Community Engagement Manager

Dearest Care; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to shape patient advocacy

Job summary

Dearest Care is seeking a Community Engagement Manager to enhance its presence across social media and public platforms. This pivotal role involves managing interactions on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, ensuring timely and empathetic responses to community engagement.

The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in community management and exceptional communication skills. Join us to shape our advocacy efforts in healthcare and contribute meaningfully to patient experiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in community management, customer communications, or social media.
• Proven experience in public channels, especially in high-empathy settings.
• Exceptional written communication skills for complex topics.

Responsibilities

• Manage responses across social, community, and review platforms.
• Respond to patients and caregivers with empathy and urgency.
• Track questions and complaints, translating them into insights.

Skills

Community management

Customer communications

Social media management

Written communication

Empathy

Education

3+ years in relevant field

Job description

About Dearest Care

Navigating healthcare alone is quickly becoming a thing of the past, just as representing yourself in court would seem unthinkable today.

For decades, only those with resources could confidently move through the healthcare system, supported by private help to interpret plans, contact doctors, follow up on referrals, decipher bills, and ensure nothing was missed. Most people were left with automated phone trees, complex portals, and overwhelming paperwork.

Dearest Care is changing that.

We equip every patient with a dedicated advocate who helps them unlock and utilize the healthcare support available to them, coordinating care, removing barriers, explaining benefits, managing next steps, and providing ongoing support. We're not replacing the human relationship with software; we're building the scalable platform that enables it.

Our advocates are empowered by AI tools, clinical workflows, and operational systems, helping them deliver care with speed, empathy, and consistency. Patients need advocates. Advocates need tools. Health plans need outcomes. We're engineering the infrastructure that brings all three together.

We're a mission‑driven, fast‑paced team committed to creating a new, essential category in American healthcare. We believe that in twenty years, having a patient advocate will be standard—and we're focused on serving the people who need one most.

About the Role

We're seeking a Community Engagement Manager to help define how Dearest Care presents itself across public communities, social media, and review channels.

You’ll manage our presence on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, Trustpilot, Better Business Bureau, and other patient‑facing or public feedback spaces. This role is a blend of customer empathy, brand stewardship, issue escalation, and digital fluency.

You will be responsible for ensuring Dearest Care responds promptly, thoughtfully, and accurately whenever patients, caregivers, advocates, or community members engage with us online. Working closely with our Customer Experience, Clinical Operations, Marketing, and Product teams, you’ll ensure every interaction reflects our voice, reinforces patient trust, and turns feedback into actionable insights.

This isn’t just about "replying to comments"—it’s about managing our reputation, recovering service opportunities, building trust, and providing real‑time intelligence from the front lines.

Responsibilities

• Manage day‑to‑day responses across public community, social, and review platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Trustpilot, Better Business Bureau, and more.
• Respond to patients, caregivers, and the community with empathy, clarity, and urgency while maintaining Dearest Care’s voice and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Triage sensitive or escalated issues to the appropriate internal teams, including Customer Service, Clinical Operations, Marketing, Product, and leadership.
• Track recurring questions, complaints, misunderstandings, and emerging themes, translating them into actionable insights for the company.
• Ensure timely responses across channels and prevent public feedback from going unanswered.
• Implement proactive community engagement strategies that build trust in Dearest Care and educate patients about advocacy and how to access it.
• Clearly differentiate Dearest Care as advocate‑led—not a chatbot, call center, marketplace, or generic navigation vendor.
• Contribute to the development of templates, escalation playbooks, tone guidelines, and internal documentation to support consistent, scalable responses.
• Represent Dearest Care with professionalism, warmth, and discretion in every public interaction.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in community management, customer communications, social media, public relations, internal communications, or a related field.
• Proven experience responding to customers in public channels, especially in regulated, high‑empathy, or high‑trust settings.
• Exceptional written communication skills, capable of translating complex healthcare or policy topics into clear, simple, and human language.
• Adept at making judgment calls: knowing when to respond, elevate, pause, or further investigate public comments.
• Strong empathy for patients, caregivers, older adults, and families navigating complex healthcare systems.
• Comfortable partnering cross‑functionally with Customer Experience, Clinical Operations, Marketing, Product, and leadership.
• Proactive, high‑ownership mentality—you spot issues early and identify patterns before they become problems.
• Ability to manage confidential information with care and integrity.
• Healthcare experience is strongly preferred; backgrounds in clinical, caregiving, advocacy, Medicare, or care coordination are a plus.
• Startup experience is valued, especially in fast‑paced, venture‑backed, consumer, healthcare, or technology companies.
• A sense of humor, sharp internet instincts, and an ability to maintain composure when digital environments are intense.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to help shape how a new healthcare category communicates with the world. At Dearest Care, we believe patient advocacy will be standard in American healthcare. The need is real, the coverage exists, and what’s missing is the interface that makes support accessible to everyone.

You’ll help build that interface: listening to patients, responding with care, identifying where experiences break down, and collaborating to make the company better every week. This role is perfect for someone looking to make a meaningful, high‑impact contribution at the crossroads of healthcare, community, brand, and operations.

You won’t just manage comments—you’ll build trust in a company that shows up when healthcare is most confusing, stressful, and overwhelming.

Applicants must be based in the United States.

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