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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Part-Time Special Project Manager located in Hawai'i. This position can be remote.

This role will support a three-year initiative aimed at strengthening and expanding the stroke system of care in Hawai‘i. This role will focus on increasing access to culturally relevant hypertension and stroke prevention education, improving stroke literacy among low- and limited-English proficiency populations and ensuring access to guideline-based care across all islands.

This manager will will co-create and disseminate culturally authentic messages with up to four ethnic communities disproportionately impacted by stroke. This includes developing culturally appropriate educational assets, supporting public awareness campaigns and enhancing coordination across the stroke care continuum—from pre-hospital care to rehabilitation.

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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**Community Engagement & Insight Gathering**
- Collaborate with community leaders and groups with lived experience to understand cultural beliefs, health literacy levels and perceptions of stroke and hypertension.
- Assess community familiarity with existing stroke acronyms (e.g., F.A.S.T., BE-FAST) and support the transcreation of culturally resonant alternatives.

**Cultural Asset Development**
- Co-develop culturally relevant educational materials, including visuals, acronyms and messaging tailored to each priority population.

Manage translation/transcreation process of materials to ensure materials are linguistically accurate, culturally sensitive and suitable for both community education and professional training (EMS, health care providers).

**Campaign Support**
- Work with the Association’s internal cross-functional teams to ensure cultural insights are integrated.

**Partnership & Amplification**
- Identify and engage Association expert volunteers, stroke survivors and community partners to amplify campaign messages.

**Evaluation & Feedback**
- Conduct cultural relevancy assessments of educational materials.
- Collect and synthesize qualitative feedback from communities to inform ongoing improvements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Fluency in Tagalog, Ilocano, Chuukese or Samoan required. High proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing in at least one of these languages.
• Two (2) years of the following experience:
  • Translation/transcreation and health material development for multicultural audiences
  • Public health program development and implementation
  • Conceptualizing culturally tailored program/product design
  • Community engagement with AANHPI populations

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 through annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibility for an incentive program is 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.  Heart U 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 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

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.

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