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# Health Communication Specialist – Division of Community-based Prevention and Care at CDC Foundation

- **Company:** CDC Foundation
- **Location:** Massachusetts
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cdcfoundation/ad47ec3f-9c2c-4e39-87cc-3a1921c2b3e1

## Job description

Position Title: Health Communication Specialist – Division of Community-based Prevention and Care Location: Remote Position End Date: 6/30/2027 Salary: $60,000 plus benefits

Overview: The CDC Foundation is seeking a Health Communications Specialist to provide strategic communications support across multiple programs within the Division of Community-Based Prevention and Care, including oral health, asthma, community health workers, cancer, and community-health alignment.

- promoting community-clinical linkages to prevent and manage asthma, cancer, and oral health
- engaging and advancing the community health worker workforce, and promoting community health alignment by working closely with community health centers
- implementing change practices within health systems to address health inequities
- collecting and disseminating surveillance data on a wide variety of content areas described above

This position will regularly interact with program and evaluation staff to meet the communications needs of the Division. Under the direction of the Division Director and with guidance from the Bureau’s Health communications director, the Health Communications Specialist is responsible for creating and implementing a communications plan that supports and promotes the work in topic areas designated by the Division Director. The Health Communications Specialist identifies key messages, channels for communicating key messages (traditional and emerging), and identifies or develops content appropriate for those channels, ensuring cultural relevance and suitable literacy levels.

The Health Communications Specialist will also provide a structural analysis of systemic and historical racism and the resulting health inequities and apply this lens to their work, tailoring communications plans and activities to this analysis.

Qualifications:

- Master’s degree in health communications, public health, or a related field.
- 2-4 years professional, related experience.
- Knowledge of behavior change messaging, marketing, and other communications principals and experience in applying these principles to previous work.
- General understanding of and commitment to health equity, including racial equity, and addressing the social determinants of health.
- Experience developing communications materials and awareness campaign(s), including formatting and creating visually appealing communications materials.
- Ability to work independently and take direction as part of a team.
- Excellent organization skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills/communication skills and experience working in collaborative team environments.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities:

- Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate communications message strategies that meet public health mission and goals.
- Provide marketing and communications expertise in the development and implementation of printed and online publications, websites, presentations, and collateral materials including via traditional and emerging health communications modalities.
- Work with program teams to develop effective and cost-efficient opportunities for message planning, research, message development, and message delivery.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with partners, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Develop content for posting on various digital media outlets, including ensuring consistency across communication channels and working within state requirements and guidelines. This may require work with partners or contractors.
- Ensure communication activities are based on accepted principles, methods, and best practices.
- Attend internal and external meetings as requested.
- Complete assigned deliverables, including required reports, within established time frames.
- Manage project work, as needed, including quality assurance and deliverable compliance. Special Notes: This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and MDPH in order to best support the State of Massachusetts in their public health programming. This position is currently a remote position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

About the CDC Foundation The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.2 billion and launched more than 1,200 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.

## About CDC Foundation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit that forges partnerships between the private sector and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to protect and improve public health.
- **Entity Type**: Nonprofit (Private, 501(c)(3) public charity)
- **Headquarters**: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Founded**: 1995
- **Founders**: Established by an act of the U.S. Congress

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Public health, Healthcare Services, Nonprofit Management
- **Target customers**: Government agencies (CDC, state/local health departments), community organizations, international partners, foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help the public health system—state and local health departments, community organizations, international partners and the CDC—save and improve lives by unleashing the power of partnerships to protect communities in America and across the globe.

## Products & Services
- **Program Management & Grant Administration**: The Foundation manages hundreds of programs funded by donors and partners, handling fundraising, program implementation, and fiduciary oversight for public health projects.
- **Workforce Services (Field Staff)**: They recruit, hire, and manage field employees who work directly with CDC and public health organizations to implement programs, conduct lab work, or perform research, including state-funded projects. [cdcfoundation.org](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/jobs)
- **Partnership Development**: The sole entity authorized by Congress to raise private funds for CDC, they build collaborations with corporations, foundations, and NGOs to launch innovative health initiatives.
- **Strategic Consulting & Capacity Building**: They provide speed and flexibility to help public health entities launch new programs, expand existing data-driven interventions, and establish pilot projects.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (Nonprofit)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue (Public Charity) — In FY2023-2025, they operated with a portfolio supported by charitable contributions and government grants; specific revenue figures are detailed in their annual financial reports. They have launched nearly 1,500 programs since 1995.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Primary partner is the CDC; also forges partnerships with corporations, foundations, universities, and NGOs.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - In FY2023, they expanded the public health workforce in all 50 U.S. states.
    - Received the highest, 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for 19 consecutive years, reflecting strong fiscal responsibility and transparency. [cdcfoundation.org](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/financials)
    - Works in every state and globally on issues from cardiovascular disease and cancer to HIV, Ebola, and the opioid crisis.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique Congressional Mandate**: The only independent nonprofit legally authorized to raise private funds in support of CDC’s mission, giving them unparalleled access to CDC’s world-class scientific expertise and public health infrastructure.
- **Speed and Flexibility**: Unlike government agencies, the Foundation can move quickly to deploy resources, launch pilot programs, and forge cross-sector collaborations.
- **Non-Partisan Independence**: An independent board (CDC employees cannot sit on it) ensures scientific integrity and research independence, maintaining trust with partners and donors.
- **Established Track Record**: Over 30 years of experience and nearly 1,500 completed projects, with a proven model for turning philanthropic dollars into measurable public health impact.

## Strategic Focus
- **Strengthening the Public Health Workforce**: Actively hiring and placing field staff across state, local, and tribal health departments to meet ongoing public health needs.
- **Modernizing Public Health Infrastructure**: Supporting data sharing, innovative communication strategies, and digital transformation within the public health system.
- **Health Equity and Preparedness**: Prioritizing solutions for community-level health challenges (e.g., food access, opioid crisis, clean water) and preparing for emerging health threats.
- **Expanding Partnership Ecosystem**: Leveraging philanthropic and private resources to complement government investment and fund high-impact, cross-sector collaborations.

## Why Work Here
- **Meaningful Mission**: Staff directly contribute to protecting communities from health threats like infectious diseases, chronic illness, and environmental hazards, with the opportunity to see the real-world impact of their work.
- **Collaborative Environment**: Employees work alongside CDC scientists, public health authorities, and a wide range of partners, offering a unique intersection of government, nonprofit, and private-sector ways of working.
- **Diverse Career Paths**: The organization hires experts in program management, fundraising, population health, communications, finance, technology, and more, in addition to scientific and clinical field roles.
- **Flexible Work Opportunities**: Both remote and on-site positions are available, with full benefits. [cdcfoundation.org](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/jobs)
- **Stable and Respected Organization**: Highly rated by Charity Navigator for fiscal health, and offers a supportive, inclusive culture that values diversity of talent and ideas.

## Sources
1. [cdcfoundation.org - Our Story](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/our-story)
2. [cdcfoundation.org - Careers](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/jobs)
3. [cdcfoundation.org - FAQ](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/FAQ)
4. [cdcfoundation.org - Financials](https://www.cdcfoundation.org/financials)
5. [jobs.lever.co/cdcfoundation](https://jobs.lever.co/cdcfoundation)

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