Manager, Communications and Marketing

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Duration in Months** **(for fixed-term jobs):
N/A

**Job Family**:
Communications and Marketing (JF)

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
Administration Office, Faculty of Arts

**Campus**:
Main Campus

**Union Affiliation**:
N/A

**Date Posted**:
October 28, 2024

**Applications must be received **BEFORE**:
November 08, 2024

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
Non-Union Grade NM1

**Salary Range**:
$102,322.00 - $126,992.00

**Position purpose**:
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, provides strategic and operational leadership in developing, planning and implementing all aspects of internal and external communications and marketing, including digital communications, public relations, branding and event management, to improve the visibility of the faculty or service and enhance its reputation. Manages the faculty or service’s marketing and communications team and provides expert advice to senior managers on all aspects of marketing and communications.

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:

- ** Strategic planning**: Defines the faculty or service’s strategic direction with regard to marketing and communications by setting objectives, identifying target audiences, adopting various tactics and methods, and establishing performance indicators. Provides leadership in developing and implementing marketing and communications strategies, which deal with digital communications, branding, public relations, and event management, to ensure the visibility of the faculty or service and enhance its reputation. Develops and implements annual marketing and communication action plans that align with current strategies.
- ** Operational management**: Defines work priorities and deadlines for the sector based on the issues involved. Develops an operational schedule and determines the resources needed to meet deadlines. Develops and implements internal processes, procedures and regulations to improve the operational effectiveness of the sector.
- ** Advice**: Provides strategic advice on marketing and communications to senior managers to ensure the best possible results in promoting the faculty or service’s programs, services and initiatives.
- ** Event management**:Leads the organization of internal events, such as career fairs, conferences, galas and forums to ensure they align with the current strategy. Represents the faculty or service and serves as the master of ceremonies for certain events and activities. In collaboration with various stakeholders, negotiates sponsorship agreements for various activities and events.
- ** Public relations**: Develops and maintains a network of public and private sector partners, including media, with a view to increasing the visibility of the faculty or service.

**What you will bring**:

- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Minimum seven years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience in managing and supervising employees
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent public relations skills
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic communications and marketing plans, including experience in media relations, Web and online strategies, advertising and event management
- Experience in managing projects
- Ability to deal with competing priorities and meet strict deadlines
- Ability to determine and plan for physical and material resources
- Knowledge of budget management principles and practices
- Experience in analysing and solving problems
- Ability to work well under pressure and to adapt easily and quickly; excellent judgment and discretion
- Experience in delivering oral presentations
- Bilingualism — English and French (spoken and written)

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**Key Competencies at uOttawa**:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
**Planning**:Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
**Initiative**:Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
**Client Service Orientation**:Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
**Teamwork and Cooperation**:Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

**Note: if this is a union position**:The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

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