Communications Project Coordinator

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

North Carolina is home to approximately 700,000 Veterans making them about 8 percent of the state’s adult population. In 2023, four NC cities were listed as the best places in the US for Veterans to live (Lee, H. 2023), but Veterans live in all 100 counties, 80 of which are considered rural (www.rural.gov). NC is a desirable place to live, yet 60% of the state’s Veterans are not enrolled in VA healthcare. Veterans in NC are at increased risk of poor health outcomes when they lack access to the Social Determinants of Health ( SDOH ) such as housing affordability, economic support, transportation costs and educational expenses (Taheri, et al. 2023). The Communications Project Coordinator will be responsible for designing public health communication deliverables and activities for this large grant-funded project. The Communications Project Coordinator is required to interact with public health professionals within the project team. The individual in this role will design communications support for all teams within this public health project. Additionally, the individual will work with the Communications Project Manager in planning, strategy, and delivery of the communications plan. This role will: Build health communication and messaging capacity for telling the project’s story to multiple audiences. Serve as back up to the Communications Project Manager in a public information officer role for The Healthy Vets Community Project. Co-develop messaging, visuals and marketing tactics based on communications theories, frameworks, and best practices, including digital accessibility and emerging trends in health communication. Help The HVC Project team and community partners effectively create and disseminate information. Collaborate with project staff, students, and faculty, other communications experts, the Gillings communications team, contractors, and external partners to achieve set goals. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.

Requirements

• Interact with public health professionals within the project team.
• Design communications support for all teams within this public health project.
• Work with the Communications Project Manager in planning, strategy, and delivery of the communications plan.

Responsibilities

• Build health communication and messaging capacity for telling the project’s story to multiple audiences.
• Serve as back up to the Communications Project Manager in a public information officer role for The Healthy Vets Community Project.
• Co-develop messaging, visuals and marketing tactics based on communications theories, frameworks, and best practices, including digital accessibility and emerging trends in health communication.
• Help The HVC Project team and community partners effectively create and disseminate information.
• Collaborate with project staff, students, and faculty, other communications experts, the Gillings communications team, contractors, and external partners to achieve set goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed