Rural Health Transformation Content Coordinator

Kentucky Department of Public Health (primarily remote, KY residents only, some travel required)

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Content Coordinator to support the Kentucky Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT). The Kentucky RHT is a multi-year, statewide initiative to modernize rural health systems and improve access, quality and sustainability for rural Kentuckians. The program operates across five interdependent initiatives - Rural Community Hubs, PoWER (perinatal health), Rapid Response to Recovery (behavioral health and crisis care), Rooted In Health (integrated/oral health), and Crisis To Care (community trauma care and EMS) - coordinated by a central program office.

This role combines hands-on content production with active participation in the communications strategies and execution plans that guide the program’s work, ensuring clear, consistent and coordinated messaging across a large, multi-vertical portfolio.

Working in close partnership with the Communications Lead, the Coordinator also serves as day-to-day coordination lead for the Engagement and Outreach Coordinator team, ensuring field-facing staff have the materials, messaging direction, and support they need to represent the program effectively in communities across Kentucky.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, public policy, public administration, marketing or a related field
• Proven ability to translate complex programmatic, technical or policy information into clear, audience-appropriate messaging
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Experience supporting communications in healthcare, public health, nonprofit, or public-sector settings
• Experience with web content management systems or basic page editing
• Familiarity with Kentucky's rural communities or public health landscape

• Coordinate the execution of strategic communication plans, including direct production of materials and coordination with consultants as needed
• Track execution against plans, surfacing gaps, timeline risks and scope changes proactively to keep communication strategy on course
• Co-develop systems, processes, and frameworks that enable the communications team to deliver materials with consistency and speed across a multi-vertical portfolio

• Draft, edit, and format communications materials including program updates, partner newsletters, web copy, and initiative-specific documents in alignment with approved messaging and brand standards
• Support development and maintenance of web content for ruralhealthplan.ky.gov, including page updates and flagging content for Communications Lead review
• Prepare presentation materials, briefing documents and one-pagers for program leadership and initiative teams using approved templates
• Serve as first point of contact and manager for incoming communications requests and tracking from initiative, ensuring requests are complete before routing to the Communications Lead

• Apply KY RHTP messaging, tone and brand standards consistently across all materials, proofreading and formatting work before it enters the review process
• Maintain shared file libraries and content archives in program-approved platforms, ensuring materials are organized, versioned, and accessible
• Manage the editorial calendar and intake tracker, keeping statuses current and flagging items at risk of missing deadlines

This project is 100% funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a total of $212.9 million in budget year 1 with 100% by CMS/HHS. The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) grant spans five budget periods aligned with federal fiscal years FY2026-FY2030. Funding is disbursed annually by CMS based on achievement of performance metrics.

The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Kentucky Department for Public Health in order to best support the Kentucky Department for Public Health in their public health programming.

This position is currently a remote position. CDC…