mitacs
Bilingual Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications and Public Affairs (15-month contract)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$77k-$98kDetected 20 days ago
Strategic CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills
About the role
- The role is instrumental in elevating the Mitacs brand and story, ensuring consistent language and narrative across all communications.
- The successful candidate is a fluently bilingual communications professional, with experience crafting strategic communications in both French and English.
- They are a strategic communicator, experienced writer and editor with sound judgment, strong attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling, and audience-focused communications materials.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Communications Support: Leads the development and execution of strategic communications initiatives and materials aligned with organizational priorities and communications objectives.
- Support planning and execution of corporate events including development of program, remarks, and related promotion.
- Content Development and Storytelling: Research, write, edit, and coordinate a range of communications materials, including articles, impact stories, speaking notes, briefing notes, messaging documents, website content, and news releases.
- Executive Communications: Support the development of executive communications and thought leadership materials for senior leaders, including speeches, presentations, key messages, and external communications materials.
- Media and Public Affairs Support: Contribute to media relations and public affairs activities through the development of media materials, communications support for announcements and events, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Brand and Messaging Alignment: Support consistency and alignment across communications materials and initiatives to ensure adherence to Mitacs' brand and messaging frameworks.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work collaboratively with teams across the organization, including Communications & Public Affairs, Government Relations, Business Development, Programs, and Partnerships, to support integrated communications initiatives.
- Digital and Multimedia Content: Support the development and coordination of digital and multimedia communications content across organizational channels.
- Project Coordination: Support the planning, coordination, and execution of communications projects and initiatives while managing competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience developing communications materials for senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Ideal Candidate Profile
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, political science, or a related field.
- Knowledge of written and spoken English is required in this role as you will interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders located across Canada.
- 5+ years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, media relations, content development, or a related field.
Compensation
- Hiring and Salary Range Transparency
- Typically, employees are hired, transferred, or promoted within the salary range, specifically between the minimum and midpoint in the hiring range.
- The salary range refers to the range of base salaries for a given position, encompassing the minimum and maximum amounts.
Benefits
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion and reconciliation are strong commitments at
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - Mitacs.
Equal opportunity
- We believe a diverse workforce comprised of individuals with different lived experiences, ideas, strengths, and backgrounds (e.g., gender identities and expressions, Indigeneity, race, abilities, sexual orientation, and other identities) are crucial to our success.
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