Community Engagement Strategist

• Full -time remote in the Northern Illinois / Lake County market with extensive travel in this area

Supports the development, alignment, execution and evaluation of community engagement strategies from conception to implementation. Works in partnership with leaders in designing and implementing Advocate Health Care's community engagement strategy and action plan to achieve defined goals across the Northern Illinois market of Advocate Health Care. Cultivates and manages long-term relationships that influence Advocate Health Care's reputation, awareness, and social impact with teammates, patients and community partners. Implements and activates plans in alignment with best practices and Advocate Health Care's core values, mission, priorities and overall business strategy. Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills and relationship management are critical to the success of this position.

• Support the development and execution from creation, distribution, management and implementation of defined community engagement programs.

• Ability to manage a wide range of relationships with community partners, internal and external stakeholders, and track interactions with these groups.

• Maintain and utilize community engagement tracking and reporting tools to provide full record of activities, to compile data, and to develop reports.

• Participates in meetings, events, symposiums, or initiatives, in community engagement involvement by providing regular updates, identifying challenges and reporting on a project plan.

• Work collaboratively with other internal departments.

• Serve as a representative for Advocate Health Care on committees (internal and external community coalitions).

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with community stakeholders including local elected officials, nonprofits, corporate partners, public health officials, and foundations while continually assessing and making recommendations for appropriate level of funding and mutually beneficial engagement opportunities.

• Communicate, advance, emphasize, prioritize programs and makes recommendations regarding community investment opportunities.

• Identify healthcare and community engagement trends and support management in the development of the Advocate Health Care community engagement strategy.

• Support the development of an execution model from creation, distribution, management and implementation.

• Participate in reporting on related and respective programs using defined key performance indicators.

• Retrieve, test, measure, evaluate and recommend research to ensure effectiveness of community engagement campaign and social impact results.

• Reenforce the organization's brand identity and guidelines through community engagement efforts.

• Develop key performance indicators that are measurable in design and execution in collaboration with leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as public relations, public health, human service-related communications, or marketing, business, or public policy.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience required in community relations, non-profit management, corporate giving, or corporate responsibility.

• Familiarity with corporate social responsibility programs, local community organizations, programs, and nonprofit groups.

• Each employee has the responsibility to work in a safe manner.

• Work requires frequent moving from one area to another, coordinating, and communicating with persons in various disciplines and agencies.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.