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Internal Communications & Engagement Specialist - Full Time (40 hours/week)

Kittitas Valley Healthcare, Ellensburg, WA, United States


Company Description KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24‑hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision. KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.
Job Description The Internal Communication & Engagement Specialist is responsible for advancing employee connection, internal brand alignment, and provider integration/retention experiences across Kittitas Valley Healthcare. This role serves as a visible, relationship‑based presence throughout clinical and non‑clinical departments, ensuring that Community Relations initiatives are effectively communicated internally and that staff experience KVH as a cohesive, mission‑driven organization.
This position acts as the primary Community Relations liaison to internal teams by attending department, clinic, and all‑staff meetings as needed; supporting consistent application of KVH brand standards in physical and digital spaces; and coordinating integration logistics for new providers.
Qualifications Minimum five years of previous marketing/community relations experience; direct experience with public presentation & speaking and the development & design of marketing materials.
Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, marketing or related field.
Washington State Driver’s License, automobile liability insurance, and access to reliable car for transportation.
Previous & recent experience with design tools like Canva, Adobe Suite, or video editing for visual storytelling.
Preferred Skills Experience working with the media in preparing statements to the media and responding to questions from the media.
Additional Information Wage: The wage range currently starts at $36.33/hour and goes up to $55.06/hour. KVH utilizes a step‑scale system for each hourly position. Actual wage/step will be based on years of applicable experience.
FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week; Hourly.
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible.
Union Status: This is a non‑union covered position.

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