Strategic Communications Lead

6 days ago


Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Bank of Canada Full time

Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic advice to internal Bank clients and communications coaching to the Employee Communications team to ensure their success.

What You Will Do:

  • Support the Director of Employee Communications in developing communications plans, creative content, and products that suit our audience needs and business objectives and provide measurable results.
  • Create content collaboratively with colleagues, reviewing and critiquing their work to help us keep growing and improving.
  • Build solid working relationships and networks across the organization to become a trusted senior communications partner.
  • Guide and coach the team in implementing innovative approaches for delivering employee communications.
  • Lead projects that have an impact on our reputation and culture.
  • Leverage knowledge of digital trends and culture to help us meet our objective to modernize our communications channels.
  • Support communications related to the delivery of employee events.

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience developing integrated communications strategies.
  • Deep knowledge of the latest employee communication tools and trends.
  • Experience using Viva Engage and other creative channels and products to deliver effective two-way employee communications.
  • Extensive experience consulting with top executives and senior management on issues that affect employees, their work, and the work environment.
  • Strong writing skills for a variety of content, audiences, and platforms.
  • Experience collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of portfolio leads, product owners/managers, and UX experts to develop digital content.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Canada's financial industry and the Bank of Canada's mandate and functions.
  • Project and event management experience.
  • Experience in digital content development and marketing, (web content, videos, email, social, etc.) and analytics.

Education and Experience: The position requires a university degree in a relevant discipline (such as journalism, communications, digital-media, or content design) with seven to ten years of relevant experience in strategic communications planning and execution.

Language Requirement: English and French essential (bilingual) with a minimum starting level of functional (level 4) in second official language.



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