American Heart Association · 15 hours ago
Community Impact Director
Virginia, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$76K/yr - $101K/yr
3+ years expAmerican Heart Association is dedicated to combating cardiovascular disease and improving health outcomes. The Community Impact Director will lead initiatives focused on hypertension, nutrition, and health literacy to drive health improvements within the Greater Washington Region.
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Responsibilities
Facilitate dialogue to better understand the community’s needs. Collaborate to create an action plan to address racial and ethnic health disparities and 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)
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
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 do daily local travel up to 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, preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
Life insurance
Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution
Employee assistance program
Employee wellness program
Telemedicine
Medical consultation
Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees
12 paid holidays off each year
Tuition Assistance
Company
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.62MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationAmeriCorps Public AlliesCity Furniture
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2024-07-09Grant· $2.7M
2024-06-06Grant· $0.69M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Hall
Chief, Data Science and Analytics
Lynne Braggs
National, Sr. Director Digital Content Production, Creative (Marketing)
Recent News
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