Sr. Communications Specialist

Mayo Clinic

About Us:

Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit medical group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient come first." More than 3,800 physicians and scientists and 50,900 allied health staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has sites in Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. Mayo Clinic also serves over 70 communities through Mayo Clinic Health System with locations in MN, IA, and WI. Collectively, these locations care for more than 1 million people each year.

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Position Details

Sr. Communications Specialist
Job
Full-time
7/25/2018
Minnesota
Mankato, MN

The Senior Communications Specialist is an expert in their field of communications, media relations, social media, digital, news and/or staff engagement communications activities. The Senior Specialist will take an active leadership role across Mayo Clinic to understand business objectives, and build communications strategies and plans to support those objectives. This individual will provide strategic communications consultation and guidance to various clients, and will plan, drive, implement, monitor and measure results of communications plans to advance Mayo Clinic’s mission, strategic plan and business objectives.

Responsibilities:

  • Develops and executes functional and cross-functional plans to advance Mayo Clinic’s strategic plan. 
  • Manages complex and cross-functional projects through entire project life cycle to achieve objectives and measure results. 
  • Proactively seeks opportunities to build and improve positive relationships with colleagues, leaders, and experts. 
  • Serves as a role model for others and represents Mayo Clinic internally and externally. 
  • Demonstrates understanding of audience dynamics and tailors delivery to achieve objectives among varied audiences. 
  • Conveys confidence, clarity and transparency in communications with stakeholders and leaders. 
  • Proactively contributes to business planning and strategy development. 
  • Proactively drives strategies and tactics forward to execution. 
  • Leads teams and provides leadership to others, including contractors and third parties, to drive execution.

Qualifications:

  • A bachelor’s degree in a related field, which may include liberal arts, business, communications, marketing, healthcare, or similar field 
  • 5 years professional experience in a relevant field 
  • Experience with marketing planning as part of a broader communication strategy 
  • Demonstrated project management experience including managing complex projects through cross-functional teams 
  • Success in leading teams from strategy through execution 

Additional Qualifications:

  • Proven expertise in creating and executing communications strategies based upon business objectives. 
  • Requires strong leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, active listening, persuasive oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and interpersonal skills. 
  • Proven communications consultative, planning and execution abilities. 
  • Must be able to work effectively in a consensus-style and collaborative environment that expects and promotes teamwork. 
  • Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment. 
  • Must possess high personal motivation supporting a strong work ethic, flexibility, and creativity. 
  • Must possess the ability to inspire trust and confidence, and maintain a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality. 
  • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively to drive forward multiple projects. 
  • Has a positive influence on others. 
  • Position requires occasional travel and the flexibility to work weekends and evenings as necessary.

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