Director of Communications (Remote) - Toronto

Description:

The Director of Communications will play an integral role in in ensuring that internal and external communications align with WES’ five-year strategic plan and its business and social impact strategies. The role will have primary responsibility for internal communications and will also participate in and lead a range of activities related to using communications to amplify the organization’s social impact and its role as a leading global social enterprise. This individual will build and socialize strategic narratives that enable all audiences understand the full range of WES initiatives and impact and will play a critical role in strengthening and protecting the WES brand.

Duties included but not limited to:

• Championship of effective internal communications, especially around strategic plan, change management, and DEI.
• Alignment of communications efforts and needs across borders and departments (social impact, research, marketing, HR, Transformation Office, etc.)
• Partner closely with communications leads for impact, media and public affairs
• Provide strategic counsel, guidance, and advice to colleagues on leveraging communications strategies to realize business objectives
• Develop clear communications strategies, including narratives that help communities make sense of WES’ work and impact
• Advocacy for strong brand governance and effective review and workflow protocols to deliver high-quality communications products and consistent messaging
• Support for effective executive communications, including media preparation, talking points, etc.
• Tracking of and reporting on success against metrics in order to support impact evaluation and continuous improvement of communications programs and output.
• Team management to nurture and further develop talent; peer-to-peer communications support and mentorship.
• Support of issues management and crisis communications processes and output.
• Management of external benchmark and branding surveys and associated metrics.
• Editing, writing, and creation/finalization of communications materials as required.

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of experience in progressively senior communications roles
• Bachelor’s degree in PR, journalism, or equivalent.
• Flawless writing skills.
• Proven experience managing various communications vendors - PR, Brand, writing, video, etc.
• Broad experience in internal and external communications.
• Curiosity mindset.
• Proven ability to become a trusted advisor to business leaders and other influencers at all organizational levels, based on subject matter expertise and collaborative leadership style.
• Experience developing and executing communications strategy in a global organization.
• Strong leadership, team building, influencing, change management, compliance/risk management abilities within large scale, multi-country, multi-dimensional company.
• Ability to work both strategically and hands-on to deliver results.
• Strategic and forward-thinking with strong business acumen and the ability to identify and proactively address enablers and derailers of major change and transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to communicate and synthesize complex issues in a concise, clear, and convincing fashion.
• Experience managing a team of communications professionals.
• Experience interacting with media channels.
• Proficiency with Cision, Meltwater, Office Professional Suite, Excel, WordPress, etc.
• This position is fully remote

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