The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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• Engage in collective community impact efforts, both leading and supporting, in partnership with key volunteers, strategic alliances, healthcare systems, institutions and corporations. Includes overseeing program management. Build and implement a cross-functional hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cholesterol control strategy (high blood pressure management, cholesterol and healthy behavior initiatives) in the market. Recruit, train and manage volunteers and strategic community alliances to achieve priority community and collective impact goals. Identify and assist in recruiting diverse volunteers to serve in leadership roles on market advisory board of directors and event executive leadership teams. Engage market volunteer board and their companies with our health engagement initiatives/goals. 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 staff partners and volunteers to identify, cultivate and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant campaigns.
• Work closely with Executive Director to identify and develop large corporate and individual sponsorship and donor opportunities.

• Oversee foundation and corporate grant implementation as appropriate.

• 4+ years experience working with community/public health issues and/or managing community/public health promotion or related educational programs. 2+ years of experience in a management capacity. This experience may occur within the 4-year related experience requirement. Experience gained through direct internal work on American Heart Association projects/priorities may substitute for this requirement and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Experience working with multicultural communities preferred. Understanding of local health systems, relationships with hospitals, health clinics, and Federally Qualified Health Centers preferred. Proven ability to recruit, mobilize and manage volunteers, including C-suite level executives. Bachelor’s or some college plus experience preferred. Demonstrated critical thinking skills in assessing the local market environment and available resources to successfully implement new and existing programs. Proven ability to recruit, mobilize, and manage volunteers. 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. Must have at least intermediate knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

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.

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  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 by merit increases and incentive programs; this position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets.
• 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. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU 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.