Communications Manager - Marketing and Communications Department

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC); Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance through FEHB

Cost-Share Dental and Vision Insurance

401(a) Retirement Plan with employer 5

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Eleven Paid Holidays

On-Site Child Care Facility

Education Assistance

Job summary

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) seeks a Communications Manager to oversee strategic communications for the Consortium Business Support Services portfolio in Anchorage, AK. The role focuses on developing collateral and ensuring consistent brand identity across media including websites, print, and publications.

Under limited supervision, you will manage external and internal communications, coordinate cross-department projects, and lead a team to deliver high-quality content on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Five years of corporate communications and/or public relations experience.
• Two years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Draft, manage, and disseminate external and internal communications across multiple platforms.
• Lead partner projects with departments to determine scope, plans, and budgets.
• Coordinate distribution plans and ensure on-schedule delivery and budget adherence.
• Serve as team lead for comprehensive communications plans and staff development.
• Maintain consistent brand identity across websites, print, and publications.
• Support advertising and promotional efforts for the consortium.

Skills

Public relations

Mass communication

Adobe Creative Suite

Communication skills

Project management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.

ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.

Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.

ANTHC offers a competitive and comprehensive Benefits Package for all Benefit Eligible Employees, which includes:

• Medical Insurance provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program as a Tribal Employee, with over 20 plans and tiers.
• Cost-Share Dental and Vision Insurances
• Discounted Pet Insurance
• Retirement Contributions with Pre-Tax or Roth options into a 403(b).
• 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will begin making matching contributions of up to 5% of your eligible pay, based on your own contributions. In addition, you may be eligible for an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3% from the employer.
• Paid Time Off starts immediately, earning up to 6 hours per pay period, with paid time off accruals increasing based on years of service.
• Eleven Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employment
• Basic Short/Long Term Disability premiums, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance are covered 100% by ANTHC, with additional options for Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Coverage and Voluntary Life for yourself and your family members.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care.
• Ancillary Cash Benefits for accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness.
• On-Site Child Care Facility with expert-designed classrooms for early child development and preschool.
• Employee Assistance Program with support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice.
• Tuition Discounts for you and your eligible dependents at Alaska Pacific University.
• On-Site Training Courses and Professional Development Opportunities.
• License and certification reimbursements and occupational insurance for medical staff.
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Education Assistance or Education leave eligibility
• Discount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

This position is locally based in Anchorage, AK with on-site work schedule. The Communications Manager role will oversee strategic communications for the Consortium Business Support Services portfolio.

Summary

Under limited supervision, manages communications and marketing projects by developing collateral and creating consortium-wide communications in support of organizational goals and objectives that maintain consistent brand identity. Responsible for developing visual and descriptive collateral which maintains consistent brand identity, and for applying it to media such as websites, print, and publications.

Responsibilities

Responsible for drafting, managing, and disseminating external and internal communications, including presentations, newsletters, and white papers across numerous platforms.

Manages partner group projects by working with departments to determine the scope of projects, communications plans, quantity, distribution plans, and budgetary impacts. Monitors projects to make sure they remain on schedule and on budget. Collaborates with project owners and Marketing team members from scheduling of project, work ownership, and sign-offs for final product.

Manages writing and coordination of communications collateral as needed, ensuring correct and consistent dissemination of corporate messaging. Completes layout and design of simple marketing pieces as well as makes copy edits to documents designed by the departments graphic designers when needed.

Serves as a team lead and single point of contact in a busy organizational environment to prepare comprehensive communications plans for internal business partners, determine distribution plans and budget, develop and edit content, collaborate with internal Marketing colleagues on ancillary collateral development, attain approval for final product, and support final project launch.

Works with internal groups to ensure consistent brand identity. Resolves issues related to brand identity and communications collateral.

Proactively seeks opportunities to communicate to employees and uses sound editorial judgment to determine internal issues and news that would be of interest to them.

Provides input to communications calendars for all internal communications channels.

Manages and schedules assigned staff. Develops goals and priorities, and assigns tasks and projects. Develops staff skills and training plans. Counsels, trains, and coaches assigned staff. Implements corrective actions and conducts performance evaluations for staff.

Provides support for consortium advertising and/or promotional efforts.

Researches and develops content for publication of products and services. Produces basic graphic sketches, designs, and copy layouts for content as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC, and Alaska Native culture(s).
• Knowledge of applicable technologies, including Adobe Creative Suite.
• Knowledge of public relations and mass communication techniques.
• Knowledge of business English, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Skill in developing corporate communication materials.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.
• Skill in presenting information to executive level management and external audiences.
• Skill in project management, and assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and to work as part of a team.
• Ability to be self-directed.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences, from Marketing team members to ANTHC patients to executive level management to external audiences.

Minimum Education Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, or a related field from an accredited college or university. Progressively responsible professional work-related experience, education, or training may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for college education.

Minimum Experience Qualification

Non-supervisory - Five (5) years of corporate communications and/or public relations experience. An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or training may be substituted for experience.

AND

Supervisory - Two (2) years involving employee supervision.

Preferred Experience Qualification

Experience in the Alaska Tribal Health System.

Additional Requirements

Requires the use of personal vehicle, proof of insurance, and a valid Alaska driver's license. May be required to work outside the traditional work schedule. May be called to work off-shift in emergency situations. According to the needs of the organization, some incumbents in this job class may be required to obtain specific technical certifications or programming language skills.