Communication and Public Relations Specialist

New York, USA (On-site)

$75K/yrEntry Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated communications and public affairs for a multi-site health center across five locations.

  • Own cross-site internal/external comms and media relations to align brand and messaging.
  • Must-have: 1–2 years in public affairs or corporate communications with strong writing.
  • Standout: Experience managing digital signage, print collateral, and social media storytelling.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage integrated internal and external communications across all five JPAFHC sites, ensuring alignment, clarity, and brand consistency.
  • Draft high-level press releases, media advisories, op-eds, executive statements, and strategic messaging on behalf of senior leadership.
  • Develop compelling talking points and remarks for the senior leadership.
  • Support and advance public affairs initiatives aligned with community health advocacy and organizational priorities.
  • Coordinate and manage media inquiries, cultivate coverage opportunities, and maintain strong media relationships.
  • Ensure proactive communication strategies that position JPAFHC as a trusted voice in community health
  • Manage digital screen content across sites, including development, scheduling, monitoring, and updates.
  • Oversee print signage, posters, elevator frames, banners, and wayfinding materials to ensure accuracy and brand alignment.
  • Conduct regular site rounding to audit communications materials and ensure timely updates and quality control.
  • Coordinate logistics related to installation, maintenance, and updates of digital and print communications assets.

Requirements

  • Associate or bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, or related field.
  • 1-2 years of professional communications or public affairs experience.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
  • Strong understanding of media relations, digital strategy, and brand management.
  • Experience managing digital signage systems and print communications logistics preferred.
  • Skilled in social media management, content creation, photography, and video production.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities independently.
  • Strategic thinker with strong judgment and the ability to operate in high-visibility environments.
  • Creative, proactive, and confident making decisions, and driving initiative forward with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Vacation, Sick, and Personal Days
  • Automatic 1% payroll deduction into 403(b) retirement account
JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. logo

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC.

The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (Addabbo) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3), community health care center established in 1987 as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We provide comprehensive health services to the poor, the medically indigent and the medically underserved residents of Far Rockaway and Southeast Queens, along with Red Hook in Brooklyn.Addabbo is a community and consumer-focused nonprofit compelled by the contention that preventive health care, support services, and care management reduce the overall costs of secondary and tertiary health care resources. Addabbo provides a range of programs and services for: internal medicine/family practice; OB/GYN; pediatrics; dental care; HIV early intervention/prevention and treatment; asthma and diabetes education; ophthalmology; urology; nutrition education; Women, Infant, and Children Education; and mental health services.For many of the 40,000 unduplicated patients Addabbo serves annually, access to high-quality health care services would not exist if not for our health centers.

Founded in 1987
New York, New York, USA
108 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.4%
Direct
48.1%
Referral
6%
Social
16.9%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~111

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (2% of company)

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