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American Heart Association · 1 day ago

Community Impact Director

San Antonio, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

3+ years exp

The American Heart Association is dedicated to improving cardiovascular health and is seeking a Community Impact Director to lead health initiatives in San Antonio, TX. The role involves driving health impact goals focused on hypertension, cholesterol, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity within select communities.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Drive market health assessments, organize and/or lead community collaborations, build and implement plans for policy, system, or environmental change, driving toward opportunities for health impact

Recruit, train, and manage volunteers and strategic community alliances to achieve priority community and collective impact goals

Build and implement a cross-functional hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol control strategy with measurable outcomes (high blood pressure management, cholesterol, diabetes management, and healthy behavior initiatives) in the assigned market(s)

Collaborate with development staff partners and volunteers to identify, cultivate, and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant programs, campaigns, and population health impact opportunities

Identify and assist in recruiting volunteers to serve in leadership roles on the market board of directors and event executive leadership teams

Work with internal staff partners to ensure population health strategies are integrated into development, communications and marketing, advocacy, and healthcare quality improvement activities

Acts as subject matter expert in American Heart Association initiatives and programs for community engagement in health risk factors such as hypertension control, diabetes, obesity, etc

May participate in an array of community initiatives. May represent the organization at community gatherings, events, fairs or forums

Qualification

Community health experienceVolunteer managementProject managementMicrosoft Office proficiencySDOHBilingual EnglishBilingual SpanishCritical thinkingTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

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 travel locally approximately 50%; 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

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 (English and Spanish) with strong written and verbal communication skills