Specialist, Health Promotions

American Lung Association • New York, NY

4d • $50,000 - $66,300 • Hybrid

About The Position

The American Lung Association has an excellent opportunity for a Specialist, Health Promotions. Working as a member of the Health Promotions 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.

The Specialist, Health Promotions will implement Addressing the Burden of Childhood Asthma in New York State grant including evidence-based strategies to expand the quality and availability of guidelines-based asthma control services in New York. Efforts aimed at improving asthma-related health outcomes and quality of life among children with asthma and their families/caregivers across New York’s highest asthma burden areas will be driven by the strategies outlined in the Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Asthma Control Program’s EXHALE Technical Package. This is a grant-funded position serving the State of New York, focusing primarily Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx.

Location: New York City, New York 

If near the New York City office location, this role will be hybrid and require a minimum of two days per week in the office. We are also considering remote applicants and encourage candidates across the New York state to apply.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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.
• Experience with creating and maintaining social media accounts, and facilitating community partnerships.
• Must be a self-starter 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 Driver’s 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 smoke-free workplace, all employees must abstain from use tobacco in any form, including vaping.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of evidence-based initiatives for the Addressing the Burden of Childhood Asthma in NYS grant to address the needs of the high-risk population incorporating the EXHALE Technical Package.
• Engage multi-sector partners to drive statewide adoption of EXHALE strategies and in collective efforts to improve asthma-related health outcomes, promote health equity, and address social determinants of health among children with asthma and their families.
• Facilitate community engagement with partners across NYS, including legislators to educate and spread asthma self-management programs.
• Distribute and assist in the development of asthma communications to a variety of audiences including individuals with asthma and their families/caregivers
• Manage team’s social media accounts, including creating posts, monitoring inboxes and reporting on account analytics.
• Assist with planning and delivery of asthma trainings throughout New York State, including training key partners to deliver asthma self-management 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 self-management 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 individual-level 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 Association’s 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.
• Select and participate in local, state, and national seminars and courses designed to increase skills and knowledge related to job requirements.
• Participate in and support all area events and provide support for annual report, awards, grants and other activities as assigned.

Benefits

• 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 company-paid 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, short-term disability and supplemental life/AD&D insurance. Employees will be enrolled in company-paid life/AD&D and long-term 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 year-end discretionary non-elective contributions.

What This Job Offers

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