Community Relations Coordinator, Contractor

Nemours is seeking a Community Relations Coordinator, Contractor to join our team in Jacksonville, FL!
Nemours Children’s Health recently launched a bold strategy to redefine children’s health to create the healthiest generations of children. This strategy is uniquely intertwined with the launch of our new brand designed to articulate how Nemours Children’s is advancing the health of children by going ‘well beyond medicine.’

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a Community Relations Coordinator- Contractor in Jacksonville to help lead strategic initiatives dedicated to changing children’s health for good. The strategic initiatives for Community Relations include addressing social determinants of health for children, building thought leadership tied to our clinical programs, and growing partnerships and visibility that underscore Nemours’ commitment to the communities we serve. This person will collaborate with Nemours internal stakeholders across Florida as well as likeminded community leaders, executives, and organizations that also want to improve the health of children. Initiatives, current and new, reflect both the Health, Value and Equity as well as the National Reputation and Impact pillars of Nemours Children’s strategic plan.

The role requires an understanding of how to create and enhance partnerships that include programs, events, webinars, social media engagement, presentations, internal communications and digital content creation. The candidate should possess an aptitude for building internal and external relationships, exceptional communication skills and requires setting up and working events on nights and weekends. This individual will work with communications and marketing colleagues in Florida.

Reporting to the manager of Community Relations, this role will reside in Jacksonville but may support the Community Relations activities implemented across the state. This role will also work closely with the PR Specialist and internal communications contractor in Jacksonville. While much occurs out in the community, this individual will be required to staff events and programs at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville as well as Nemours headquarters occasionally when the need arises.

Essential Functions:

• Represent Nemours Children’s Health in the community, and serve as a local point of contact for Jacksonville community relations initiatives and events in conjunction with the local PR specialist.

• Organize and execute events spanning community and health fairs, walk/runs, and other community-based initiatives and sponsorships. Help lead and implement the logistics related to all activations.

• Create and promote quarterly volunteer opportunities for associates. Advertise opportunities through the implementation of a substantive communications plan as well as building relationships with Nemours associates to grow participation. Execute volunteer events and manage all reporting.

• Administrative tasks include securing and submitting invoices with proper formatting, managing inventory of promotional items and updating reporting databases. Maintain and update event spreadsheet that includes all logistical information.

• Assist with webinars and social media reflecting community events as needed by identifying important trends or topics and securing potential expert from region.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree required

• 3-5 years of related experience required