Employee Communications Specialist (Dallas TX)
Posted by karenses on November 4, 2008
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English or related area preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of communications experience in an agency or corporate setting; Employee Communication experience preferred.
• Ability to develop strategic communications plans outlining goals and objectives, key audiences and stakeholders, strategies, tactics, expected results, metrics for success and timelines for key initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with clients and employees at all levels.
• Excellent project management skills, with demonstrated ability to work without close supervision, handle large workloads with competing priorities and work in fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated excellence working with outside vendors and collaborating across functions and/or business units
• Experience with traditional communications vehicles and new technologies, including Web, video, e-mail, and print, and aptitude for electronic media, including demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
Job Summary:
Plan, develop and execute internal communication programs for employees about critical corporate initiatives, programs, changes, news and events and the company’s mission and values. Primary responsibility is to support Employee Relations to develop and execute strategies for communicating to Odyssey/VistaCare employees. Additionally, this role will support other organizations within the company as assigned.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and sequence communications plans that address key priorities and issues
• Provide strategic communications counsel to and partner with the senior leadership team to remain current on challenges and opportunities affecting the company and its employees. Make recommendations on how to best frame and position key issues utilizing strategic communications approaches and vehicles.
• Develop messages for initiatives, topics and issues, regularly managing their effectiveness and updating them as necessary.
• Collaborate and coordinate with members of the Marketing team and external resources to ensure relevant content is disseminated effectively through appropriate enterprise communication channels both internally and externally (e.g., media, customers, potential employees, corporate advertising).
• Design and implement innovative campaigns that leverage marketing best practices to deliver HR messages using the most effective channels, including, but not limited to, the intranet, e-mail, letters, newsletters, and video.
• Coordinate messages to ensure effective timing as well as consistent themes and brand standards.
• Assess current communication processes and conduct research to determine best practices
• Develop measurement criteria to effectively evaluate communications programs; incorporate changes in communications programs based on measurement results.
• Establish processes and guidelines to help Senior Leadership effectively communicate within the organization.
• Respond to miscellaneous communications needs and requests.
