Communication Manager, STI

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 62 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 417,000 visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

Job Roles

• Initiates, coordinates, implements, and evaluates public and community health education projects, programs, grants, and studies.
• Serves as liaison to and coordinates activities with state and local health officials, community partners, and other stakeholders.
• Designs, develops, implements, and analyzes results of evaluation tools used to assess the community’s public health education needs.
• Provides technical assistance and consultation to community agencies, health care organizations, schools, industries, and other community groups.
• Plans, writes, coordinates and/or edits public health information materials related to assigned program areas for use by the media.
• Plans, writes, coordinates, and/or edits reports related to assigned program areas.
• Generate impactful, compelling, detailed content for a variety of internal uses, including instructional/operational memos, internal articles, talking points, company-wide bulletins, intranet pages, executive messaging and presentations, and employee feature articles.
• Act as a consultant to business partners and project teams to develop internal communication plans and timelines, identifying the right channel for each audience.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to understand our broader corporate strategy and develop a clear and consistent executive narrative. Craft messaging for a variety of voices from leadership teams, including written materials, talking points, town halls, blogs, and effectively advise them on communications strategy.
• Produce internal communications, graphic elements and intranet pages for programs and campaigns that support client relationship expansion and drive employee engagement.
• Create messages, stories and announcements around our Corporate Responsibility and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts.
• Take direction from multiple stakeholders, balancing numerous projects and assignments simultaneously, while effectively prioritizing strict deadlines.

Education/Certifications/Licenses/Registrations

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, communications, or marketing preferred.
• Ability and means to travel as needed in a timely manner within San Diego County, to locations that may have limited access to public transportation; proof of liability and property damage insurance on vehicle used is required. DRIVER REQUIREMENTS: Licensed for a minimum of 3 years; No more than 2 violations and/or accidents within 3 years; No vehicle related suspensions/reinstatements; No DUI, reckless or felony Driving within 7 years.

Experience/Specialized Skills (including Language)

• Knowledge of AP Style preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Arabic) in written and verbal communications preferred.
• Demonstrated editing skills.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Ability to work well in both a team-based environment and independently.
• Ability to multi-task, be organized and flexible, ensure accuracy, and meet changing priorities in a fast-paced, high-workload environment.
• Demonstrated ability to be culturally sensitive and respect diversity.
• Experience with MS Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment

Bending (neck): OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Bending (waist): RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Carrying 0 – 10 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Carrying 11 – 25 lbs: NEVER

Carrying 25 – 50 lbs: NEVER

Carrying 51 – 75 lbs: NEVER

Carrying 75 lbs: NEVER

Climbing (ladder): NEVER

Climbing (stairs): RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Driving: To drive from one clinic or another, or in the community: INCIDENTAL DRIVING (LESS THAN 3 DAYS/WEEK)

Exposure to blood borne pathogens and biohazards: NO

Exposure to dust, gas, fumes, or chemicals: Office supplies

Fine manipulation: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Kneeling: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Lifting 0 – 10 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Lifting 11 – 25 lbs: NEVER

Lifting 25 – 50 lbs: NEVER

Lifting 51 – 75 lbs: NEVER

Lifting over 75 lbs: NEVER

Power Grasping: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Pulling 0 – 10 lbs: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Pulling 11 – 25 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Pulling 25 – 50 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Pulling 51 – 75 lbs: NEVER

Pulling over 75 lbs: NEVER

Pushing 0 – 10 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Pushing 11 – 25 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Pushing 25 – 50 lbs: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Pushing 51 – 75 lbs: NEVER

Pushing over 75 lbs: NEVER

Reaching (above shoulder level): RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Reaching (below shoulder level): RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Repetitive use of hand: CONSTANTLY (6+ HRS)

Simple Grasping: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Sitting: CONSTANTLY (6+ HRS)

Standing: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Twisting: RARELY (0-1 HRS)

Use of Personal Protective Equipment: As established by Department Standards

Walking: OCCASIONALLY (1 – 3 HRS)

Working around equipment and machinery: Office equipment

Ages of Patients Served: N/A

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses.

71,386.00 – 101,887.00

If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to these factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here: FHCSD Wellness – Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)