We have an excellent opportunity for a Community Impact Director based in our Chicagooffice .
Areas of Responsibility:
The Director will drive the execution of health impact goals within the metro Chicago area by focusing in the areas of hypertension, cholesterol, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity. The market with have a focus on diverse communities.
- Engage in collective community impact efforts, both leading and supporting, in partnership with key volunteers, strategic alliances, institutions and corporations.
- Build and implement a cross-functional hypertension 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 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.
- Collaborate with development staff partners and volunteers to identify, cultivate and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant campaigns
Educational Background:
Must have earned a high school diploma or GED. College degree a plus.
Skills/Experience:
- 2+ year’s experience working with community/public health issues and/or managing community/public health promotion or related educational programs. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
- Experience working with multicultural communities preferred
- Proven ability to recruit, mobilize and manage volunteers, including C-suite level executives.
- Must have at least intermediate knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office 2010 or higher used for word processing, email, presentations, and spreadsheets. Advanced knowledge and skill with these programs is preferred. These skills are subject to testing.
- Bilingual language skills (English/Spanish) is preferred.
- Ability to travel within the Chicago metro area and transport items to and from meetings and events.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Apr 21 2018
Active Until:
May 21 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit