National Program Director, Inclusion & Impact

Overview

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

 

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a National Program Director Inclusion & Impact in our National Office of Health Equity.

This position can be home-based.

 

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through 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.

 

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment, our focus on work-life harmonization, and our Guiding Values.  Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

Responsibilities

This individual will drive health equity and organization-wide inclusion programs and strategies. The Director serves as a health equity and inclusion subject matter expert, collaborator, and storyteller, cultivating relationships internally and externally with a focus on organizational, fundraising, and health equity mission impact. The Director manages the ongoing operations, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of organizational inclusion and staff leadership development and inclusion programs, including employee resource groups and mentorship programs, ensuring programs align with mission goals.

• Drives health equity strategies by creating and managing programs, embedding equity into existing and new organization-wide programs, priorities, and campaigns.
• Cultivates existing and new external partnerships in collaboration with leadership and other departments, focusing on revenue generation and health equity impact.
• In collaboration with departmental EVP/SVP leadership and other departments, provides subject matter expertise and leads storytelling and reporting efforts to showcase mission, health equity impact, and learning.
• Leads the development, implementation, integration and evaluation of strategies and action plans in support of the Association’s commitment for evolving its culture including hiring, volunteerism, supplier diversity and talent development (e.g. Employee Resource Groups. Mentoring). Develops plans that foster a workplace aligned with the organization’s mission, values, goals, business practices and objectives to include the development of future leaders, increased employee engagement, and expanded marketplace impact.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public health, non-profit, or related field from an accredited university.
• At least eight (8) years of experience in project/program development and management,  non-profit, public health, health equity, inclusion, education, marketing, public relations, and/or community programs, including working with community health issues.  
• Knowledge of voluntary health organizations or nonprofit organizations, including non-profit volunteer recruitment and management. 
• Demonstrated knowledge in public health, education, marketing, public relations and/or community programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of social determinants of health issues with the ability to interact across multiple acculturation levels and socio-economic groups.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking skills to successfully develop and implement new and existing programs.
• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously lead and manage multiple, large and complex projects, events, and programs.
• Mature and polished written and verbal communication, including negotiation, interpersonal, and ability to effectively communicate policies, guidelines, and strategic direction internally and externally.
• Ability to conduct meetings with internal and external clients, including interacting with external partners/sponsors representing the public.
• Demonstrated ability to productively participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment working towards common goals with internal and external clients.
• Demonstrated knowledge of fundraising, maintaining relationships at corporate and community levels, and meeting/exceeding revenue generation goals.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word,