Public Health Communications Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Evaluate communication materials related to public health initiatives, guidance documents, campaigns, and community outreach efforts.

• Analyze health information for accuracy, clarity, context, target audience suitability, analytical rigor, presentation quality, and professional credibility.

• Identify unsupported assertions, misleading statements, communication deficiencies, and weaknesses in outreach strategies or message sequencing.

• Assess tailoring for the audience, tone, framing, accessibility, message clarity, and consistency across various channels and stakeholder groups.

• Review evidence backing public health claims and the interpretation of epidemiological, programmatic, or population-level data.

• Evaluate overstatements, weak evidence, unfounded causal conclusions, limitations, uncertainties, and the alignment of key messages with underlying data.

• Review communication objectives for campaigns and programs, key messages, calls to action, stakeholder engagement, and overall practical effectiveness.

• Assess reports, spreadsheets, communication plans, slide decks, stakeholder presentations, charts, tables, and visuals for accuracy, completeness, clarity, logical flow, and formatting.

• Determine whether conclusions and recommendations are substantiated by supporting evidence.

• Provide clear, structured written feedback and consistently apply evaluation standards across all work products.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of pertinent professional experience in public health communications, health communications, public health programs, health education, public affairs, or a closely related discipline.

• Extensive experience in developing or reviewing public-facing health information.

• Practical knowledge of public health messaging, audience segmentation, and stakeholder communication.

• Ability to evaluate whether health claims and recommendations are adequately supported by evidence.

• Proven experience in conveying complex health information to non-specialist audiences.

• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace applications.

• Advanced expertise in PowerPoint / Google Slides.

• Strong spreadsheet and analytical capabilities.

• Native or professional-level fluency in English.

• Exceptional written communication skills with the ability to deliver precise, structured feedback.

• Keen attention to detail regarding factual accuracy, communication, analytical aspects, and presentation quality.

• Work must be carried out without utilizing confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, institution, or other third party.

• H1-B and STEM OPT sponsorship is not available for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible scheduling aligned with project requirements.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Part-time independent contractor engagement.

• Project durations may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project needs and performance.