Public Relations and Communications Manager

5 months ago

Halifax, Canada Halifax Regional Municipality Full time

**Job Posting**
- As a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Halifax Regional Police, the Public Relations and Communications Manager is accountable for conceptualizing, leading, implementing and evaluating all communications strategies that promote public and organizational awareness and understanding of HRP and its public safety initiatives. The incumbent serves as a trusted advisor to the Chief and Deputy Chiefs of Police, provides strategic communications counsel to HRP's executive and senior management teams on complex issues affecting both internal and external stakeholders, and plays a pivotal role in communicating the priorities of the police service.
- **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
The Public Relations and Communications Manager is responsible to continually implement and revise as necessary: HRP's strategic communications plan; ensure alignment with HRP's 10-year strategic plan/annual business plan; and enhance the reputation of the police service through a proactive approach that links communication to strategic priorities, including those of the police service, the Board of Police Commissioners, Council and the municipality.**Responsibilities**:

- Overall responsibility for communications of HRP and setting the strategic communications direction, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities;
- Leads internal and external communications strategy to pro-actively address the risk and reputation of the police service, and ensure appropriate strategic focus, consistent messaging, branding and outreach;
- Influences clear and effective internal employee communications as an important part of HRP's employee engagement efforts;
- Conceptualizes and leads public relations programs, including public image/reputation management, community engagement, internal/external special events, marketing, advertising and publication management;
- Leads the communications management of high risk and crisis situations. This includes conceptualizing and leading the creation and implementation of communication strategy in the midst of ongoing policing operations, investigations and/or public safety matters which often involve the utmost confidentiality, as well as counselling management on corporate positions on issues, including human resource matters which may involve criminal investigations and allegations under the Police Act and/or other disciplinary matters;
- Establishes and promotes corporate communication policies and standards (e.g. media protocol, visual identity standards, social media, inter/intranet, etc.);
- Creates a culture of multi-faceted communications that considers finite resources but fosters continual enhancement of the corporate identity of HRP in various local, provincial and national committees to offer strategic communications advice.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education and Experience**:

- University degree in public relations or communications;
- Minimum of 8-10 years related experience, preferably in a complex corporate or public sector environment;
- Demonstrated experience and proven leadership in a corporate communication or public relations environment with a major public or private organization;
- 5 years in leading and managing others and developing high-performing professional teams;
- Proven leadership abilities with an emphasis on the ability to build, develop and deliver a strategic communications function with a strong and consistent level of service excellence;
- Proven ability to work in a collaborative, team-based environment;
- Proven experience in overseeing the development of strategic communications plans, internal and external publications, executive communication products and media relations products;
- A suitable combination of education and experience will also be considered.

**Technical / Job Specific Knowledge and Abilities**:

- Practical experience with crisis communications, issues management and reputation management;
- Demonstrated ability to lead change within a complex organization and ability to manage diverse stakeholder needs and interests;
- Sound judgment and ability to handle matters of a confidential or sensitive nature;
- Ability to interact, influence and have confidence when dealing with senior management team and all levels of the organization;
- A self-motivated team player with experience achieving common objectives across organizational lines;
- An effective decision maker with the ability to provide strategic communication advice to senior management staff;
- A collaborative team leader with the ability to engage and work with diverse stakeholder groups;
- Ability to deal with potentially disturbing issues, situations, content and images.
- **Competencies**: Communication, Visioning and Strategic Thinking & Innovation, Decision Making, Analytical Thinking, Managing Change, Network and Relationship Building, Teamwork and Cooperation and Valuing Diversity.
- **WORK STATUS**: Permanent full-time
- **HOURS OF WORK**: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4

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