Jobs & Internships


Employment opportunities 

Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago seeks applicants for the following positions. Detailed application instructions are included in the PDF of each description. Click a title below to learn more.

Bilingual Lung Health Educator
The bilingual lung health educator will provide smoking cessation counseling and asthma/COPD self-management education for adults and children in clinical and community settings. 

Coordinator, Grants and Sponsorships
This position will be responsible for maintaining relationships with businesses and foundations that provide grants and sponsorships for the association’s programs and events, as well as identifying new prospects for such support. Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

Manager, Student Health and Community Education
This position is responsible for assisting the RHAMC in building community relationships and collaborations for improving lung health, with a particular focus on asthma. The position will be responsible for the monitoring the implementation and evaluation of the programs and services offered to community organizations, coalitions and professional groups interested in lung health and respiratory health issues.

Manager, Office Services
This position will be responsbile for smooth operations of the business functions of the office including but not limited to technology systems, facilities management and storage of equipment, files and print collateral.

Manager, Individual Giving
This position will be responsible for cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of individual donors and volunteers with an aim of increasing the number and value of annual donors, major and planned gifts to the association.

Manager, Asthma Program
The Asthma Program Manager oversees all of RHAMC’s asthma programming targeting youth with asthma, caregivers, healthcare providers and other audiences. The Manager works with a variety of organizations to ensure successful implementation of the asthma programs, including schools, community-based organizations, coalitions, community clinics, and others. The Manager oversees the management of grants and contracts related to RHAMC’s asthma programming, ensures successful completion of goals, participates in grant proposal writing and represents RHAMC on a variety of local coalitions and committees.

CPPW Grant Manager
The grant manager will be the central staff person responsible for collecting necessary data to report on progress, performance, financial status, and job creation for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work project. Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience. 

Intern, Marketing & Communications
This marketing and communications intern will be responsible for assisting the marketing and communications department with media outreach, website maintenance and printed materials. A stipend is granted contingent upon satisfying the minimum hours required each week and meeting the professional standards of the internship supervisor. Internship period may be 8 to 12 weeks.

Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago provides job opportunities equally to all. Applicants and employees are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, citizenship or any other characteristic covered by federal, state or local law. Respiratory Health Association provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Equal employment opportunity applies in every aspect of Respiratory Health Association's employment practices, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer, evaluation, compensation and training. 

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