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Community Impact Director, Schools

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You will have high energy, be competitive, and an achievement driven individual to fill our Community Impact Director, Schools opportunity while responsible for cultivating and expanding the AHA’s relationship with all districts/school systems within the Concept Market. You will be located in our Denver, CO office.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Cultivate and expand relationships with local district leaders including superintendents, school nutrition directors, HR and/or employee wellness leaders, and others as appropriate.
  • Develop and lead high school engagement strategies. Develop and pilot engagement opportunities for high school students and staff such as volunteer and STEM activities.
  • Secure new revenue via employee, high school, sponsorship, foundation, and grant opportunities among AHA Youth Market schools.
  • Foster increased volunteer engagement and participant activation by facilitating relationships between AHA event leads and district leadership.
  • Engage districts in collective community impact strategies.
  • Promote health and well-being among students and staff within local school districts. Support school health improvement by forming a relationship with and serving on school district wellness councils.
  • Build and manage a local superintendents’ roundtable.
  • Engage and support district in Workplace Health issues and opportunities. Work with districts to assess and address workplace health including completion of workplace health achievement index and connecting to resources such as Check Change Control and/or pilot workplace health improvement strategies.
  • Facilitate the identification, recruitment and selection of appropriate volunteers to lead the board and committee activities required to drive results in achieving the mission and strategic objectives of AHA.
  • Cultivate and expand relationships with local district leaders including superintendents, school nutrition directors, HR and/or employee wellness leaders, and others as appropriate.
  • Develop and lead high school engagement strategies. Develop and pilot engagement opportunities for high school students and staff such as volunteer and STEM activities.
  • Secure new revenue via employee, high school, sponsorship, foundation, and grant opportunities among AHA Youth Market schools.
  • Foster increased volunteer engagement and participant activation by facilitating relationships between AHA event leads and district leadership.
  • Engage districts in collective community impact strategies.
  • Promote health and well-being among students and staff within local school districts. Support school health improvement by forming a relationship with and serving on school district wellness councils.
  • Build and manage a local superintendents’ roundtable.
  • Engage and support district in Workplace Health issues and opportunities. Work with districts to assess and address workplace health including completion of workplace health achievement index and connecting to resources such as Check Change Control and/or pilot workplace health improvement strategies.
  • Facilitate the identification, recruitment and selection of appropriate volunteers to lead the board and committee activities required to drive results in achieving the mission and strategic objectives of AHA.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferred. College coursework combined with related experience may be substituted for a degree.
Skills/Experience: 
  • Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years’ experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
  • 5+ years’ experience developing community led programs, projects or events.
  • 5+ years’ experience engaging, motivating and retaining volunteer leaders.
  • Able to lift at least 20 lbs from the ground to waist level with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Intermediate knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office used for word processing, email, presentations, and spreadsheets.
  • Ability to work evenings/weekends when necessary and travel approximately 75% of the time overnight. We offer mileage reimbursement.
Compensation/Benefits: 

Attracting talented, committed employees means offering a competitive benefits package, ongoing professional development and training, and a diverse and inclusive environment in which to work and grow. And we do.

Organization Info

American Heart Association | American Stroke Association

Overview
Headquarters: 
Dallas, TX, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1949
About Us
Mission: 

The American Heart Association's mission is to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, America's No. 1 and No. 5 killers.

Founded in 1924, our organization now includes more than 30 million volunteers and supporters. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Nov 30 2017
Active Until: 
Dec 30 2017
Hiring Organization: 
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry: 
Nonprofit