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Communications Officer
1 week ago
_About Durham College:
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- Durham College (DC) is leading the way as a postsecondary institution, offering an innovative and transformative student experience and handson learning opportunities. With this focus top of mind for our students and our employees, DC is proud to be one of the fastestgrowing colleges in the province and annually ranked as one of the GTA's Top 100 employers._
- The college offers a wide range of marketdriven programs across multiple disciplines, including culinary management, farming and horticulture, business, IT, construction and trades, science and technology, health care, engineering, social and community services, justice, media, art and design. _
- With a focus on experiential learning, DC graduates are known for having the skills and knowledge employers need. More than 104,000 alumni represent the college, both locally and around the world._
- Serving the Durham Region and Northumberland County communities for over 50 years, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers over 12,500 fulltime postsecondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 145 fulltime postsecondary programs including four honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs. Led by over 1,860 full
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent provides writing, editorial, media/public relations and related consulting services to the Durham College Communications and Marketing department and its various clients within Durham College.
He/she informs the media, current and potential college clients, stakeholders and the community of important news about the college and projects and fosters a very high image of the college among these groups.
Leads key college projects including the creation and execution of internal communication, marketing and strategic planning; media relations; speech writing; crisis communication; ongoing annual projects such as the college guide and viewbooks, content and design of PowerPoint presentations for DCLT members; support of annual and one-off events (e.g. Convocation, Employee Appreciation, minister visits, donation events, etc.); management of awards submissions; media training of senior-level staff; support of president's office such as strategic planning, annual report and business plan; and ongoing writing and editing support for all college departments.External Communications:
- Develop and execute external communications plans to support college initiatives and business plan goals
- Provide issues management expertise and support, including crisis communications and emergency planning
- Deliver communications support for key events including annual convocation ceremonies, open house recruitment events, student orientation and campus initiatives such as Social Justice Week, Career Fair, grand openings, etc.
- Prepare speeches and remarks for college leadership members including college president
- Collaborate with external partners on joint communications projects and initiatives
Internal Communications:
- Develop and execute internal communications plans to support college initiatives and business plan goals.
- Draft and post content and information on employee intranet site (ICE).
- Provide communications counsel to internal clients and departments.
- Collaborate with internal clients to support internal corporate initiatives.
- Support key internal events and projects including academic kickoff, employee appreciation awards, and annual fundraising initiatives.
Media Relations:
- Write media releases and advisories.
- Coordinate oncampus media visits for campus events.
- Prepare media documentation for spokespeople such as Q&As and key messages, and media preparation documents.
- Write and pitch editorial content to media outlets.
- Coordinate interviews with spokespeople/media outlets.
- Perform proactive and reactive media relations.
- Support media crisis communications and issues management.
- Prepare media training presentations and conduct media training sessions for college spokespeople.
- Develop annual editorial calendar.
- Monitor and reporting of media coverage.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Threeyear diploma or degree in Journalism, Public Relations, Communications, or English, or equivalent.
- Minimum five years of experience in a communications role across a minimum of two different sectors.
- Proven record of successfully developing and executing comprehensive communications plans that meet goals.
- Extensive experience writing effective and creative media releases, blogs, web stories, speeches, video scripts, promotional copy, corporate publications, editorials, etc.
- Superior writing ability, along with excellent organizational, multitasking and project management skills.
- Strong research, interviewing, factchecking and proofreading skills.
- Understanding of editorial design and
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