Director, Communication

Description

Calling all Strategic Communication Leaders!

Are you ready to drive impactful messaging and shape the narrative for a leading healthcare organization? Do you have the passion and expertise to lead in a dynamic environment? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you!

The Role:

As the Director of Communication, you will play a vital role in supporting strategic communication needs at the ministry, service area, or divisional level. You will be a key strategic partner to the executive and senior leadership, overseeing communication efforts to deliver consistent, clear messaging to all caregivers and external stakeholders. By working closely with the Chief Communication Officer, you will align communication programs and messaging, ensuring they are effectively delivered to both internal and external audiences in collaboration with the executive Communication leadership team.

This communication role oversees communications for the Providence Clinical Network (PCN) in our central geographies including eastern Washington and Oregon markets, reporting to the associate vice president and chief communication officer for the PCN.

What You'll Do:

• Communication Strategist: Independently write, create, and implement high-quality communication plans, messaging, and copy that meet Providence standards, directing the strategy, planning, and execution for all major internal and external strategic communication initiatives.
• Advisor to Leadership: Provide ongoing strategic communication counsel and support to leadership teams and individuals, reinforcing, enhancing, and growing the organizational voice and narrative of Providence through proactive communication.
• Collaborative Innovator: Collaborate closely with communication leadership and teams to ensure consistent, aligned communication strategies and implementation across all operations, reflecting our Catholic identity and aligning with our Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Message Manager: Align organizational and ministry/divisional messaging and communication programs, effectively managing the delivery of information and messaging to caregivers and other audiences and coordinating messaging across audiences in partnership with communication leadership at the system and division level.
• Financial Acumen: Manage budget goals effectively, providing ongoing strategic communication counsel and support.
• Team Builder: Foster high-performing, engaged teams and caregivers through servant leadership and mentoring, creating a culture of collaboration and growth.

What You'll Bring:

• Educational Background: Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field, with a Master's Degree preferred.
• Extensive Experience: 10 or more years of communication experience in healthcare, with deep knowledge of integrated healthcare and communication practices.
• Collaborative Skills: Ability to work collaboratively across a diverse communication team, ensuring rapid, consistent, and impactful delivery of messaging across multiple channels and locations.
• Brand Proponent: Capability to drive proactive, powerful messaging to support and enhance our brand position.
• Project Management: Demonstrated planning and project management skills, strong attention to detail, and outstanding analytical abilities.
• Adaptive Leader: Demonstrated ability to study, understand, adapt, and respond effectively to a constantly changing environment, actively seeking feedback and remaining open and receptive.
• Relationship Management: Effectively manage stakeholder relationships at multiple levels of the organization, building high-quality teams and fostering positive interactions with colleagues, customers, and executive management.
• Performance Driven: Set challenging objectives, continuously seeking to improve personal performance against self-defined standards of excellence.

Salary Range by location:

• Spokane
• Min: $63.32, Max: $99.96
• WA Puget Sound (Renton)
• Min: $74.17, Max: $117.10
• Oregon (Portland)
• Min: $71.15, Max: $112.34

Why Join Us?

• Make a Real Difference: Be part of an organization that is transforming healthcare and improving lives by fostering meaningful communication.
• Unleash Your Potential: Enjoy the autonomy and support you need to bring innovative communication strategies to life.
• Collaborate with the Best: Work alongside a team of talented professionals who are passionate about their work and dedicated to excellence.
• Thrive in a Dynamic Environment: Embrace the challenges and rewards of working in a fast-paced, ever-evolving industry.

Ready to Elevate Healthcare Communication?

If you're a strategic leader with a passion for healthcare communication, we invite you to apply! Join our team and help us drive a healthier, more connected future for all.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

About the Team

Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 357234

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Communications & Marketing

Job Function: Marketing/Public Relations/Community Affairs

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4005 SS COMMUNICATIONS 1

Address: WA Spokane 101 W 8th Ave

Work Location: Sacred Heart Medical Center-Spokane

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Pay Range: $See posting - $See posting

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.