Communications Officer advancing FCM’s Green Municipal Fund climate-adaptation initiative through bilingual campaigns, content, and analytics.
Supporting Canadian municipalities building sustainable, resilient communities.
Responsibilities
Develops and implements communications and marketing plans and provides communications and marketing services in support of FCM’s Green Municipal Fund
Leads and contributes to communications and marketing products and activities, including digital promotion, social media content, website content, digital communications, videos, case studies, reports, presentation materials, digital images and other resources
Creates and/or edits promotional and social media copy in French and English
Coordinates communications-tool production from concept, design, writing, editing and translation through production, quality assurance and publication
Substantively edits and copy-edits materials, ensuring document structure, grammatical accuracy, editorial standards and adherence to the FCM style guide
Contributes to FCM-wide editorial and design standards
Gathers social-media and website analytics to support continuous improvement
Assesses communications vehicles and document-development processes and recommends and implements improvements
Participates in cross-functional teamwork as needed
Requirements
Post-secondary education in a communications or related field such as Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, Marketing or similar
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a professional communications or marketing role
Strong knowledge in communications project management, writing and editing
Strong knowledge of best practices and experience in developing digital communications products, writing for the web, blogs and social media
Experience with paid social media campaign management, search engine optimization, content strategy or content marketing best practices
Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
Knowledge of financial services, climate change adaptation, infrastructure projects, municipal government environmentally sustainable development
Knowledge of collecting and analyzing digital analytics and campaign KPIs
Ability to use graphic design tools such as Canva
Ability to use video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects
Strong political acumen and tact
Excellent planning and priority management skills
Strong adaptability and problem-solving skills
Strong customer service orientation
Excellent oral and written capacity in English and French is an asset
Required to live within 80kms of downtown Ottawa, unless otherwise specified
Authorized to work in Canada
Benefits
Flexible work arrangements that support productivity and collaboration
Summer schedule (July 1 to Labour Day): 7-hour workdays
Fridays off, aligned with team and operational needs
Ongoing commitment to employee development
Comprehensive range of employee benefits and services designed to support employee wellbeing and development
Occasional travel opportunities across Canada
Modern office space in Ottawa’s ByWard Market and downtown core
Accommodations available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process
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