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Communications Specialist
Northern Cochise Community Hospital & Rural Health - Full-Time, Exempt/Salaried - On-siteAbout the opportunity Northern Cochise Community Hospital is seeking a full-time Communications Specialist to support communications, public relations, marketing, digital engagement, and community outreach for our Critical Access Hospital and rural health clinics. This on-site role is ideal for a creative, organized communicator who enjoys developing clear messages, building relationships, supporting events, and helping share the story of NCCH’s services, providers, partnerships, and community impact.
Why choose NCCH? At NCCH, you can build a meaningful career in a welcoming rural community that values connection, balance, and quality of life. Located in Southwest Arizona, Willcox offers affordable living, strong schools, high-desert beauty, western culture, wine country, and access to outdoor recreation such as hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, birding, lakes, orchards, and pistachio groves.
What you’ll do · Plan, promote, and support community events, health fairs, educational programs, fundraising activities, outreach initiatives, and special projects.
Develop and support communications, public relations, marketing, and community engagement strategies that advance NCCH’s mission and strategic goals.
Create, edit, and coordinate communication materials for print, digital, media, internal, and external audiences.
Develop content for social media, websites, email communications, storytelling, promotional campaigns, and other digital platforms.
Support multimedia projects such as photography, videography, graphic design, visual storytelling, and promotional materials.
Assist with media relations, including press releases, media inquiries, interviews, outreach, and coverage monitoring.
Collaborate with leadership, providers, departments, community partners, sponsors, media representatives, consultants, and vendors.
Use engagement metrics, marketing analytics, media coverage, and event outcomes to evaluate communication efforts and recommend improvements.
Who we’re looking for The ideal candidate is a positive, collaborative communicator who writes clearly, adapts messaging for different audiences, and builds strong relationships across the organization and community. You should be comfortable managing multiple projects, timelines, communication calendars, digital assets, media contacts, and departmental records while maintaining professionalism, accuracy, discretion, and sound judgment.Helpful skills and experience
· Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills. Strong knowledge of public relations, marketing, branding, media relations, and community engagement. Experience developing communication campaigns, digital content, and materials across multiple platforms. Ability to support multimedia content, including photography, videography, graphic design, and visual storytelling. Strong organization, attention to detail, project management, and problem-solving skills.