Director of Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs
Quick overview
Job 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. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -
The Director leads a small, hands-on department and is expected to be equally strong as a strategist, a team and project manager, and a producer of high-quality work. Every departmental project should advance a KVH strategic priority, and the Director sets that direction with the CEO and Executive Committee, builds the systems and team to deliver it, and personally develops content. The Director reports to the CEO and develops and implements strategies that strengthen the organization’s reputation, engage the community, and support business goals. This role manages marketing, public and media relations, internal and external events, and digital communication. The director leads initiatives that connect patients, families, employees, and community partners, ensuring alignment with organizational values and strategic priorities. The director also builds relationships with, and provides services to Kittitas County Public Hospital District #2 (Medic One) and the KVH Foundation and serves as the Public Information Officer (PIO) in emergency activations.
What is required...
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, business, healthcare administration, or a related field.
- Five (5) years of progressive experience in communications, marketing, public affairs, healthcare operations, media relations and strategic project management
- Two (2) years directly managing staff, programs, projects, and outside vendors.
- Two (2) years demonstrated experience managing a budget and contracts.
- Demonstrated use of generative AI tools for writing, content, analysis, and workflows.
- Completion of ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-700, IS-800, and IS-29 within 12 months of hire and FEMA Public Information Basics (E/L/G 0105) within 24 months of hire.
What is preferred...
- Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, business, healthcare administration, or a related field.
- Experience in healthcare, a public hospital district, or another public-sector or regulated environment.
- Hands-on experience with digital channels: website content management, social media, and analytics.
- Experience assessing and redesigning a team, workflow, or vendor model.
- Experience working with elected officials, boards, or public agencies, including government relations or policy advocacy.
- Website and intranet administration experience.
- Experience with team collaboration and project management tools such as Monday.com or Smartsheet.
Wage: Wage range currently starts at $107,000/year and goes up to $153,400/year. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.
FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week
Schedule: Primarily days; Monday through Friday; 8:00a - 4:30p
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible
Union: This position is non-union