4 months ago
Communications Officer
Oregon Health Authority
Portland, OR (Hybrid)Full time$6K/mo – $10K/mo
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Communications Officer
Portland, OR (Hybrid)
$6K/mo – $10K/moMid LevelFull time
Posted 4 months ago
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Job Summary
Support public information and media relations for the Oregon Health Authority, coordinating responses, crisis communications, and external storytelling.
- Draft, route, and coordinate media responses for accuracy and timeliness.
- Two years of professional PR or Affairs experience or five years related work.
- Crisis communications support and collaboration with subject matter experts.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Work with reporters and respond to media inquiries.
- Draft and route media responses for approval to ensure accurate, timely information.
- Identify and relay public interest stories and information.
- Develop shareable content, including for newsletters and social media.
- Work in close collaboration with subject matter experts from a variety of departments.
- Help manage crisis communications work.
- Provide occasional in-person event support (scoped as possible for 1 – 2 times per month per month within normal work hours)
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Communications the Behavioral or Social Sciences or related degree and two years professional level experience in Public Relations or Affairs
- OR Five years experience directly related to the position under recruitment; two of the five years must have been at the professional level.
Preferred
- Bi-lingual or multi-lingual.
- Experience in or knowledge of Medicaid or health policy.
- Demonstrated commitment to advancing health equity.
- Experience With: Serving as a public information officer or spokesperson for an organization
- Media, media relations or communications work
- Drafting talking points, statements or speeches
- Condensing complex policies into plain language
- Developing social media, web content or public-facing documents
- Crisis communications work
- A fast-paced work environment with deadlines
- Demonstrating resourcefulness, sound judgment, excellent time management skills and the ability to work on multiple initiatives.
Benefits
- Excellent, low-cost medical, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
- Optional benefits like life insurance, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and FSA options for health and childcare.
- Generous paid time off: 11 holidays, 3 personal days, monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours/month.
- Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
- Retirement security through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).
- Training and development opportunities to grow your career with the State of Oregon.
Oregon Health Authority
Vision:A Healthy OregonCore Values:Service Excellence, Leadership, Integrity, Partnership, Innovation and Health EquityOur Mission:Helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. About the Oregon Health Authority:The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is at the forefront of lowering and containing costs, improving quality and increasing access to health care in order to improve the lifelong health of Oregonians. OHA is overseen by the nine-member citizen Oregon Health Policy Board (http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPB/) which is working toward comprehensive health and health care reform in the state.OHA includes most of the state's health care programs, including Public Health, Health Policy and Analytics, Health Systems Division, and Oregon State Hospital. Incorporating the state's health care programs within one agency gives the state greater purchasing and marketing power to begin tackling the issues of cost, quality, and access to care.We are absolutely committed to ongoing innovation in the delivery of services, and to recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees. The Oregon Health Authority strives to create inclusive environments that welcome and value the diversity of the people we serve. OHA fosters fairness, equity, and inclusion to create workplace environments where everyone is treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, physical stature, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, political affiliation and any other factor applicable by state or federal law.
Founded in 2011
Salem, Oregon, USA
1.8K employees (30 in marketing)
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
8.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$116.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.7%
Direct
44.8%
Referral
5.3%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.3%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~1.8K
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
30 (2% of company)