Health Communication Specialist

Position Title: Health Communication Specialist – Division of Community-reputed company Prevention and Care Location: Remote Position End Date: 6/30/2027 Salary: $60,000 plus benefits reputed company: The reputed company is seeking a Health Communications Specialist to reputed company reputed company support across multiple programs reputed company the Division of Community-reputed company Prevention and Care, including oral health, asthma, community health workers, cancer, and community-health alignment. promoting community-reputed company linkages to prevent and manage asthma, cancer, and oral health engaging and advancing the community health worker workforce, and promoting community health alignment by working closely with community health centers implementing change practices reputed company systems to address health inequities collecting and disseminating surveillance data on a wide reputed company of content areas described above This position will regularly reputed company with program and evaluation staff to meet the communications needs of the Division. Under the direction of the Division Director and with guidance from reputed company’s Health communications director, the Health Communications Specialist is responsible for creating and implementing a communications plan that supports and promotes the work in topic areas designated by the Division Director. The Health Communications Specialist identifies key messages, channels for communicating key messages (traditional and emerging), and identifies or develops content appropriate for those channels, ensuring cultural relevance and suitable literacy reputed company.  The Health Communications Specialist will also reputed company a structural analysis of systemic and historical racism and the resulting health inequities and apply this reputed company to their work, tailoring communications plans and activities to this analysis. 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This may require work with partners or contractors.  Ensure communication activities are reputed company on accepted principles, reputed company, and best practices.  Attend reputed company meetings as requested.  Complete assigned deliverables, including required reports, reputed company established time frames.  Manage project work, as needed, including reputed company assurance and deliverable compliance.    Special Notes: This role is involved in a dynamic reputed company health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations reputed company. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the reputed company and  MDPH in order to best support the State of Massachusetts in their reputed company health programming. 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