As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

We are currently hiring a Community Impact Director in the Northern New England area (Vermont, New Hampshire, Central Massachusetts and Southern Maine).  The qualified candidate would be centrally if located in New Hampshire, however, based in VT, MA or ME is accepted.  The Director will drive the execution of health impact goals within the NH, VT, MA and ME markets by focusing in the areas of hypertension, cholesterol, nutrition, obesity, and physical activity with a focus on diverse communities. 

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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Primary Responsibilities: 

• 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, nutrition access and healthy behavior initiatives, women's health and tobacco) in the market.
  
  
• Recruit, train and lead 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, nurture, and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant campaigns.

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Want to help get your resume to the top? Take a look at the experience we require:

• 3 years of proven experience with community/public health issues and/or running community/public health promotion or related educational programs or equivalent type experience 
  
  
• Must have at least 3 years of experience working with community health issues, ability to interact across multiple acculturation levels and socio-economic groups.
  
  
• Proven track record to recruit, mobilize and lead 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 handle 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 75%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times.  Periodic overnight travel could be required. 
  
  
• 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

Here are some of the preferred experience and skills we are seeking:

• Experience working with multicultural communities 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.
  
  
• Bachelor’s or some college plus experience preferred.
  
  

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
  
  
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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