Communications Specialist

Andlauer Healthcare Group (AHG) is a publicly held Canadian group of companies focused on advancing the healthcare supply chain space for over 25 years.

Through its diverse coast to coast transportation, distribution, and warehousing capabilities, AHG is focused on delivering the life saving and life sustaining healthcare products millions of Canadians rely on everyday.

Whether distributing to a hospital, medical facility, pharmacy, or residence; our state-of-the-art temperature-controlled transportation and warehousing solutions ensure our customers health sensitive products are delivered on time; and into the right hands.

Located right across Canada the AHG family includes over 2000 employees and partners that each play a critical role in our vision of building enduring relationships, by delivering integrated solutions with passion. We are in the people business

We are looking for a Communications Specialist to support and enhance the conversations with our great people and our stakeholders.

If you are an individual that can visualize making a creative difference; create and contribute to a great corporate culture, build lasting communication programs and strategy; then this is the position for you.

At AHG, _WE HIRE YOUR MIND_

Reporting to the Vice President of Human Resources, this role will be responsible for:

- Creating and managing written, verbal, and strategic content executed for internal employees and external stakeholders.
- Providing communications coaching and recommendations to peers.
- Hands on multi-channel deployment, finding alternative methods and modes for communication delivery.
- Relying on your proven skill at distilling complex messages into concise, targeted, content - for a large and diverse variety of audiences.
- The latitude to be creative while holding a results-driven mindset.
- Planning, executing, and measuring effective employee communication campaigns.
- Developed bespoke media relations strategies for each campaign, focusing on placements via print, broadcast, events, and/or media.
- Working with internal cross departmental teams to create on-trend social media posts.
- Building strong and trusted relationships with clients, partners, stakeholders and media.
- Develop relationships and partnerships with industry associations, sector bodies, and other membership bodies as a means of increasing company mandates and initiatives.
- Organizing promotional and employee events.
- Measure and analyze the impact of AHG’s communications strategy and adjust where necessary.
- Creating a roadmap which details strategy, execution (type, frequency, content, tone), and tracking of social media content to the various channels.
- Conducting market research on relative trends and topics.
- Coordinating the translation of content of all employee facing materials.
- A proven self-driven attitude.
- Clear and concise communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Expertise navigating and control multiple social media platforms.
- Copywriting and content creation skills.
- Outgoing personality with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with web analytics and analysis.
- Confident public speaking ability.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in written format to al levels within the organization.
- Superior time management and priority setting practices.
- Demonstrated interpersonal and problem-solving skills with the ability to use industry experience, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and imagination to identify and implement communication and brand strategy solutions.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- AHG is committed to providing full accommodation for persons with disabilities in all active processes and procedures including but not limited to the recruitment process._
- To request any accommodation you may require to participate in the recruitment process (including alternative formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), contact the main recruiting contact for the position to discuss your needs._
- We would like to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. Please no calls._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus pay

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person