Communications and Marketing Specialist II

University of Louisville • Aurora, CO

9d • $48,225 - $72,389 • Onsite

About The Position

The Trager Institute is seeking a Communications and Marketing Specialist II to manage all outreach, marketing, and applicant pipeline activities for the Rural Outreach, Opportunity, and Training for Sustainable Workforce (ROOTS) Program. This includes designing and distributing print and digital recruitment materials, representing ROOTS at AHEC events, workforce development convenings, and community health fairs, and coordinating with AHEC, ADD, and CBO partners to identify eligible rural candidates for each cohort. Additionally, this position maintains the ROOTS applicant tracking system and program correspondence, manages cohort enrollment and waitlists, prepares required recruitment reporting for the RHTP Workforce Workgroup, and completes other administrative tasks as needed for the success of the program. Close communication with the grant leadership team, trainees, and state leadership is necessary. Ensuring the implementation of the grant work plan is necessary to remain compliant with funder expectations and guidelines. This position is grant funded and continued employment is contingent upon those funds.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field and two (2) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expert level experience and comfort with technology, including working with others on the use of technology in order to problem shoot possible technology issues during remote trainings.
• Organized and task-oriented with attention to detail.
• Great teamwork skills and be able to lead a team, direct, and mentor.
• Able to delegate and follow up to ensure timely completion of all duties.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively to build relationships working toward a desired outcome.
• Able to analyze and evaluate the success of all strategies and be flexible enough to recommend changes in direction when needed.
• Strong critical thinking skills and able to think through challenges, with suggested solutions.
• Able to build strong working relationships with all colleagues, community members and the Trager team.

Nice To Haves

• Previous work experience on grants, experience in community health work, and knowledge of various rural community resources and services.
• Previous work with professional teams and in the healthcare setting to ensure an understanding of evaluation, grant implementation and work applications for community health work.
• Experience using digital tools to develop effective recruitment materials.

Responsibilities

• Designing and distributing recruiting materials, representing the ROOTS program at community events, supporting the grant team in identifying eligible training candidates, developing and implementing grant related activities to work toward grant goals.
• Updating Trager executive staff on grant progress and meeting required grant reporting deadlines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level