Coordinator, Health Promotions

American Lung Association • Anchorage, AK

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Coordinator, Health Promotions is part of the American Lung Association’s Health Promotion & Education department and coordinates, implements, and evaluates lung health programs in the Anchorage Municipality. The role also implements grant deliverables and builds relationships with community partners. Its primary focus is tobacco prevention and control, including reducing youth vaping and commercial tobacco and nicotine use, secondhand smoke exposure, and tobacco-related health disparities, while increasing cessation and quit attempts among youth and adults. The position is 100% grant-funded and based at the American Lung Association’s Anchorage, Alaska office, with a hybrid of in-person and virtual work.

The Coordinator supports the project manager with program development, implementation, evaluation, grant activities, and reporting. The role leads trainings, community and school presentations, health fairs, and other activities; builds and sustains community partnerships; and supports American Lung Association programs across the assigned territory. Travel within the Anchorage Municipality is expected, along with flexibility for irregular hours, evenings, weekends, and some overnight travel.

Requirements

• Some experience in public health or a related field.
• Experience in coalition building and community health development.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to clearly articulate the Lung Association’s mission and vision.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to research, develop, and execute specific program deliverables.
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships with medical professionals, the public health community, and members of the public.
• Computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft programs.
• Ability to lift approximately 25 pounds.
• Valid driver's license and reliable personal transportation.
• Ability to travel within assigned areas, including the Anchorage Municipality, 20% of the time for meetings and conferences.
• Flexibility to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, with some overnight travel required.
• Must abstain from tobacco use in any form, including vaping.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in public health or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the project manager in developing, implementing, and evaluating a public health education program focused on lung health awareness and tobacco prevention and control.
• Build, maintain, and cultivate relationships with funders, facilitators, and community partners to support program delivery, sustainability, and growth across the greater Anchorage Municipality.
• Support delivery of American Lung Association programs within the assigned territory, including ONE Step, Freedom From Smoking, Better Breathers Clubs, and Asthma Basics.
• Coordinate grant project activities, including trainings, community and school presentations, and health fairs, and serve as the lead for these activities.
• Develop and effectively use timelines and work plans to ensure program deliverables are completed.
• Explore opportunities to connect and enhance collaborations throughout the Lung Association.
• Contribute to quarterly progress reports and monthly reporting of grant activities.
• Research and implement best practices for tobacco prevention and control within priority populations.
• Collaborate with the project manager to grow American Lung Association programs within the assigned territory.
• Participate in national American Lung Association program workgroups and committees as requested.
• Provide support for the annual report, awards, grants, and other assigned activities.
• Participate in and support community-related programs.

Benefits

• Paid leave, including 10 vacation days in the first year and 15 days thereafter, 2 personal days, 15 sick days per year, and 12 company-paid holidays per year.
• Paid parental leave for eligible employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and eligible dependents.
• Voluntary critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, short-term disability, and supplemental life/AD&D insurance plans.
• Company-paid life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance coverage.
• 401(k) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan with matching employer contributions up to 4% and year-end discretionary non-elective contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level