As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.
We’re hiring a temporary Administrative Assistant in Tyler, TX. This position provides administrative and logistical support for community impact priority issues including hypertension control, nutrition insecurity, community response, and tobacco/vaping. This is a part-time (25 hours per week), temporary position with an expected end date of June 30, 2025.
This is a home-based position within Tyler, TX. The ideal candidate lives in the Tyler, TX area to assist with local programming support.
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.
#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , X (formerly Twitter) , and at heart.jobs.
Responsibilities
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Engage in collective community impact efforts, supporting the East Texas Community Impact Director. Including running local errands, delivering resources / supplies, creating marketing collateral, working with vendors, scheduling meetings, hosting health fairs, and tracking community impact goals and progress.
- Assist Community Impact Director in communicating the impact of local work. This may be communication with stakeholders or internal development staff.
- Support clinical engagement, blood pressure program implementation, and help with nutrition access and advocacy campaign work, as needed.
- Support market implementation of hands-only CPR education through community-based events with staff and volunteers.
- Attend internal and external meetings as requested, including health fairs and community events as necessary.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure program implementation is effective and meets established deadlines.
- Showcase corporate and community impact through impact reporting, donor experiences and external facing documents.
- Implement sustainable tracking/implementation systems for community and clinical programs.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- 0-2 years of administrative support or similar experience.
- Canva experience highly preferred.
- Understanding of the principles and practices of public health planning, research administration, and evaluation are preferred.
- Ability to follow detailed directions.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Outlook, and Word. Mail-merging knowledge is a plus.
- Effectively communicate via Microsoft Teams chat.
- Ability for occasional travel in the local market; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.
Compensation & Benefits
The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.
- Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
- Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases on an annual basis.
- 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.
- Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
- Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
- Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.
The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.
At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.
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Posted Date 1 day ago (1/24/2025 2:02 PM)
Requisition ID 2024-14239
Job Category Administrative Support
Position Type Part Time
