Strategic Communications Manager | Communications | Day | Full-Time

UF Health • Gainesville, FL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Join UF Health and contribute to a team focused on patient care, innovation, and community impact. The Strategic Communications Manager manages strategic communications initiatives and core internal communications programs and tools. The role serves as communications lead for key projects, supports executive- and management-level leaders, manages department needs, and guides the team in the director’s absence. The manager directs strategic communications staff in a significant portion of their regular internal communications responsibilities, leads or oversees team members on key projects, and fully supervises one or two communications interns each semester. The role also supports issues management and leads internal or corporate issue response when the director is absent. This is a full-time, on-site position in Gainesville.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a relevant area.
• At least five years of communications experience.
• Relevant experience serving as a lead writer and editor responsible for editorial content planning and production; working as a project manager creating and implementing strategic communications and promotions plans; and leading collaborative project teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a relevant area.
• Communications experience in a hospital or health care setting.
• Experience leading collaborative project teams in a corporate or academic communications environment.
• Supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic communications initiatives and core internal communications programs and tools.
• Serve as communications lead for key projects.
• Support executive- and management-level leaders.
• Manage department needs and guide the team in the director’s absence.
• Direct strategic communications staff in a significant portion of their regular internal communications responsibilities.
• Serve as team lead and/or oversee team members for key projects.
• Fully supervise one or two communications interns each semester.
• Support issues management and lead internal or corporate issue response in the director’s absence.

What This Job Offers

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