Communications Specialist

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada BC College of Oral Health Professionals Full time

**Who We Are**
The BC College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP) is the regulatory body for all oral health professionals in BC. BCCOHP’s role is to protect the public and promote better health outcomes for patients. BCCOHP regulates 16,000 oral health professionals including certified dental assistants, dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental technicians, denturists and dentists. We protect the public in three main ways:

- Ensuring that oral health professionals are able to practise competently
- Setting standards for the delivery of safe and patient-centred oral health care
- Investigating complaints about oral health professionals

BCCOHP provides a working environment that is welcoming, respectful, and rewarding. We offer opportunities for personal and professional growth and encourage reasonable work-life balance with flexible work arrangements including hybrid work options, and flexible start and end times.

**About the Role**
BCCOHP is seeking a permanent, full-time Communications Specialist to join our Strategic Engagement & Communication team. This position will report to the Senior Manager, Communications.

**Essential Duties**
- Work with other members of the communications team to plan, produce and deliver BCCOHP’s organizational communications materials, including digital and print-based materials, speaking notes, presentations, newsletters, and brochures.
- Develop and deliver communications plans.
- Produce timely and accurate content for all of BCCOHP channels.
- Lead the planning, design, and production of the annual report.
- Create content for BCCOHP’s newsletters and internal and external announcements.
- Distill and synthesize complex information for communication to a range of audiences (public, registrants, board members).
- Advise and implement strategies to enhance the structure and content of the BCCOHP website in order to improve user experience.
- Act as an internal communications advisor to senior leaders and internal clients.
- Support communications activities related to internal and external communications and engagement.
- Provide communications support for strategic and operational projects.
- Advise on the maintenance and expansion of BCCOHP’s social media strategy.
- Conduct research on matters relevant to BCCOHP’s communications objectives and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Contribute to issues management and media relations activities as required.
- Develop messaging for various audiences in response to inquiries, and in support of initiatives and issues.
- Uphold and promote BCCOHP’s brand and style guidelines.
- Support BCCOHP’s media spokespeople and issues management by drafting media responses and issues notes.
- Provide coverage for other members of the communications team, as needed.
- Other duties as required.

**Essential Skills and Qualifications**
- Education, training, and experience equivalent to an undergraduate degree in communications, public relations or journalism, combined with five years' experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Exceptional writing skills with demonstrated ability to deliver content that is accurate, clear, and engaging.
- Strong understanding of the principles of communications and graphic design.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of products.
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is an asset.
- Ability to plan and deliver a variety of compelling communications, such as newsletters, websites, speaking notes, annual reports, events, and videos.
- Ability to work with complex information with changing priorities, tight and changing deadlines.
- Ability to meet deadlines and effectively handle changing priorities.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and diplomacy.
- Familiarity with website content management software and other organizational electronic communication technology.
- Familiarity with social media principles and techniques.
- Self-motivated with demonstrated endurance and persistence in managing multiple projects.
- Enthusiasm for working with a team to execute strategic communications programs.
- Previous work experience in a regulatory, not-for-profit environment or post-secondary environment is an asset.

**Salary and Benefits**
BCCOHP offers a compensation package that includes a competitive salary, extended health and dental care, and professional development allowance, and personal days for employees to use to allow themselves to look after their health and well-being and attend to their personal schedules.

**Health and Safety**
Our offices are located on the west side of Vancouver, in downtown Vancouver, and in Victoria. Due to the pandemic, our offices are temporarily closed to the public and most of our team are currently working remotely. We are conducting interviews virtually at this time.

We will continue to evolve and adjust our policies.

**How to Apply**

**Benefits**:

- Commuter benefits

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