Temporary Administrative Assistant

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 December 20, 2024.

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.

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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.

 Want to move your resume to the top so that you can become a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives?” Here are some of the requirements:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• At least one year 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.

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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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