Salary: $41,268.09 – $54,868.62 Annually
Location : Atlanta, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Salaried
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 2023-03978
Division: Office of Communications
Opening Date: 09/14/2023
Closing Date: 9/28/2023 11:59 PM Eastern
Description
Pay Grade: K
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is one of Georgia’s four health agencies serving the state’s growing population of over 10 million people. DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid, oversees the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) and Healthcare Facility Regulation, impacting one in four Georgians.
Through effective planning, purchasing and oversight, DCH provides access to affordable, quality health care to millions of Georgians, including some of the state’s most vulnerable and under-served populations. Six enterprise offices support the work of the agency’s three program divisions. DCH employees are based in Atlanta, Cordele and across the state.
DCH is committed to providing superior Customer Service and Communication, embracing Teamwork and fostering Accountability to ensure that our internal and external customers and stakeholders feel included, respected, engaged and secure.
DCH currently is in search of a dynamic Web Content Strategist, reporting to the Director of Communications. The webmaster is a multi-functional and cross-collaborative role that primarily writes, edits and manages daily stakeholder web updates. The perfect candidate will have solid written and oral communications skills with a keen eye for detail and project management. High proactivity in site maintenance is a must, proofreading copy for inconsistencies and inaccuracies, as well as working with teams to keep web pages fresh and relevant. This role is also pivotal in helping drive other digital and technical tasks, including supporting graphic design projects, facilitating monthly virtual board calls and other meetings via Zoom, shooting and editing creative employee and event videos, and writing employee articles for the DCHNOW! newsletter, among other duties.
Job Responsibilities
This high-performer should be prepared to advise teams and serve as a subject matter expert on web activity and best practices, trends and traffic metrics – and then make recommendations to act on the data based on shifting behaviors. Collaboratively and independently, this role looks for creative ways to implement breakthrough communications to support DCH’s vision and goals across earned, social and organic channels. This position is a hybrid position and will require on-site work.
Responsibilities
- Write, edit and proofread content for channels, including web, internal newsletter, social posts and more to help ensure messaging is clear and concise
- Work collaboratively with various Department of Community Health divisions to resolve daily web content updates via web request tickets
- Facilitate virtual board meetings and other meetings across Zoom or other platforms
- Support development of creative visuals, including employee videos, PowerPoint presentations, e-fliers, digital display graphics, fact sheets, infographics, and more
- Track and report site traffic trends
- Support key agency initiatives
- Act as a liaison to assigned team(s), and regularly meet to support areas’ unique communications needs across earned, social and organic channels
- Support adherence to DCH standards and brand guidelines
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in communications or a related field from an accredited college or university AND Two years of communications or related experience OR Five years of communications or related experience OR One year of experience required at the lower level Communications Spec 2 (GSP041) or position equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience facilitating executive-level virtual meetings via Zoom or similar
- Experience in videography, including shooting and editing video projects and inserting sound effects, music and transitions
- Adobe Premiere Pro experience or similar tool preferred
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment that values creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, proactivity, timeliness, reliability and accountability
- meeting the qualifications listed above, demonstrate some or all of the following skills/experience:
Position may be filled at lower level, depending on experience and qualifications.
Current Georgia state government employees will be subject to SPB rule provisions.
Additional Information
EARN MORE THAN A SALARY! In addition to a competitive salary, the Georgia Department of Community Health offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and child care spending account.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.
THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SATISFACTORY APPLICANT POOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE LISTED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. CURRENT GEORGIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PERSONNEL BOARD (SPB) RULE PROVISIONS. THE POSITION MAY BE FILLED AT A LOWER OR HIGHER POSITION LEVEL.
This position is unclassified and employment is at-will. Candidates for this position are subject to
a background history, reference check, and credit check. For more information about this job
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In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.
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The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses pertaining to specific work experience and education must be clearly shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. We do not accept additional information after your application has been received by the Personnel Department. Do you accept these conditions?
- Yes
- No
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What is your highest level of education completed?
- Juris Doctorate
- Master’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Associates Degree
- Some College/Tech School
- High School Diploma
- GED
- None of the above
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Are you a current employee of the Georgia Department of Community Health or an attached agency?
- No
- Full Time Employee
- Part Time Employee
- Temp or Contractor
- Intern
- Volunteer
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How many years of experience do you have in communications?
- None
- Less than 1 year
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 4 years or more
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Are you a veteran?
- Yes
- No
Required Question