Communications Manager

Communications Manager

Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Communications Manager to join the team. Full-time Day Shift, Monday–Friday, working general office hours with a hybrid work schedule.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality, and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, hybrid career opportunities.

Communications Manager Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with supported business marketers to understand business priorities and communications needs, developing a comprehensive communications strategy to ensure connectivity between these teams and Internal Communications.
• Collaborates with supported business teammates to support change initiatives, draft communications, and equip leaders to cascade messages to their teams.
• Creates and implements communication plans, developing, publishing, and distributing content across various system channels.
• Ensures that messaging is consistent, relevant, and aligned to organizational goals and objectives.
• Develops and maintains relationships with key stakeholders, serving as subject matter expert, trusted advisor, and brand champion.
• Stays up-to-date on goals, priorities, and milestones for assigned support areas and understands the impact, scale, and timelines for initiatives.
• Collaborates with leaders and team members to review the status and content of Internal Communications projects and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Partners closely with marketing, creative services, government, and media relations teammates on shared initiatives, including internal/external campaigns, media activities, and website updates.
• Creates, posts, and maintains intranet content for assigned communications efforts; Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of communications strategies and adjusts as needed; Manages relationships with external vendors and agencies as needed; Stays up-to-date on healthcare industry trends and communications best practice.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, business, or related field.
• Experience: 8 years of progressive experience in strategic communications planning and execution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hospital/Healthcare experience
• Strong writing/editing skills
• Desire and ability to take initiative on tasks as needed