Communications Associate - Marketing

Responsibilities

Responsible for partnering with regional and health system leadership to drive employee engagement and adoption of priorities by developing, implementing and coordinating communication, engagement and change management strategies. The role will work closely with the Regional Business Partner and report to the Health System Communications Lead to ensure that communications are aligned and leveraged to support understanding of organizational strategic initiatives, integration imperatives and cultural change. This role will also program relevant content and events on Jefferson’s digital workplace.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supports and strategizes communication requests for health system regional and service line priorities.
• Provides planning, writing and programming support for weekly regional update newsletter, ad hoc internal messaging and regional content on our enterprise digital workplace, including stories and events.
• Traffics intake of regional and service line requests from clients using centralized project management system.
• Coordinates with other communications colleagues including health system communications, peer regional communications, media relations and marketing to execute campaigns as needed.
• Provides general writing support for regional executive communications as needed.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

Qualifications

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: 

Bachelor's Degree required

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University.  If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Closing Statement

About Jefferson  

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plansis a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.