The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services' Medicaid and Long-Term Care Division (MLTC) is expanding to better serve the citizens of Nebraska and to ensure we are fulfilling our mission of "Helping People Live Better Lives". We are looking to fill a Public Information Officer who are primarily tasked with external communications for the Division of MLTC.
Examples of Work:
External communications includes taking the lead on creating, editing, and publishing new materials and reviewing/updating existing materials for publication, creating slide decks for various audiences and traveling to venues throughout the state to give presentations and engage in Q&A sessions with stakeholders. Publications and materials include: webpages, PowerPoint presentations, provider bulletins, health plan advisories, flyers, fact sheets, guidebooks, brochures, webinars, state tours, conference calls, gathering information for press releases, social media updates, drafting legislative testimony & legislative impact summaries. In addition to external communications, this position is involved in internal communications as well, which includes: updating the internal SharePoint webpage and coordinating with appointed staff to advise them on creating documents, newsletters, legislative reports, webinars and publications to ensure that MLTC has consistent messaging for various projects.
REQUIREMENTS: Vocational/Technical diploma or Associate Degree in journalism, communications, public relations or related field and one year of experience in planning and conducting public relations/information activities. Experience may substitute for education on a year for year basis.
PREFERRED: Experience with communications in health care or health insurance as well as experience in Medicaid or other public assistance programs. Experience with Microsoft office suite, webinars or Webex, public speaking, social media, and conference calls.
Knowledge of: the principles and practices of journalism; the principles and practices of public relations; the techniques of layout design; the principles and practices of visual reproduction such as photography, graphic, or printing; the English language including spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, word usage, and grammar; agency operations, rules, policies, and objectives; agency program legislation and goals; the techniques, formats, and styles of public information dissemination; statewide and local media sources and operations including appropriate contact persons, possible costs, and publication/broadcast deadlines; reference sources including agency reference material and external information sources.
Ability to: communicate effectively in individual or group settings with news media representatives, governmental or program officials, agency staff, and the public, at levels understandable to each audience; operate audio and/or visual equipment such as tape recorders, cameras, and slide/movie projectors; write/edit copy to fit assigned space in a layout; collect, organize, and present data in report and bulletin form; evaluate the public information potential of written, illustrative, and related material for a specific project assignment; develop the public information dissemination approach most likely to reach the target audience; assess the impact and effectiveness of specific public information materials or activities in meeting the interests of the public or media and the needs of the agency; apply agency policies and procedures pertinent to the public information function; assign and review the work of others.
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