The American Lung Association has an excellent opportunity for a Specialist Health Promotions. Working as a member of the Health Promotion & Education department you will join an outstanding group of professionals dedicated to our mission: to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research education and advocacy.
Implement Addressing the Burden of Childhood Asthma in New York State grant including evidencebased strategies to expand the quality and availability of guidelinesbased asthma control services in New York. Efforts aimed at improving asthmarelated health outcomes and quality of life among children with asthma and their families/caregivers across New Yorks highest asthma burden areas will be driven by the strategies outlined in the Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Asthma Control Programs EXHALE Technical Package. This is a 100 grantfunded position serving the State of New York.
Location:This position is homebased and we encourage candidates anywhere in New York State to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with the design implementation evaluation and monitoring of evidencebased initiatives for the Addressing the Burden of Childhood Asthma in NYS grant to address the needs of the highrisk population incorporating the EXHALE Technical Package.
- Engage multisector partners to drive statewide adoption of EXHALE strategies and in collective efforts to improve asthmarelated health outcomes promote health equity and address social determinants of health among children with asthma and their families.
- Distribute and assist in the development of asthma communications to a variety of audiences including individuals with asthma and their families/caregivers
- Identify and recruit partner sites for implementation of Open Airways for Schools Kickin Asthma and Lets Take Control of Asthma Flipchart across a variety of schoolbased settings.
- Assist with planning and delivery of asthma trainings throughout New York State including training key partners to deliver asthma selfmanagement programs to youth as well as outreaching and building new partnerships across a variety of healthcare settings.
- Provide logistical support for asthma training workshops meetings and events and assist in developing and writing various educational materials.
- Build a sustainable workforce of delivery partners and provide technical assistance to facilitators on implementation of asthma selfmanagement education programs.
- Develop maintain and disseminate training materials curricula facilitator and student materials resources tools and learning platform(s) for implementation of asthma training workshops meetings and events.
- Conduct evaluation activities and reporting across programs and participating sites ensuring timely and accurate submission of individuallevel data reporting as required by the Association and funding sources.
- Present program outcomes and disseminate surveillance/ evaluation findings at statewide and national meetings as needed.
- Represent the Association as a member of community civic and/or health coalitions and organizations related to the Associations mission.
- Build maintain and cultivate relationships with funders facilitators and community partners to encourage program delivery sustainability and growth across service territory including ALA signature programs where applicable.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in public health or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
- Minimum two years of experience developing and implementing community awareness education stakeholder engagement and programs specifically related to areas of public health.
- Prior experience in public health social services public policy and/or advocacy required.
- Must be a selfstarter with excellent communication skills both written and oral.
- Positive attitude with the ability to work independently and cooperatively in a team environment.
- Must have a valid Drivers license and your own reliable transportation with the ability to travel within assigned area 60 of the time for meetings and conferences as well as the flexibility to work irregular hours including evenings and weekends with some overnights required.
- Able to work with minimum direct supervision make decisions and take initiative.
- Proven ability to cultivate and steward relationships across a diverse population.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and Internet applications.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Consistent with its mission the American Lung Association maintains a smokefree workplace all employees must abstain from use tobacco in any form including vaping.
Compensation: Exact compensation may vary based on skills experience and location. The target hiring range for this position is between $50000 and $644000 per annum.
Benefits: The Lung Association offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Paid Leave 10 vacation days in the first year 15 days thereafter) 2 personal days and 15 sick days per year as well as 12 companypaid holidays per year. We also offer Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees.
- Insurance Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in our medical dental and vision plans as well as voluntary plans for critical illness accident hospital indemnity shortterm disability and supplemental life/AD&D insurance. Employees will be enrolled in companypaid life/AD&D and longterm disability Insurance coverage.
- Retirement Plan Eligible employees can participate in our 401(k) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan which offers matching employer contributions (up to 4 and yearend discretionary nonelective contributions.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
The American Lung Association is committed to employ in its best judgment the most suitable candidates for approved positions while engaging in recruitment and selection practices that are in compliance with all applicable employment laws. We are an equal opportunity employer: women minorities veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Policy Statement
It is the policy of the American Lung Association to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to their race color sex sexual orientation age marital status religion national origin alienage or citizenship status genetic predisposition or carrier status or physical and/or mental disabilities veteran status or any other status protected by law. The American Lung Association will take affirmative action to employ advance in employment and otherwise treat all individuals in the foregoing categories without discrimination in all employment practices. This policy applies in all Human Resources actions including recruitment selection evaluation promotion compensation and training.