Summary About Us CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek .
- Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
- Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
Benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more.
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits CoxHealth
Job Summary We are seeking a strong communicator to share CoxHealth s story with our employees and the Branson community. This person will be responsible for finding and sharing compelling stories for Cox Medical Center Branson and surrounding clinics that highlight CoxHealth s Mission, Vision and Values. The communications coordinator will be part of the Corporate Communications team that serves CoxHealth s systemwide communications functions.
The coordinator will play a key role in internal communications, media relations and social media for the Branson area and the health system overall. This includes:
- Working with the broader Corporate Communications team to manage employee communications through the Cox Medical Center Branson intranet, digital signage boards and communication boards (with support from administration), and contributing to Connect Daily email and system publications as needed.
- Working with the broader Corporate Communications team to coordinate media activity, both proactive and reactive, for Cox Medical Center Branson. This includes escorting media on campus, coordinating interviews and photos, writing contributed articles, etc.
- Writing press releases, pitches and stories highlighting positive news and updates from Cox Medical Center Branson.
- Writing and contributing content for the Cox Medical Center Branson Facebook page and CoxHealth social channels overall on behalf of Branson.
The coordinator will work to create content that reinforces Cox Medical Center Branson s
key narratives, while also supporting CoxHealth s systemwide communication strategy. The position will require travel between CoxHealth s Branson and Springfield campuses (for meetings and strategy coordination, etc.).
Job Requirements Education - Required: Bachelor s degree in communications, journalism, Public relations or related field
Experience - Preferred: 2 years experience in media relations, public relations, communications, journalism, or related field. Experience in a health system setting is also preferred.
Skills - Attention to Detail: Ability to accomplish/complete a task while demonstrating a thorough concern for all the details involved, no matter how small.
- Proactiveness: Ability to think through upcoming needs of projects, assignments and tasks to assist the communications team and CoxHealth overall.
- Self-Starter: Ability to evaluate and act upon opportunities or issues that impact responsibilities and the team overall.
- Problem-Solver: Ability to think through and provide potential solutions for issues or opportunities within the role.
- Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Critical Thinking: Ability to evaluate a story or situation and be able to determine the best course of action.
- Prioritization: Ability to discern responsibilities in level of importance based on needs.
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to maintain professionalism within the team and in the organization beyond.
- Learning: An ability and interest in ongoing learning, through internal professional development, and through day-to-day work with the Corporate Communications team.
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