Community Health Coordinator

Overview

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The Community Health Coordinator will recruit community partners to help address CPR disparities by providing support, guidance, and Cardiac Emergency Response Planning. The Coordinator will also be responsible for general health promotion and community outreach events.

This is a part-time position up to 20 hours per week through December 31, 2027. The position is hybrid with the expectation of at least two days per week in the office in Atlanta. 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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• Recruiting community partners needing assistance with Cardiac Emergency Response Planning guidance and/or AED stipends, focusing on partners with a large membership/reach in the community
• Develop and execute partner agreements in collaboration with the Legal Department to ensure partnership compliance
• Identify and foster other community outreach/stewardship opportunities with new and existing partners which can include:
  Policy, Systems, and Environment change strategy implementation, community CPR demonstrations, Healthy For Life Nutrition Education presentations, Essential 8 presentations throughout communities in the Atlanta area.
• Support First Coast American Heart Association as needed with activities related to our campaigns to include Heart Ball, Kid’s Heart Challenge/Heart Walk, Go Red for Women Luncheon, STEAM Goes Red for Women, Youth Tobacco Symposium, and others as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Education or related field, or 3 years of related experience.
• Progressive experience in public health, community health or equivalent
• Proven ability to recruit, train, mobilize and manage volunteers
• Demonstrated ability to drive toward and achieve results
• Effectively manage relationships with the ability to gain trust and demonstrate influence without authority
• Knowledge of community networks
• Knowledge of grant processes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to reliably travel to meeting/training sites and availability to coordinate schedules with participating organizations and volunteers, including outside of regular business hours (weekends/evenings). This position will require the Coordinator to attend occasional Saturday events.

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• 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.
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