Communications Specialist

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

We are seeking a (home/office) to join a small team with a lot of passion and opportunity for sharing the industry-leading work of our more than 6,000 employees and the incredible patients and customers we have the honor of serving, and we're currently looking for a new team member to support enterprise communications.

In this position, you will primarily be focused on internal communications, including the ongoing management and enhancement of the company's collaborative intranet. You'll also have the opportunity to support the Enterprise Communications Team in developing materials and implementing plans to communicate Hanger's business strategies, initiatives, culture, and values to its employees.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Enterprise Communications, the Communications Specialist is a professional early in their career with solid writing, editing, content creation, and presentation skills. Critical to the role is the ability to communicate in a voice consistent with Hanger's values and culture.

• Serve as business owner for the company's collaborative intranet, including leading content management and maintenance, and ensuring collaborative functions are optimized; includes day-to-day community management and implementing long-term strategy
• Work collaboratively with the Enterprise Communications Team to partner with Human Resources, Marketing, IT and other teams to develop and implement internal communication plans to support ongoing programs and change management initiatives
• Assess current efforts, and develop effective metrics for tracking the efficiency and success of internal communication programs, with a focus on the collaborative intranet
• Produce and report on analytics to share with various departments
• Produce regular content (biweekly newsletter, weekly or monthly internal news articles, email announcements, and more as necessary) to highlight progress on strategic initiatives

• Bachelor's degree in communications or related field
• Excellent writing, proofing and editorial skills. Fluent in AP Style
• Strong project management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Critical thinking skills
• Ability to prioritize projects according to enterprise objectives, while exhibiting flexibility in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively partner with employees at all levels

• 2+ years' experience preferred (position will be leveled appropriately based on experience)
• Experience in internal and executive communications
• Experience in a healthcare setting
• Experience with or extensive knowledge of social intranet strategies and management, including Staffbase
• Experience creating dashboards and interpreting analytics
• Video and graphic design experience, including ability to use Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop

• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
• PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
• Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
• Relocation Assistance
• Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
• Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger's BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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