Job Abstract

The Health Content Specialist works in collaboration with the Executive Leader, Student Health colleagues, central university communications teams, and departmental operations team to ensure news and information is communicated strategically. The role will be responsible for a wide range of communications development and delivery to foster efficiency, consistency, and timeliness.

Essential Duties:

• Creates communications workflows in conjunction with USC departments.
• Organizes and executes communications plans to meet established deadlines and objectives.
• Writes and edits content for websites, e-newsletters, social media, and other communications channels. Contribute ideas, write articles, edit, proofread health-related news and feature stories for internal and external, print and electronic publications.
• Writes interview profiles, executive letters, instructional content with clarity, precision, accuracy, and readability.
• Partner with leadership team on content of all internal web pages and ensures content is up to date, accurate and appropriate. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop online materials.
• Develop all communications in accordance with brand identity and style standards, and collaborate with others divisions to share content and integrate messaging as needed.
• Ensure timely news and information from Student Health, Keck Medicine of USC and Keck School of Medicine of USC is communicated strategically. Participates in staff meetings, sharing information and initiating ideas that further the goals of the entire department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelor’s Degree Degree in communication, public relations, journalism, English, or other related field.
• Master’s degree may substitute work experience.
• Req 1 - 3 years Experience in health care, higher education, public health, or other related field
• Req Strong ability to adapt writing for health literacy levels for multiple audiences and formats.
• Req Strong familiarity with social media tracking and metrics, technology-based research tools and content planning and management tools.
• Req Excellent organizational skills.
• Req Outstanding ability to write accurately, engagingly and on deadline.
• Req Enthusiasm for collaboration with multiple departments and disciplines.
• Req Experience with interrelated functions of internal communications, consumer content, instructional aids, social media campaigns, executive communications, and media relations.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only).

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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