Communications Specialist

Communications Specialist

Co chise Community Hospital is seeking a full-time Communications Specialist to support communications, public relations, marketing, digital engagement, and community outreach for our Critical Access Hospital and rural health clinics. This on-site role is ideal for a creative, organized communicator who enjoys developing clear messages, building relationships, supporting events, and helping share the story of NCCH's services, providers, partnerships, and community impact.

Plan, promote, and support community events, health fairs, educational programs, fundraising activities, outreach initiatives, and special projects.

Develop and support communications, public relations, marketing, and community engagement strategies that advance NCCH's mission and strategic goals.

Create, edit, and coordinate communication materials for print, digital, media, internal, and external audiences.

Develop content for social media, websites, email communications, storytelling, promotional campaigns, and other digital platforms.

Support multimedia projects such as photography, videography, graphic design, visual storytelling, and promotional materials.

Assist with media relations, including press releases, media inquiries, interviews, outreach, and coverage monitoring.

Collaborate with leadership, providers, departments, community partners, sponsors, media representatives, consultants, and vendors.

Use engagement metrics, marketing analytics, media coverage, and event outcomes to evaluate communication efforts and recommend improvements.

Helpful skills and experience: Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills. Strong knowledge of public relations, marketing, branding, media relations, and community engagement. Experience developing communication campaigns, digital content, and materials across multiple platforms. Ability to support multimedia content, including photography, videography, graphic design, and visual storytelling. Strong organization, attention to detail, project management, and problem-solving skills. Confidence using Microsoft Office, social media platforms, website or content management tools, and communication or design software. Experience in health care, nonprofit, community outreach, public service, or a related setting preferred. Strong public speaking and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both large and small audiences.

Additional details: This is a safety-sensitive position in a drug-free workplace. Ready to make an impact? If you are ready to bring your communications skills to a mission-driven rural health care organization, we invite you to apply and learn more about Northern Cochise Community Hospital and the community we serve.