Intern

About the Role

The American Heart Association's Internship Program offers college students hands-on experience in various facets of a non-profit, voluntary health organization. Participants will enhance their skills by learning strategies to improve community health outcomes, focusing on nutrition security, health education, and creating culturally competent resources for preventing or managing cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and stroke.

• Time Commitment: 20 hours per week
• Internship Duration: 1/25/27 - 5/7/27
• Location: Hybrid in either Madison, WI or Milwaukee, WI, or immediate surrounding areas
• Salary: $23.00 per hour

Internship Outcomes

• Gain practical job skills for a non-profit environment.
• Explore a career path with a voluntary health/service organization.
• Enrich academic, professional, and personal resumes by making a difference in others' lives.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in organizing and implementing community and culturally appropriate health initiatives and programs.
• Support work on community impact priority issues: hypertension control, nutrition insecurity, community response, and tobacco/vaping.
• Assist with internal program evaluations.
• Help the community impact team communicate the impact of local work.
• Identify impact stories, enhance them through research and interviews, and develop communication pieces for sharing.
• Create and manage a volunteer database and communications, responding to volunteer inquiries.
• Identify, review, and develop resources (e.g., playbooks) to meet community health needs.
• Explore state or local organizations aligned with the Association’s priority issues and identify collaboration opportunities.
• Assist with the planning and implementation of trainings and community impact meetings.
• Attend internal and external meetings, including health fairs and community events, as requested.
• Assist with community health engagement activities such as hands-only CPR demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in public health, community health, advocacy, or related fields.
• Demonstrated ability to research health topics and translate findings into actionable guidance.
• Experience with community engagement and health initiatives.
• Willingness to travel to local community events and meetings.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to learn quickly with focused attention to detail.
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and basic knowledge of Canva.
• Required Equipment: Reliable Wi-Fi connection and reliable transportation.
• Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between 9 am - 5 pm.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Knowledge of local healthcare systems is a plus.
• Bilingual in Spanish is preferred, but not required.