Senior Health Communications Specialist

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Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Location:This position is available for a fully remote work agreement for U.S. based candidates.

Salary Range:$105,000-$125,000, plus benefits

Position Type:Grant funded, limited-term opportunity contingent upon funding

Position End Date:June 30, 2027, with possibility for renewal contingent upon funding

The CDC Foundation is seeking a candidate for a full-time Senior Health Communications Specialist who will provide strategic support, technical assistance, and communications leadership for a team working to build an evidence base for effective drowning prevention strategies in the United States. This position is key to leading the development and implementation of a strategic communication plan in support of programmatic priorities and goals.

This position will also lead the implementation of a wide array of health communication and dissemination activities designed to impact positive health outcomes related to water safety and drowning prevention.

The Senior Health Communications Specialist's primary responsibility will be leading communication and information dissemination for the Understanding and Preventing Drowning program. Specifically, this position will provide support in the areas of communication planning and strategy, message development, storytelling related to program initiatives, program website development and maintenance, coordination on communication strategy and output with partner organizations, and other related activities. As the Senior Health Communications Specialist, this role will lead communications strategy and initiatives for the Understanding and Preventing Drowning team, advising senior program leadership, providing communications guidance and mentorship to other program team members, and executing the program's communications activities.

A key aspect of the Senior Health Communication Specialist role will be aligning and delivering communications and other external facing outputs across a broad program portfolio that includes several partner organizations including groups delivering swim skills training to children and youth, state and local health departments, university-based research groups, and drowning prevention and water safety organizations operating at the local, state, national, and global levels.

• Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive strategic communications plan to advance program goals. Ensure that the program's communication activities are achieved in collaboration with key partner organizations.
• Develop and implement communications strategies that elevate program visibility, amplify key messages, and enhance engagement across earned and social media channels.
• Lead the creation and dissemination of communications products and supporting materials for the program.
• Support the development of a program website including working with senior program leadership, other program team members, and web developers.
• Work with team members and external parter organizations to identify, draft, publish, and promote new stories and other information that amplify program outputs and communicate program impacts.
• Provide communications guidance, mentorship and support to other team members, and in some cases partner organizations.
• Advise senior program leadership and program team members on communication strategies, message framing, media engagement and other media topics as needed.
• Ensure that documents…