Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and evaluates hospital-wide community outreach and event strategies, ensuring clear communication and engagement across various platforms.
• Creates and distributes content that supports the hospital's mission, enhances community outreach, and promotes key initiatives.
• Strengthens relationships with the community, addresses public concerns, and raises awareness of hospital services, programs, and events.
• Supports the Regional Director of Marketing, Legislative Affairs & Strategy (DOMAS) in managing community relations, customer service, and marketing programs for the West Hawaii Region.
• Coordinates community outreach efforts, public relations activities, and event planning for Kona and Kohala Hospitals.
• Works closely with hospital leadership and the Regional Director to foster strong, positive relationships between the hospitals and the local community.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university.
• Experience: Three (3) years of professional experience in researching, analyzing, organizing, planning, and coordinating program activities, such as in community relations, public relations, event planning, and customer service; development of policies and procedures; marketing programs; and preparing written information for dissemination to print and broadcast news media.
• Substitution of Education and Experience: 1. Possession of an associate’s degree from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of specialized work experience may be substituted for the education requirement. 2. Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in journalism, communications, public relations, or a related field may be substituted for up to two (2) years of specialized work experience.
• Note: We will not postpone the recruitment process because of your failure to provide accurate and complete information concerning your qualifications.
• Quality of Experience: Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that they have the ability to perform the duties of the position for which they are being considered.

Nice To Have

• DESIRED SKILLS: Excellent storytelling and editing skills; attention to detail; familiarity with design and publishing tools; initiative; ability to manage multiple projects; and comfort representing the organization at public events.

Benefits

• The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable state and federal laws relating to employment practices