordinate and/or lead community collaborations, build and implement plans for policy, system, and environmental change driving toward opportunities for health impact in both the clinical and community setting.
• Build and implement a cross-functional strategy to advance health for all by producing measurable outcomes for improvement American Heart Association priorities: improving hypertension, diabetes and chronic disease management, increasing nutrition security, ending vaping and tobacco use and increasing community readiness.
• Work with healthcare organizations to ensure best practices for treatment of patients through education and quality improvement initiatives and programs including but not limited to: Target: BP™, Target: Type 2 Diabetes and Check. Change. Control. Cholesterol™. Consult with clinical staff for data entry, data reporting, compliance issues, and strategies for improved patient outcomes.
• Work with internal staff partners to ensure population health strategies are integrated into development, communications and marketing, advocacy, and healthcare quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with development team and volunteers to identify, champion, and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant programs, campaigns, and population health impact opportunities.
• Recruit, train and lead volunteers and strategic community alliances to achieve priority community, clinical and collective impact goals. This position will lead our Health Impact Committee—a group of community volunteers whose focus is on making connections and helping to implement sustainable population-level public health policy, systems, and environmental changes throughout the communities we serve.
• Identify and assist in recruiting volunteers to serve in leadership roles on market board of directors and event executive leadership teams.