Sr. Community Impact Director

Overview

 

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.

 

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Community Impact Director. This position will be based from our Glen Allen, VA office (Richmond VA area). Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Sr. Community Impact Director manages a team of 3 Community Impact staff and provides consultative support for Richmond market and staff.   

The Sr. Director will be a player/coach and leading all aspects of the recruitment and management of Community Partners and volunteer networks in the market.  In conjunction with volunteer networks, the Sr. Director  assesses the community health needs in the local market and will develop, coordinate and/or implement community wide strategies and programs based on the organization's strategic goals to drive health impact.

 

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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Responsibilities

The Sr. Community Impact Director will drive collaboration with fundraising staff in the local market around mission related goals.  They will be responsible for integrating health strategies and strengthening collaborative efforts across all business functions within assigned markets. Also, accountable for both health/mission and revenue goals. 

Build a network of relevant volunteer partnerships to advance the mission of the American Heart Association.  Provide timely direction, framework, and resources to volunteers while at the same time relying on their expertise, abilities and willingness to use their networks to drive the goals of the Association. Share important opportunities for volunteers, so they can use their passion to further the health mission of the organization. Give recognition to volunteers for their efforts to help ensure their success and drive satisfaction.  Hold each other accountable, both volunteers and staff, while being accessible and build collaborative staff-volunteer partnerships that are based on a foundation of mutual trust.  Build a collaborative environment where staff from various functions work together to achieve results across health, revenue, and volunteerism goals for the organization.

• Lead team towards quarterly policy, systems and environmental goal achievement.
• Drive market health assessments, coordinate and/or lead community collaborations, build and implement plans for policy, system or environmental change driving toward opportunities for health impact.
• As a player/mentor, builds and drives strategy while also directly supervising community impact staff to achieve annual goals and objectives.
• Build and lead a cross-functional hypertension, diabetes strategy with measurable outcomes (high blood pressure management, cholesterol, diabetes management, and healthy behavior initiatives) in the greater Richmond market.
• Collaborate with development staff partners and volunteers to identify, cultivate, and secure program funding, including sponsorship (cash and in-kind) for relevant programs, campaigns, and population health impact opportunities.

• Work with internal staff partners to ensure population health strategies are coordinated into development, communications and marketing, advocacy, and healthcare quality improvement activities.
• Recruit, train and lead volunteers and strategic community alliances to achieve priority community and collective impact goals.
• Consult with clinical staff for data entry, data reporting, compliance issues, and strategies for improved patient outcomes.

 

Qualifications

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Minimum Qualifications

• University/College degree or equivalent experience, preferred.  
• Five (5) years’ experience developing community led programs, projects or events related to community health issues, ability to interact across mult