Marketing and Communication Officer

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The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong
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About Facilities

Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.

**Position purpose**:
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the incumbent will contribute to the development and growth of programs and services offered by the sector through strategic use of marketing and communication tools. Generate web content, conceptualize and implement communications and marketing plans to project a positive image, promote the brand and increase the visibility of the sector. Act as resource person to employees of the sector on inquires related to communications and marketing to ensure compliance with established policies and standards.

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:
**Communications**: Develop and execute an annual communications plan that supports the sector’s communications needs for various internal and external target audiences. To this end, write content for annual reports, news bulletins, brochures, speeches, web, social media and press releases and coordinate translation.

**Client advice**: Provide advice and tools to employees of the sector in the preparation of communications and promotional material to ensure visual identity and compliance to communication policies, web, accessibility and official language standards. Act as resource person for the sector for inquiries pertaining to the creation of accessible documents.

**Web content management**: Anticipate requirements and generate web content to best meet ongoing business needs while ensuring compliance with web, official language and accessibility standards and established policies. Develop and evaluate performance indicators for web usage and usability, and coordinate improvements to maximize the effectiveness of the sector’s web sites.

**Events management**: Lead all aspects of planning and execution for small
- to mid-sized events for student recruitment and other special events in order to project a positive image of the faculty and/or the university. To this end, form and chair event planning committees, identify elements and timelines, monitor and communicate progress. Develop event budgets and ensure that all activities take place within budget limitations. Develop performance indicators and monitor performance to maximize the effectiveness of liaison and recruitment activities.

**What you will bring**:
Knowledge of marketing and communications principles normally acquired through a postsecondary degree in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum 3 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role

Experience in developing and implementing a communications plan

Experience giving presentations to large groups in both official languages

Experience in event planning and organization

Experience managing projects

Strong public relations, interpersonal and communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Ability and availability to occasionally travel outside of the city to facilitate recruitment activities, and to work outside of normal office hours

Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and wri