Community Engagement Manager

The purpose of this role is to advance the Association’s mission in underserved and underrepresented communities. The Community Engagement Manager is responsible for building collaborative and strategic organizational partnerships, achieving measurable benchmarks and goals and recruiting/engaging underrepresented community leaders and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Grow mission-driven partnerships with organizations serving underserved and underrepresented communities including, but not limited to: businesses, chambers, community-based organizations, faith communities, academic institutions, and social service organizations.
• Serve as a consultative partner to solve problems, remove obstacles, and facilitate pathways to solutions related to equity, access, and inclusion.
• Convene a diversity, equity and inclusion volunteer committee/council for the advancement of DEI work in the community.
• Work with Care & Support team to develop and execute community conversations that include underserved audiences.
• Ensure work is documented in a timely, consistent and thorough manner in databases as required.
• Identify volunteer community leaders in underrepresented communities who will work across departments and implement a volunteer recruitment strategy to help increase reach to diverse communities, while also managing volunteers dedicated to diversity outreach.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience; Experience in program management. Experience in community health and community mobilization is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven success in building and maintaining key relationships and meeting strategic goals
• Ability to cultivate relationships with targeted partners/organizations and underserved populations and to effectively collaborate with others to reach mutually agreeable outcomes
• Experience building rapport/trust, assessing needs and articulating a value proposition.
• Ability to represent the Association effectively to community partners, community leaders, corporate partners.
• Proven experience in community service development and sustained program integration.
• Excellent written and presentation skills.  Bilingual Spanish-English helpful.
• Travel, including evening and weekend work required.

Title:  Community Engagement Manager

Position Location: Overland Park, Kansas

Full time or Part time: Full Time

Position Grade: 205

Reports To: Program Director

Who We Are:

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia- by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

The Alzheimer’s Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023. This unparalleled commitment is illustrative of the momentum we are building in dementia research - our investments today will lead to breakthroughs tomorrow.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, our employees are at the core of all we do. Our network of more than 1,900 employees across the United States makes a difference each and every day for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and those at risk for the disease.

We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity to make a life-changing impact on the millions living with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers and those that may develop the disease in the future. Read on to learn more about the role, then visit our website www.alz.org/jobs to explore who we are and why we've been recognized as a Best Place to Work for the last twelve years in a row.

At the Alzheimer's Association®, we believe that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity - meaning that all communities have a fair and just opportunity for early diagnosis and access to risk reduction and quality care. The Association is committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities and responding with resources and education to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The Alzheimer’s Association commitment remains steadfast in engaging all communities in our full mission. The Association provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment to the fullest extent required by law, including, but not limited to, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing. They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.

Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.