Content Coordinator - Oregon Rural Health Collaborative (Project Coordinator)

Department Overview

The Content Coordinator – Oregon Rural Health Collaborative (ORHC) works as part of the Oregon Office of Rural Health’s (ORH) team to contribute to an 18-month initiative (ending September 30, 2027), funded through the State of Oregon’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). This project will bring together and empower rural Oregon communities across eight regions to build thriving, sustainable health care systems and approaches through expert facilitation, targeted technical assistance (TA) and collaborative regional partnerships.

To achieve the project goal, the Content Coordinator – ORHC will collaborate with and support the ORH team and is responsible for ensuring a smooth flow of highly technical content related to the project. Responsibilities include: 1) Developing and executing communication strategies for the ORHC project, which includes creating and coordinating complex and highly technical information to rural health care-related organizations and the Oregon Health Authority; 2) Supporting regional planning meetings and educational events by creating information packets, presentations, marketing materials and web content; 3) Creating compelling content about project activities; and 4) Effectively disseminating information about project activities, outcomes and success stories to regional participants and communities.

This position requires a high degree of initiative, independent judgement, problem solving, technical abilities and collaborative skills.

Function/Duties of Position

Content Creation and Design: Aligned with ORH’s scope of work with OHA for the ORHC project, the Content Creator - ORHC is responsible for working with the ORHC team to support information sharing and communications regarding the ORHC project. Responsibilities include:

• Developing project communication plans to ensure consistent messaging across regions;
• Developing communication materials for regional planning meetings, including presentations, handouts and visual aids;
• Creating and distributing meeting announcements, reminders and follow-up communications to participants;
• Designing project-related reports, newsletters and success stories;
• Keeping current with changes in OHSU web/communication policies and tools;
• Being an ORH/OHSU brand steward;
• Maintaining the ORH project website and social media channels with timely updates and engaging content;
• Documenting regional planning meetings through photography and designing summary reports;
• Coordinating with rural health organizations to gather and disseminate stories and data for reporting purposes;
• Creating templates and toolkits to support project communications and branding;
• Preparing presentations and materials for project leadership and funders;
• Tracking communication metrics and engagement; and
• Contributing to the preparation of progress and annual reports on project activities and outcomes. 

Educational Event Support: Aligned with ORH’s scope of work with OHA for the ORHC project, the Content Creator - ORHC is responsible for working with the ORHC team to support technical assistance-related education events for the ORHC project. Responsibilities include:

• Providing technical support for virtual and in-person education events, including the RHTP statewide gathering at the Oregon Rural Health Conference and ongoing virtual learning collaboratives, to ensure the platform and/or event functions as smoothly as possible for moderators, speakers and attendees;
• Editing and uploading education session videos and materials to the ORH website;
• Creating marketing materials for educational events, such as agendas, save the dates, online registration, etc.; and
• Entering registration and evaluation data into the project database. 

Administrative Support: Aligned with ORH’s scope of work with OHA for the ORHC project, the Content Creator - ORHC is responsible for working with the ORHC team support administrative activities for the ORHC project. Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining the ORHC mailing list database, reconciling database email platforms and producing reports from the database as needed and requested;
• Contributing to ORH’s newsletter and social media posts; and
• Contributing to ORH’s annual report. 

Organization and Team Support: ORH’s success relies heavily on internal collaboration and a teamwork environment. As such, there is the expectation that other duties may be assigned in addition to the following:

• Participate in staff-wide and team meetings;
• Support ORH events—both virtual and in-person; and
• Support the Director and ORH staff to ensure the accomplishment of the office's m