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Michigan State University

Communications Coordinator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Flint, MI

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Communications

🗓️ September 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative is hiring a Communications Coordinator for the Flint Registry project. The role involves supporting the dissemination of public health outcomes and impacts to stakeholders by managing communications including participant outreach, social media, content creation, and web updates under the Communications Manager's guidance.

Highlights
  • Support dissemination of Flint Registry public health outcomes to community members, researchers, and policymakers
  • Assist in writing, editing, and distributing participant communications and community data reports
  • Manage social media accounts including posting, engagement, and metrics tracking
  • Coordinate and update website content to ensure accuracy and accessibility
  • Monitor analytics and prepare communication summaries with improvement recommendations
  • Required knowledge equivalent to a four-year degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or related field
  • Experience with health communications, social media platforms, WordPress, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Analytics, and PowerPoint
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to present data visually and in written form
  • Full-time, 9-month position with hybrid work schedule and remote-friendly options
  • Position funded through July 2026 with potential extension based on funding

Communications Coordinator Full Description

Position Summary
The Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative (https://msuhurleypphi.org/), seeks to hire a Communications Coordinator for the Flint Registry (https://www.flintregistry.org/) project. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated public health authority, the Flint Registry’s goal is to connect people who were impacted by the Flint Water Crisis to resources and programs that serve to minimize the effects of lead on their health while promoting wellness and recovery.

The Communications Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the overall dissemination of the Flint Registry public health outcomes and impact with stakeholders including community members, researchers, and policy makers.  Under the direction of the Communications Manager, the communications coordinator will work closely with Flint Registry leadership, faculty, staff, partners, media, vendors, and consultants across all program areas to support and disseminate information and messages. In this role, the coordinator will:
• Assist in planning, writing, editing, and distributing participant communications and monthly community data dissemination pieces.
• Monitor and help manage social media accounts (posting, engagement, tracking metrics, responding to inquiries).
• Support content creation for digital platforms. 
• Coordinate and maintain updates to the website, ensuring content is accurate, timely, and accessible.
• Monitor analytics and prepare summaries of communication efforts, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative and the Flint Registry seeks to provide employees with a diverse, challenging set of duties that foster learning new skills and knowledge and a collegial environment where employees regularly share information, ideas, resources, and solutions to problems. 

This is a full-time, 9-month end-dated position. The work schedule will be hybrid with weekly in-office days and remote work options.

Minimum Requirements
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Communications, Telecommunications, Journalism, Marketing, or Public Relations; up to six months of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in internal communications; news, broadcasting, and print media, and/or marketing, advertising, and creative services; graphic design; word processing; desktop publishing; web design; presentation software; spreadsheet and/or database software; public presentation; or radio production; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications
• Experience or coursework in health communications
• Detail oriented with outstanding written (spelling, grammar) and oral communication skills
• Knowledge and experience with social media platforms and content creation
• Experience communicating data in written and visual form
• Skilled in using WordPress, desktop publishing (Adobe Creative Cloud), Google Analytics, PowerPoint and other messaging/content management tools
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Energy, enthusiasm and creativity
• Knowledge of social media monitoring platform recommended
• Knowledge of the Flint area

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Application Materials
Resume 
Cover Letter 
Work Hours
STANDARD 8-5
Description of End Date
This is an off-date position funded until 07/31/2026 with possible extension contingent upon funding renewal
Website
https://publichealth.msu.edu/
Remote Work Statement
MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.
The Bidding Eligibility ends on 09/23/2025 at 11:55 PM

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