We have an excellent opportunity for a Community Impact Director based in our Southfield office.
The Director will drive the execution of health impact goals within the metro Detroit area by focusing in the areas of hypertension, cholesterol, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity. The market with have a focus on diverse communities.
Areas of Responsibility:
- 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:
Bachelor’s or some college plus experience. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferred. College coursework combined with related experience may be substituted for a degree.
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.
- Related experience may be substituted as follows: 1 ½ years experience equates to 1 full-time year of higher education.
- 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.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds with the expectation that items in excess of 20 pounds would be broken down into smaller components or additional assistance is required before lifting and/or moving.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 11 2018
Active Until:
Sep 11 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit