The Vice President for Communications will serve as the head of the Division for Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications. The VP will be the chief brand steward and strategic leader for all external communications across VCOM’s four-campus system. This executive role requires a visionary leader capable of unifying the college’s identity through its mission, while supporting the unique needs of its four locations. This position reports to the VCOM President and works collaboratively in all areas with the AVP for Marketing.
Salary Range: $125,000.00 - $160,000.00
Required Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
- Master's Degree or higher degree and skills consistent with communications, marketing and publications
- Strong writing and editing skills.
- A minimum of ten years' experience leading the marketing of an organization with state or national presence
- Proven ability to oversee employees in multiple departments
Other skills important to this position
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- Strong team player
- Commitment to company values
- Advanced computer proficiency
- Mastery of the Microsoft Office program suite
- Intermediate to advanced skills in the Adobe Creative Suite
- Knowledge and some experience in photography.
Preferences may be given to candidates who have experience with medical education, osteopathic medical education, or healthcare marketing.
The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.
Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and vision for office equipment such as computers; talk or hear; moderate telephone usage. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to drive for site visits, hear and see adequately to conduct educational sessions and teach both faculty and residents, and perform the duties of the physician in clinical settings.
Work environment: Office environment. Outside travel may be required for up to 50% of the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
This position is classified as an exempt position under the Executive exemption because it requires that the candidate/employee to manage as their primary duty and they regularly supervise two or more employees.
Employment with VCOM is “at-will”. This means employment is for an indefinite period of time, and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.
VCOM Core Values: The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, VCOM faculty/ staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work. VCOM faculty / staff are expected as VCOM employees, to be a person who obeys all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community. VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns, and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.
I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability.