NC Children's Manager of Outreach & Advocacy

Description

Join a small, dedicated team focused on building the Carolinas' first freestanding Children's Hospital.

Summary:

North Carolina Children's, a new children's health system in North Carolina, will be the state's only freestanding hospital dedicated solely to caring for kids.

NC Children's Manager of Outreach & Advocacy will develop content and implement outreach and advocacy strategies to promote NC Children's internally and across North Carolina. This person will work closely with the small NC Children's team, and with leaders at UNC Health, Duke Health, UNC Children's, Duke Children's, UNC School of Medicine and the Duke University School of Medicine to identify, develop, and share outreach plans while simultaneously building and maintaining strong relationships.

Responsibilities:
1. Develops, coordinates, and executes comprehensive outreach and advocacy plan to enhance NC Children's reputation and visibility.
2. Works closely with clinical and administrative leaders to identify key stakeholders and audiences.
3. Leads internal communications initiatives to foster engagement and alignment among key audiences, including clinicians across UNC Health and Duke Health.
4. Builds and maintains relationships with local, statewide and industry leaders to enable NC Children's to most effectively reach key audiences.
5. Designs, writes, edits, and distributes content for presentations and talking points to support outreach plan.
6. Coordinates with NC Children's team and external agencies to maximize outreach impact and ensure alignment with NC Children's goals.
7. Manages content and logistics for special announcements/events.
8. Monitors media coverage and analyzes effectiveness of communications efforts, making data-driven recommendations to continuously improve strategies.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* None required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Five (5) years of experience in communications, public relations, marketing or related field.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Knowledge of medical research concepts sufficient to enable communication with clinical and basic science faculty.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: NC Childrens Hospital Admin

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Hybrid

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.