Communications Specialist

Immediately

Salary commensurate with experience

40 hours weekly

Office of Health Affairs

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

Support the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) Communications Manager in developing, reviewing, and distributing communication materials as needed by the Consortium and HRIs both internally and externally.

• Assist in daily review of communications submissions by HRIs.
• Support in the development/maintenance of communications materials.
• Lead in the collection, review and posting of Case of the Month.
• Assist in refresh and maintenance of public facing website.
• Assist in the development and execution of various communications plans.
• Support in the development of standard presentations.
• Under the direction of the Communications Manager:
  Lead in the development of template presentations and materials.
  Lead in the monitoring of social media accounts and keeping social media points of contact updated.
  Lead in the development of social media templates.
• Support in the development of statewide promotional materials.
• Attend monthly meetings with various groups to receive feedback on materials and learn of new needs.
• Support in TCMHCC-related summit communications material needs.
• Support in development of email communications.
• Lead in the development of monthly program-specific newsletters.
• Support in the development of monthly Employee Spotlight features.
• Under the direction of the TCMHCC Communications Manager and the University of Texas Health Intelligence Platform (UT-HIP ) Executive Director, support in keeping the UT-HIP SharePoint site and website updated and other UT-HIP communication needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in content creation.
• Experience developing and managing templates and evergreen content.
• Comfortable leading meetings, planning agendas, taking notes and reporting back.
• Experience with design applications such as Canva, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator.
• Experience with SharePoint.
• Ability to design and manage Web pages.
• Experience developing social media content and monitoring and managing accounts.
• Ability to handle multiple projects while working in a team environment.
• Experience working with Wordpress, Dynamics, SalesForce.
• Understanding of the children's mental health landscape in Texas.
• Basic understanding of the Texas legislative process.

• Bachelor's degree in communications or related field OR
• Associates with a minimum of 2 years' experience working as a communications specialist or similar role

Previous work experience with a state-funded program or agency.

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in TRS is mandatory.

A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

The University of Texas System Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.