Communications Specialist

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada COBS Bread Full time

Great Place to Work Certified

**Communications Specialist - People and Culture**

Reports to: Communications Manager

Location: Vancouver, BC

Salary range: $55,000 to $60,000 based on experience

We have an all-new opportunity of **Communications Specialist** to support the People & Culture team We’re looking for a curious, enthusiastic and engaging storyteller to work with the Communications Manager to Raise the Bar on communications between franchisees, the COBS Bread Support Office team members, and retail bakery staff. Under People & Culture, the Communications team and Human Resources team work closely together to Cultivate a Performance Culture through learning and engagement across the organization.

Internal Communications & Engagement

In this role, you’ll be:

- Supporting the brand internally to raise the bar on communications for our three primary stakeholder groups: franchisees, support office employees, and retail bakery staff
- Storytelling - you have a knack for seeing opportunities to tell stories everywhere you look and have a plan of how you’d like to share them, whether it’s through video, a graphic, or an internal blog post.
- Developing a communications plan to celebrate individual and business-related milestones and achievements that cultivate culture of performance.
- Developing and executing against content calendar and creating plans around initiatives to boost engagement of stakeholder groups through internal campaigns
- Overseeing the development and management of our weekly CRUMBS newsletter on SharePoint and identify opportunities to improve/enhance readership
- Providing support with internal presentations including creating PowerPoints and more
- Supporting on scoping and implementing new communications tools
- Supporting on internal project communications, such as internal awards programs, Great Place to Work awards, Town Halls, Staff Meetings, and more.
- Other duties as assigned

**Requirements**:
**What You Bring to the Table**
- 2-3+ years of direct experience in a communications coordinator role
- Degree or certification in marketing, communications and/or public relations
- Knowledge of internal communication channels and tools such as Canva and Microsoft365 suite including PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint and Viva Engage
- Experience creating and executing on internal campaigns
- Video creation from story boarding, filming and editing with basic tools such as PremiereRush or Canva
- Impeccable grammar skills and attention to detail
- Enthusiasm and creativity
- Eye for aesthetics in all internal comms materials
- Can work effectively independently and as part of a team
- Ability to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly and ensure they are clearly communicated to an audience
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Highly effective prioritization, multi-tasking and time management skills to meet deadlines
- Proven experience in successful internal & external stakeholder management

**Benefits**

**What’s in it for You**
- Not only do we have fresh COBS Bread product delivered daily to our Vancouver Support Office, we offer some pretty sweet perks too
- A flexible work arrangement and a one-time work from home reimbursement to ensure you're set up for success
- Competitive salary, company bonus and vacation plan
- A great Extended Health & Dental Benefit, Group RRSP Matching, and Health Spending Account
- Paid sick, mental health and personal leave days
- Paid day for community service or volunteer opportunity
- Subsidized wellness program and an on-site gym facility
- An open, ‘continuous-learning’ environment where professional development and career progression is encouraged
- Work within a dynamic, driven, high-achieving, close-knit and fun-loving team
- High level of autonomy and responsibility
- Complimentary self-serve kitchen of fresh produce, deli meats and of course, COBS Bread and treats

We thank all applicants for their interest in COBS Bread but would like to advise that only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

**About COBS Bread**

With over 160 locations, COBS Bread serves fresh and delightful baked goods to communities across Canada. Any unsold items are donated daily to various local charities and food banks. The company's success can be attributed to the quality of our product, the development of our people and our warm and friendly customer service.

COBS Bread is part of Bakers Delight - Established in 1980 operating as Bakers Delight in Australia and New Zealand, and since 2003 as COBS Bread in Canada and the USA. Together we have grown to more than 700 bakeries across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The entire network employs over 15,000 people, serving more than 2.1 million customers each week.

Accessibility

Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you are contacted

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