Job description
You have the passion, we have the opportunities - lets make a difference for Nebraskans.
What we can offer you:
- Stable Employment Opportunity and Hours
- Career Development and Learning
- Tuition Assistance up to 100%
- Children of State Teammate Tuition Reimbursement Program
- 156% match of first 4.8% contribution to Retirement Plan
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Generous Leave Accruals and benefits
- Opportunity to make a difference
- Respect as a valued team member
“The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.”
Hiring Rate: $23.224 – 34.235 – Pay rate may be commensurate with education and/or experience within fiscal constraints, if approved.
This position supports the Public Health Division of DHHS. The Marketing & Communications Specialist III is an experienced senior-level communicator who will be responsible for:
- Serving as a primary media point of contact and spokesperson, preparing and delivering strategic written and verbal responses to media requests and identifying proactive strategies to inform media, stakeholders, and the public on the mission, operations, and issues facing DHHS
- Advising DHHS CEO and division directors on complex, rapidly changing and potentially high-profile issues regarding DHHS
- Researching issues and strategizing key messages based on sound public relations approaches
- Composing news releases, speeches, presentations, web content, social media, and written correspondence
- Coordinating and overseeing the release of information such as division reports and newsletters
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, advertising, graphic arts, digital media, videography, or related field and at least three years’ experience in developing, planning, and managing public relations/publicity campaigns, mass media communication activities, public information programs, and/or marketing/promotional campaigns. Required experience may substitute for the education on a year for year basis.
PREFFERED: in addition to the above requirements, experience or knowledge of public health programs, community-based prevention, non-profit organizations, government experience, and training in cultural sensitivity is a plus.
Knowledge of: the development, planning, implementation, and management of public relations/publicity campaigns, informational material preparation, mass media communication activities, public information programs; statewide and local media sources and operations; reference sources; inter-relationships between public information and administrative/program activities.
Ability to communicate effectively with various individuals and groups; apply principles and practices of public relations to the operation of a public information function;
Skills to apply strategic planning ability, crisis communications, and comprehensive communications effectively and work cooperatively with a team of professionals.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! For more information on benefits currently offered to permanent teammates, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
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