Community Impact Director

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.

We are currently hiring a Community Impact Director in our Eastern Iowa/Central Illinois market! This role advances the mission of the American Heart Association by fostering relationships with community leaders, volunteers, and businesses to advance cardiovascular health and promote heart-healthy policies. This role supports initiatives that drive policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes to improve community health outcomes. Handles outreach efforts, leads initiatives supported by volunteers, and ensures the Association’s impact is effectively communicated and measured within the community.

The ideal candidate will be located in the Quad Cities or Iowa City/Cedar Rapid areas.

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.

Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association.

• Develops and nurtures relationships with businesses, healthcare providers, community organizations, and government agencies to promote heart health. Collaborates with volunteers and key partners to identify and implement strategies on heart disease and stroke prevention within the market.
• Drives heart-health-focused PSE changes that improve access to healthy food, tobacco-free environments, and healthcare resources. Works with community partners to implement programs that support blood pressure management, nutrition education, physical activity, and other key priorities.
• Recruits, trains, and manages volunteers and strategic community alliances (faith-based institutions, federally qualified health centers, grassroots community organizations, etc.) in support of our efforts to improve health, engage in collective impact initiatives, and create a sustainable culture of health throughout the market. Engages volunteers to focus on priority communities and collective impact goals.
• Implements and tracks performance metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of American Heart Association’s community impact programs. Evaluates program success, identifies areas for improvement, and provides recommendations to enhance outreach and engagement strategies.
• Acts as subject matter expert in American Heart Association initiatives and programs for community engagement in health risk factors.
• Coordinates community health education initiatives and public awareness campaigns related to heart disease and stroke prevention. Communicates the American Heart Association’s goals and mission to partners through strategic outreach and engagement.
• Collaborates on sponsorship or funding initiatives by sharing program expertise and participating in revenue-related activities as needed.
• Participates in an array of community initiatives and represents the organization at community gatherings, events, or forums.

• 3 years of relevant experience with community/public health issues and/or managing community/public health promotion, or related educational programs, or other related experience.
• University/College degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to recruit, mobilize and manage volunteers, including C-suite level executives.
• Effective relationship management, with the…