Intern, Field Advocacy-Louisville, Lexington, & Northern Kentucky
Overview
Do you like to live fiercely? Are you a collaborator? How about building a movement? Empowering others to be the voice for the voiceless? If this gets you up in the morning, then consider joining the American Heart Association and be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.
The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Advocacy Intern. For more than 40 years, the American Heart Association has worked to improve public health through policy change around the globe and domestically at all levels of government (federal, state, and local) across all branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial.
The American Heart Association’s Internship Program provides college/university students an opportunity for hands-on experience in various facets for individuals interested in gaining work experience with a non-profit, voluntary health organization.
The Association offers many resources to help maintain work-life harmonization through changing needs and life situations. To help be successful, access to Heart U, the Association’s award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through the National Center.
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Responsibilities
Under the direction of the State GRD of Field Advocacy, for insert, the Intern will support the State Advocacy & Engagement Committees ( SAEC ), along with other staff priorities, advocating for the Association’s state and local priorities tasks could include:
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Compensation & Benefits
The job application window is expected to close August 9, 2024.
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So, are you ready to intern for the largest voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases?
The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.
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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The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The size and scope of our organization, along with our more than 40 million volunteers and supporters, allows us to make a real impact on our shared focus of cardiovascular and overall health.