Director, Communication

Key Responsibilities

• Communication Strategist: Independently write, create, and implement high-quality communication plans, messaging, and copy that meet Providence standards, directing the strategy, planning, and execution for all major internal and external strategic communication initiatives.
• Advisor to Leadership: Provide ongoing strategic communication counsel and support to leadership teams and individuals, reinforcing, enhancing, and growing the organizational voice and narrative of Providence through proactive communication.
• Collaborative Innovator: Collaborate closely with communication leadership and teams to ensure consistent, aligned communication strategies and implementation across all operations, reflecting our Catholic identity and aligning with our Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Message Manager: Align organizational and ministry/divisional messaging and communication programs, effectively managing the delivery of information and messaging to caregivers and other audiences and coordinating messaging across audiences in partnership with communication leadership at the system and division level.
• Financial Acumen: Manage budget goals effectively, providing ongoing strategic communication counsel and support.
• Team Builder: Foster high-performing, engaged teams and caregivers through servant leadership and mentoring, creating a culture of collaboration and growth.

Qualification & Requirements

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field, with a Master’s Degree preferred.
• Extensive Experience: 10 or more years of communication experience in healthcare, with deep knowledge of integrated healthcare and communication practices.
• Collaborative Skills: Ability to work collaboratively across a diverse communication team, ensuring rapid, consistent, and impactful delivery of messaging across multiple channels and locations.
• Brand Proponent: Capability to drive proactive, powerful messaging to support and enhance our brand position.
• Project Management: Demonstrated planning and project management skills, strong attention to detail, and outstanding analytical abilities.
• Adaptive Leader: Demonstrated ability to study, understand, adapt, and respond effectively to a constantly changing environment, actively seeking feedback and remaining open and receptive.
• Relationship Management: Effectively manage stakeholder relationships at multiple levels of the organization, building high-quality teams and fostering positive interactions with colleagues, customers, and executive management.
• Performance Driven: Set challenging objectives, continuously seeking to improve personal performance against self-defined standards of excellence.

Benefits

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching
• Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues)
• Voluntary benefits
• Well-being resources
• and much more!
• Salary: The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.