Asst. Director, Communications

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The UHealth system at the University of Miami has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Director, Medical Communications in the Marketing & Communications Department.

SUMMARY

The Asst. Director, Communications - School/College/Hospital (H) plans, develops, and manages internal and external communications programs focusing on ensuring the delivery of consistent messages to the target audience. The Asst. Director, Communications - School/College/Hospital (H) works closely with the leadership team to develop communications strategies that further business objectives.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS  

• Coordinates the design and delivery of the most effective, efficient, and impactful methods and channels to ensure accomplishment of business goals.  

• Identifies situational and strategic communication opportunities and outlines plans to address them. 

• Detects appropriate metrics and evaluates program effectiveness to report to senior leaders. 

• Leads development of media strategies to raise visibility. 

• Helps run online communications and social media outreach for the organization. 

• Keeps abreast of new trends and research in online marketing and social networking. 

• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures. 

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. 

CORE QUALIFICATIONS  

Education: 

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field 

Experience: 

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience 

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: 

• Knowledge of business and management principles. 

• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations. 

• Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan. 

• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others. 

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others. 

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patien