Manager, Digital Communications

Who Can Apply?:
**Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)**
- Salary Range:
**$104,159 - $135,407**
- Employment status:
**Continuing**
- Term Length:

- Security Level:
**Reliability**
- Language Requirement:
**Bilingual Mandatory**
- Closing Date:
**20/01/2025**
- Country:
**Canada**

**Flexible and hybrid work schedule**

**Here is your opportunity**:
**These are your responsibilities**:
We all live and work in an increasingly digital world. DCC needs a person to both lead and carry out the many strategic and tactical tasks necessary for our organization to communicate in that world. Indeed, in this job, you will play an important role to shape the scope and function of our digital communications.

As the bilingual Manager, Digital Communications, you will lead and mentor a team of digital communications professionals. You will plan and execute our organization’s Digital Communications Strategy to enhance our digital communications knowledge, functions, tools and impact. You will oversee development and implementation of a digital content editorial calendar. You will keep abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies and best practices. And you will mitigate any reputational and operational risks related to digital communications, especially those related to AI tools and social media platforms.

**Your knowledge, skills, experience and fit within our organization**:
Carrying out the many and varied responsibilities of this job requires a special person—someone with both exceptional people management skills and strong technical know-how. As our results-oriented Manager, Digital Communications, you will develop methods and means to engage, motivate and mature your team, leveraging their strengths and capabilities to work towards a common vision.

You are equipped with a minimum six years of relevant experience in a digital communications leadership role or the equivalent. You have a university degree or equivalent in digital communications, digital marketing or a related field. And you are steeped in the methods, trends and best practices in digital communications, corporate communications and issues management.

You also are fully aware of website optimization techniques, including SEO and A/B testing; accessibility standards and best practices for digital content; graphic design principles and multimedia production tools; AI tools and practices; Government of Canada communications principles and policies; and project and risk management principles.

Above all, you are eager to take on the challenge of leading our long-term activities and overseeing our daily efforts to communicate digitally. You have the enthusiasm and curiosity to embrace this opportunity fully and be held accountable for your results.

**Meet your team**:
Our dedicated and professional Communications team operates like an agency within DCC, offering varied support to different business units within the organization. Your strategic and tactical knowledge, skills and leadership in digital communications will play an instrumental role in our organization’s success in making our mark in the digital world.

You are sure to be welcomed with open arms. DCC’s culture is strong and all our staff know they are valued and appreciated—our staff retention rate is 93%, our employee approval rate is 95%, and we were named to Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers in 2022.

**How to apply**:
To be considered for this position, please submit a recent resume detailing your experience in digital communications management, and a cover letter. Please use the cover letter to tell us about a recent successful digital communications campaign you led. What was your role? What strategies did you implement? What were the outcomes?

**Check out your benefits**:
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25% to 30% of your salary.

Your package includes:
Health and Wellness
- 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
- $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
- $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
- Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family
- Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
- Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
- Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 17 weeks
- Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement
- Public-service pension
- Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans

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