Senior Communications Advisor creating digital and print content for Ontario’s condominium authority. Supporting CEO communications, marketing, stakeholder relations, and annual corporate reporting.
About the role
- Communications Director leading strategic communications, marketing, and storytelling for Vancouver Foundation, a BC community foundation funding equitable community development.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for communications, marketing, digital engagement, and storytelling
- Support organizational change by translating emerging strategic priorities into clear organizational narratives
- Guide communications through periods of transition
- Strengthen internal communications capacity to support staff engagement and organizational culture
- Lead a team responsible for strategic communications, content, digital strategy, and marketing
- Develop and implement communications strategies, campaigns, and products
- Oversee donor-facing materials, annual reporting, external communications, advertising, and other strategic communications products
- Identify opportunities to elevate the Foundation’s profile through speaking opportunities, earned media, public engagement, storytelling, and digital channels
- Work with cross-functional leaders to share learning, mobilize knowledge, and strengthen relationships with equity-seeking communities and the social purpose sector
- Develop and oversee the communications budget, monitor expenses, and report variances
- Partner with organizational leaders to translate strategic planning into clear communications approaches
- Help staff understand emerging priorities, organizational changes, and implications for day-to-day work
- Report to the Vice President, Engagement
- Directly manage the Senior Manager, Strategic Communications; Manager, Content; Manager, Digital Communications Strategy; Manager, Marketing; and Coordinator, Communications
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of experience in progressively senior communications roles
- Experience leading teams, including providing coaching, performance feedback, and people management support
- Experience providing strategic communications counsel, including media relations, issues management, executive communications, and change communications
- Strong working knowledge of communication principles and practices, including strategy and planning
- Experience supporting organizational change, transformation initiatives, strategic planning processes, or complex cross-functional programs
- Sound understanding of not-for-profit organizations and community development is an asset
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to adapt to different audiences
- Strong working knowledge of communications and marketing principles, practices, and technology
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deploy resources strategically
- Ability to effectively prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Candidates must reside in Metro Vancouver
- Brief cover letter and resume required
Benefits
- Pension
- Generous, comprehensive benefits package
- Dedicated funds for professional development
- Hybrid work arrangements with flexibility to work from home
- 32-hour work week most weeks, Monday–Thursday
- 35-hour work week, Monday–Friday
- Flexible start date
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