Director, Communications

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Metro Vancouver Zero Emissions Innovation Centre Full time

**Join us**

We’re passionate about making progress on climate action and committed to making a positive difference in communities. Keen to join a caring, capable, and committed team doing great work on the path to net zero?

**About the Metro Vancouver Zero Emissions Innovation Centre**

Seeded by a $21.7 million federal endowment in 2021, the Zero Emission Innovation Centre (ZEIC) is a purpose-built charitable organization dedicated to market transformation and enabling zero carbon communities and economies across the region and province. ZEIC is part of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) Network established by the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

ZEIC’s vision is that, together, we enable a new era of climate action and innovation for an inclusive, prosperous, and healthy zero carbon future in our region by 2050. We advance urban climate solutions in the green building, transportation, and renewable energy sectors through: 1) partnerships and collaborations; 2) impact investment; 3) granting; and 4) education, training, and capacity-building.

Working with governments, Indigenous partners, industry, and others, we support ambitious climate policy, address barriers, and catalyze, accelerate, and scale innovation to strengthen equitable and resilient communities for current and future generations. To deliver impact, we:

- Connect and activate partners, investors, and action-takers;
- Demonstrate and showcase viable solutions; and
- Invest in capacity building and readiness to scale climate actions.

ZEIC’s strategic directions align with provincial, regional, and local climate action plans. Our programs help communities make progress toward their 2030 emissions reduction targets. Equity, long-term affordability, community health and well-being, environmental protection, and economic development are integral to how we develop and deliver our climate action initiatives.

**Position Purpose & Function**:
The Director of Communications is part of a cross-functional, interdisciplinary team striving to advance policy, innovation, research, capacity-building, collaboration, projects, and market investments to accelerate zero emissions solutions and practices in the low carbon buildings, low carbon transportation, and urban renewable energy sectors.

The position is responsible for providing communications leadership to enable ZEIC to meet its strategic objectives and mission. Working with the Executive Director, as part of the senior leadership team, and in support of the Board of Directors, the role involves strategic communications planning; public, media and government relations; brand development, management, and integration; marketing and communications for programs, resources, and events on traditional media, social media, and websites; and program and contract management and oversight. The position will oversee the communications team at ZEIC and will interact program managers and others to meet cross-functional objectives.

**Key Contacts & Reporting Relationships**:
The position reports to Executive Director, collaborates with other Directors as part of ZEIC’s senior leadership team, engages with program managers and coordinators on specific areas of work, and supports and engages with the Board of Directors, as required. The position will lead a team, including manager and coordinator level positions and will lead cross-functional initiatives that may include staff from within ZEIC, diverse external partners and collaborators, and external contractors and consultants.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- **General**:_

Overall, the position will provide thought leadership, insights on communications approaches relevant to ZEIC’s mission and programmatic areas, communications planning and implementation expertise, and will champion a spirit of innovation and creativity for a team of highly motivated professionals. This role requires a dynamic, independent, collaborative, and enthusiastic senior communications professional with a passion for advancing positive systems change in alignment with ZEIC’s values and strategic priorities.
- **Focus areas for the position**:_

**1. Strategic Communications**
- Designing, implementing, and evolving the communications strategy to showcase ZEIC’s impact.
- Serving as a strategic advisor to staff and the Board on messaging and communications approaches with respect to ZEIC’s programs, initiatives, and strategic directions.
- Developing and executing a media relations plans to support ZEIC's communications objectives; maintaining rapport with journalists; identifying and pursuing media and press opportunities and developing high-quality and informative press releases.
- Acting as ZEIC’s media liaison, responding to media activities, such as interviews and press conferences; providing guidance on media responses; acting as a spokesperson, as required.
- Working with the Executive Director and senior leadership team,

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