Job Description

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 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: The position is located at the American Lung Association’s New York, NY office and will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual work.

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.
• 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 Let’s Take Control of Asthma Flipchart across a variety of school-based settings.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, education, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum two years of experience and developing and implementing community awareness, education, and programs specifically related to areas of public health.
• Prior experience in working with youth in a community setting, public health, community relations, public policy, and/or advocacy.
• 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.
• Able to work with minimum direct supervision, make decisions, and take initiative.
• Proven ability to cultivate and steward relationships across a diverse population.
• 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.

Compensation: Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. The target hiring range for this position is between $50,000 and $56,000 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 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.

Questions? For more details about this role please reach out to alahr@lung.org.

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.

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