Regional Director of Communications

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Westview Building

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directs the work of the regional communications team, including oversight of internal and external communications functions, ensuring strategic alignment, quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of all regional communications plans and strategies.

• Manages translation of broad strategies into specific communications tactics and collaborates closely with a variety of stakeholders to manage project expectations, prioritize projects and deliverables within the region.

• Builds and maintains relationships with key media; research and pitches stories and coordinates media coverage; directs local crisis communication response.

• Develops and implements an annual media relations and social media plan and editorial calendar for the region to ensure consistent and effective messaging that reflects the organization's brand, thought leadership platform and marketing priorities.

• Works in close coordination with other functional areas to understand emerging issues and to develop communications that help to achieve organizational goals.

• Represents the marketing and communications functions in a variety of cross-functional committees. Lends subject matter expertise to other leaders/departments in developing communications.

• Manages the community relations strategy for SSM Health in the local region, ensuring a consistent approach to organizational support in the community in alignment with CHNA priorities.

• Tracks the success of all communications activities and works from metrics to continually improve results.

• Tracks communications trends, ensuring best practices are adopted when appropriate.

• Selects, develops, motivates, trains, and retains exceptional staff, to ensure appropriate, skilled staffing resources; performs annual staff performance reviews.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE

• Seven years' experience, with five years in leadership

Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2023 - Becker's Healthcare

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 - Newsweek

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023 - Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization's 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God's healing presence to everyone they serve.

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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

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SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.

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Job Summary:

This is NOT a remote position. This position will be based in St. Louis, MO.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Directs regional internal and external communications and public relations strategies and activities that support the achievement of organizational goals. Develops and ensures successful implementation of a comprehensive communications plan that enhances the brand, drives growth, and supports a highly engaged, and well-informed workforce. Leads the strategic planning, budgeting and tracking to ensure success.

Department:

~~~ Marketing and Communications Staff

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (~~~)