The Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association is recruiting for a Community Impact Director to service the NYC market. The Community Impact Director will be responsible for refining and implementing local plans that extend and support the goals of the Health Strategies team, Development team, Board of Directors and local sponsors of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in the region. The Director will lead the NYC implementation of national health priorities as identified for the AHA/ASA 2017-2020 strategic plan and collaborate with local staff on the major market goals.
You can expect to travel approximately 75% of the time in your territory (NYC’s 5 boroughs) as well as some travel to regional offices and the National Center in Dallas, TX for meetings and training.
In this role, you will report to the Senior Director of Community Impact for NYC. You will have the opportunity to work directly with staff in the NYC market to drive volunteer and community health engagement in support of our 2020 Impact Goal.
- Support the 2020 Impact Goal by driving corporate engagement strategies, volunteer and community partners to create a culture of health;
- developing and managing Collective Impact Campaign plan activities as well as events and volunteer committees in support of the designated community health priorities;
- building coalitions, collaborating with local health systems and providers to improve patient outcomes;
- completing reports on progress towards meeting market, affiliate and national requirements.
- Improving hypertension and high cholesterol rates by engaging providers, community partners and clinics in our designated programs.
As the ideal candidate for the Community Impact Director position, you should be able to:
- demonstrate a successful track record of meeting and exceeding goals,
- negotiation and motivational skills and the ability to manage partnerships for health policy changes,
- some experience in outside sales would also be beneficial in being able to pitch programs and goals to potential AHA customers.
If this sounds like you, review the preferred skills we are looking for below: ( Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- You should be able to demonstrate your ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management;
- excellent planning, organizational and follow-up skills;
- the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines; strategic thinking and implementation skills;
- demonstrated skills in professional and mature interaction with staff and partners;
- willingness to collaborate with internal and external partners to achieve shared goals; strong computer skills;
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- the ability to work with minimal supervision to meet performance goals .
- Education: Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years experience equates to 1 full time year of higher education.
- Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in in the implementation of corporate and community-based programs/initiatives and/or community mobilization. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement.
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