The Communication Specialist plays a key role in shaping and delivering strategic messaging across internal and external platforms for the Children's Learning Institute (CLI) at UTHealth Houston. This position supports the department's dissemination platform CLI Engage and other initiatives by crafting clear, engaging, and audience-specific content that promotes early childhood education resources, professional development opportunities, and community engagement efforts.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with program managers, and other CLI stakeholders to ensure consistent branding and impactful communication across newsletters, email campaigns, webinars, websites and other digital assets. Some travel is required throughout the year to attend and support events and conferences across Texas.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides a broad range of communications support to departmental programs including writing and editing, project planning, health education/promotion activities.

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Gathers information, generates ideas, and develops and influences the development of high quality, creative materials and programs.
2. Gathers information through research and interviews with faculty, staff and other appropriate sources, such as donors and patients.
3. Generates ideas for communication strategies and develops related promotional plans, tactics and materials.
4. Writes news/feature articles for publication.
5. Collaborates with team members and/or other faculty/staff.
6. Other duties as assigned

Certification/Skills:

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related field.

Minimum Experience:

Three years of experience in public relations, communications, writing/editing or related field.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.