Req #: 230070

　　Department: PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

　　Posting Date: 01/10/2024

　　Closing Info: Open Until Filled

　　Salary: 60% of $4,821 - $7,231 per month

　　Shift: First Shift

　　Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf)

　　As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

　　UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

　　The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department with over 300 full-time faculty members, over 400 courtesy/affiliate faculty members, 132 trainees and over 300 staff with an annual budget of over $110m. Department faculty provide clinical services in the University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake and Northwest and Harborview Medical Center. Faculty members also serve at Seattle Children's Hospital, the Veteran’s Administration Puget Sound Healthcare System, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; which comprise 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites; in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest and is the largest program in the United States. We offer 26 graduate medical education programs, including the Psychiatry Residency and Clinical Psychology Intern/Resident programs, 24 subspecialty clinical fellowships (ACGME & Non-ACGME), and required and elective medical student clerkships for 276 students. In addition, our education program runs 6 workforce training programs for mental health practitioners across Washington State and the Pacific Northwest Region.

　　The Department’s robust research portfolio reached $55 million in grant and contract awards in fiscal year 2023 for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

　　The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting for a part time 60% Communication Specialist. POSITION PURPOSE This position will support the communication efforts of the AIMS Center https://aims.uw.edu Position Complexities: Employee will be expected to juggle multiple responsibilities, have a high attention to detail, work effectively as part of a team, and be able to prioritize work with supervisor's help.

　　Position Dimensions and Impact to the University: This position is responsible for helping implement a comprehensive communication strategy for a Center that is highly visible to healthcare organizations, policy-makers and healthcare providers throughout the United States and abroad and his/her interactions will reflect on the UW to this large group of people.

　　DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

　　Consult with content experts, including faculty and staff, to develop content for 1) external communications (e.g. newsletters, advertisement of trainings, webinars) and 2) the AIMS Center website. This will include independently researching and compiling information, writing original copy, editing content, and independently evaluating content that needs to be updated or revised.

　　Manage AIMS Center internal communications, including weekly “Tuesday Times”, by independently writing content.

　　Develop graphics and icons for use on the website and other materials. Write content for the AIMS Center social media presence and contribute to Department social media channel.

　　Manage media relations including press releases, writing and editing articles and interacting with Department Communications Director.

　　Identify and manage vendors, including graphic designers, printers, photographers, in support of AIMS Center communication. Manage other internal communications, including meeting materials for All Staff and similar internal meeting.

　　Identify opportunities for website improvements and write code to implement them. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

　　Bachelor’s Degree in communications, English, public health, psychology, social work, or other relevant social science

　　2 years work related experiences

　　Written communications, both internal and external, for a variety of audiences and for the web. Website content management

　　Technical writing, especially focused on user manuals, guides and similar tools targeted to specific audiences DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

　　Experience uploading web content using a content management system

　　Experience with and understanding of Collaborative Care and/or integrated care

　　Experience supporting development, design, printing of posters for presentation at scientific meetings

　　Experience with literature searches (e.g. PubMed) and managing a bibliographic database (Zotero) to support grant applications and/or manuscript preparation,

　　Experience supporting development of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

　　University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.