About the Foundation

Headquartered in Montreal, the McConnell Foundation is a private Canadian foundation that strives for a resilient, inclusive and sustainable society that can successfully address its complex challenges.

Opportunity

The successful candidate will join a dynamic team that supports diverse and innovative approaches to community resilience, reconciliation and climate change. We do this through a variety of means: financial contributions and investment, capacity building, consultation and collaboration with the public, private and non-profit sectors.

Location: Flexible within Canada. Remote employees must reside in Canada full-time.

Mode: Remote – Must reside within Canada

Employment type: Full-Time, Permanent

Supervisor: Communications, Government Relations and Public Relations Director

Department and Team: President’s Office, Communications

Hiring Salary Range: $68,500 – 75,500

Position summary

The Communications Officer, together with the Director, Communications, Government Relations and Public Relations, and colleagues, supports the development, translation and distribution of key messages for both internal and external audiences. The Communications Officer is a core member of the Communications Team and balances communications coordination with cross-cutting responsibilities to support the effective functioning of the team.

Main responsibilities

Digital engagement: 25%

Monitors, interacts and engages on social media; posts time-sensitive content.
Creates bilingual social media content and creates social media content calendar and social media engagement plans.
Tracks analytics.
Creates bilingual content for newsletter and website.
In collaboration with the Communications Manager, conducts website maintenance and updates as required.
Supports program staff in identifying audiences and stakeholders; collaborates with colleagues on bilingual engagement with audiences.

Translation, Quality Control, and Editing: 30%

Reviews and ensures quality control of and sometimes conducts English to French and French to English
translation of materials.
Engages with external translators where needed; maintains list of service providers.
Edits both English and French materials to ensure consistency with organizational voice and brand, quality control for external French language materials.

Organizational Communications Support: 25%

Works with Director, Communications, Government
Relations and Public Relations and Communications Manager to support staff across the Foundation with communications projects
Writing and content creation for staff across the Foundation, as well as external partners.

Organizational Support - General: 20%

Coordinates translations and conducts quality control for materials.
Supports development and dissemination of internal communications, commissioned content, and partner communications where appropriate.
Coordinates across platforms connected to Foundation activities, including websites and microsites.
Collaborates with all departments to prepare materials for quarterly Board meetings.
Contributes to a healthy and productive team dynamic.
Works to address conflict effectively and in a timely manner.
Participates in staff committee and/or coordinates an internal staff event.

Position requirements

Bilingualism in English and French (C2 and above for both languages, according to the global scale)
2-5 years of relevant work experience in communications, marketing, public affairs, and/or journalism.
Post secondary degree (University or College) in a relevant field.
Proficiency with Wordpress, social media, HootSuite, MailChimp, Google Workplace and Adobe Suite. Basic knowledge of HTML is an asset.
Experience with online databases.
Strong editing skills in both French and English.
Ability to translate between English and French.
Superior communications and interpersonal skills with colleagues and external contacts.
A high level of professionalism, integrity, discretion, rigour and transparency.
Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills.
Experience with and commitment to reconciliation and EDIA (equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility) frameworks and practices.

Professional Skills and Attributes

Alignment with the Foundation’s values and mission.
Ability to work as a self-sufficient member of a team.
Self-awareness about strengths and limitations.
Demonstrated commitment to positive societal and environmental change.

Assets

Experience with and understanding of non-profit organizations and community-led initiatives.
Project management knowledge, skills and experience.
Knowledge of the philanthropic sector.
Benefits
Generous, fully paid benefits and a health spending account
Simplified pension employer matching (6%)
Holiday granting and charitable donation allowances
Employee Assistance and Virtual Medicine programs
Hybrid working conditions and home office allowance
Immediate vacation access and paid holiday time off

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The McConnell Foundation is working towards strengthening our culture of inclusion and strives to build a team that reflects our mission for a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable society. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous people, Black people, racialized people, women, non-binary and gender-nonconforming people, people from the 2SLGBTQQIA community, people with disabilities (visible and invisible) and newcomers to Canada.

Our recruitment team will consider equity status throughout the recruitment process, so we invite members from equity deserving groups to self-identify in their application.

Our work environment and hiring process is inclusive and accessible to anyone with unique needs in terms of accessibility and accommodations. We will support you throughout the life cycle of your employment with us. We ask that all applicants identify their accommodation needs by sending an email to accessibility @mcconnellfoundation.ca so that we can create the necessary conditions so that you can participate fully in the hiring process. All information received in relation to equity status and accommodation will be remain confidential.

Privacy

By applying for this position, you freely and knowingly consent to the inclusion of all information provided by you to the McConnel Foundation in a file created in connection with your application for this or any similar position. You acknowledge that the file created on your application will be accessible to only those company personnel involved in the hiring process. It will then be stored the Foundation’s candidate database in accordance with the Foundation’s Privacy Policy for a period of five years, unless you request its destruction in writing. You also authorize the McConnell Foundation to contact the persons named as references in order to obtain evaluations of your performance and opinions on your work during former employment experiences.

Applicant Deadline

June 13, 2024

How to Apply

Please submit a resume and a cover letter by the above link.

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