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Community Engagement Strategist - Central Wisconsin Market

Advocate Health · Grafton, WI

Posted Sep 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

Behavioral

Tell me about a time you built a relationship with a community partner, like a nonprofit or a local official, from scratch. How did you approach it and what came of it?

whether the candidate has real experience initiating and sustaining external relationships rather than just maintaining existing ones

Tell me about a time you had to work with several internal departments to pull off a community program. What made that collaboration hard, and how did you handle it?

cross-functional collaboration skill and whether they can navigate internal politics without a formal reporting line

Describe a time you had to represent your organization on a coalition or committee where other members had different priorities than yours. How did you handle that?

diplomacy and ability to represent institutional interests while maintaining goodwill with external partners

Tell me about a report or presentation you built that had to go to leadership. What did you include, and how did you decide what mattered?

communication skill and judgment about what data leadership actually needs to see

This job involves travel across multiple sites and occasional nights and weekends. Tell me about a time you managed a schedule like that and what it took out of you.

realistic expectations about the travel and hours demands and self-awareness about sustaining that pace

Technical

What tools or systems have you used to track community engagement activity and partner interactions, and how did you keep that data clean and usable for reporting?

familiarity with CRM-style tracking tools like Salesforce and whether they actually use data discipline rather than ad hoc notes

How would you set up key performance indicators for a new community program before it launches, so you can prove it worked afterward?

understanding of how to define measurable outcomes tied to social impact, not just activity counts

What do you know about corporate social responsibility programs and how they typically get structured in a healthcare system like this one?

baseline knowledge of CSR frameworks and whether they understand the healthcare context specifically, not just general PR

How do you decide what to include in a written update to internal stakeholders versus what to save for a verbal conversation?

written and verbal communication judgment, since the role leans heavily on both

Situational

Walk me through how you would design a rural health engagement strategy for a market like central Wisconsin, where you might have hospitals in small towns spread across a wide area.

ability to translate a broad mandate into a concrete, geographically realistic plan and understanding of rural health dynamics

Say you're juggling three community events, a coalition meeting, and a report due to leadership all in the same week. Walk me through how you'd prioritize.

time management and judgment under competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment

A local nonprofit approaches you asking for funding or partnership, but it doesn't clearly align with our community health priorities. How do you handle that conversation?

ability to make and communicate funding or partnership recommendations diplomatically while protecting organizational priorities

Imagine a community event you planned gets far less turnout than expected, right after you told leadership it would be a flagship program. What do you do next?

resilience, honesty in reporting setbacks, and ability to course-correct rather than spin results

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The full job description

As published by Advocate Health.

Department: 12149 Enterprise Corporate - Community Engagement Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: • This role will have a focus on rural health strategy, partnering with the community and community partners, and activating programs. Pay Range: $30.70 - $46.05 You will support the development, alignment, execution, and evaluation of community engagement strategies from conception to implementation. You will work in partnership with leaders in designing and implementing Advocate Health community engagement strategy and action plan to achieve defined goals across the assigned division.  You'll cultivate manages long-term relationships that influence Advocate’s Health’s reputation, awareness, and social impact with teammates, patients, and community partners.  In this role you will implement and activate plans in line with best practices and Advocate Health’s core values, mission, priorities, and overall business strategy. Major Responsibilities: • Support the development and execution from creation, distribution, management, and implementation of defined community engagement programs. • Ability to manage a wide range of relationships with community partners, internal and external stakeholders, and track interactions with these groups. • Maintain and utilize community engagement tracking tools to provide full record of activities, to compile data, and to develop reports. • Participates in meetings, events, symposiums, or initiatives, in community engagement involvement by providing regular updates, identifying challenges, and reporting on a project plan. • Work collaboratively with other internal departments. Serving as an Advocate Health representative on committees (internal and external community coalitions). • Build and maintain strategic partnerships with community stakeholders including local elected officials, nonprofits, corporate partners, public health officials, and foundations while continually assessing and making recommendations for appropriate level of funding and mutually beneficial engagement opportunities. • Communicate, advance, emphasize, prioritize programs and makes recommendations regarding community investment opportunities. • Identify healthcare and community engagement trends and support management in the developing the Advocate Health Community Engagement strategy. • Support the development of an execution model from creation, distribution, management, and implementation. • Participate in reporting on related and respective programs using defined key performance indicators. Retrieve, test, measure, evaluate, and recommend insight research to ensure effectiveness of community engagement campaign and social impact results. • Reenforce the organization’s brand identity and guidelines through community engagement efforts.   • Develop key performance indicators that are measurable in design and execution in collaboration with leadership. Level of Education:   • Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations, Public Health, Business or related field. Years of Experience:   • Typically requires 3 years of experience required in community relations, non-profit management, corporate giving, or corporate responsibility. Familiarity with corporate social responsibility programs, local community organizations, programs, and nonprofit groups.   MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES • Excellent relationship management skills • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills required • Exceptional PowerPoint, MS Word and Excel skills required • Self-directed with excellent time management and detail orientation • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced healthcare environment with tight deadlines • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once • Adaptability based on changing needs of the organization • Requires reading, comprehension, and editing materials. • Requires clear and effective communication. Preferred: • Have an understanding of the current organizational landscape  • Ability to fully embed themselves within the community and across our hospital sites • Experience using MS Planner and/or Salesforce PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS • This position requires travel to various Advocate locations and markets, with occasional nights and weekends required. Therefore, they will be exposed to weather and road conditions. • Exposed to typical office environment. • Operates necessary equipment to perform the job. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job • Incentive pay for select positions • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more • Paid Time Off programs • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs • Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health  Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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