Communication Coordinator, Education, Awareness and Culture (6-month term)
University of Toronto
Communication Coordinator, Education, Awareness and Culture (6-month term)
Date Posted: 09/23/2024
Req ID: 39425
Faculty/Division: Ofc of the Chief Information Officer
Department: Education Awareness
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00043550
Description:
About us:
Education, Awareness and Culture is an integral part of the ITS division. The team provides communication advice, planning and support to the office of the Chief Information Officer as well as other teams within the ITS portfolio. Additionally, Education, Awareness and Culture is responsible for key messaging, development and execution of events, plans and strategies (including the IT@UofT Strategic Plan). We develop communication and marketing campaigns in order to help successfully deliver on the business objectives of ITS.
Your opportunity:
This position reports to the senior manager of Education, Awareness and Culture.
The Education, Awareness and Culture team is a group of creative communication professionals that are helping to advance the objectives, pillars, initiatives and culture outlined in the IT@UofT Strategic plan.
In this face-paced role, the communication coordinator will be involved in event planning and execution, campaign development and scheduling, writing and much more.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Coordinating the preparation and distribution of promotional/outreach materials
- Maintaining information on digital platforms
- Producing promotional and outreach materials
- Formatting and maintaining communication templates
- Tracking and monitoring outreach activities
- Coordinating meeting schedules, agendas, materials, action and follow-up items
- Coordinating the schedule for program and event calendars
- Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in marketing, journalism or communications or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum four years of recent and related experience in progressively responsible roles that support communications, marketing, education, awareness, and related events management.
- Experience working in higher education/post-secondary IT related communications, especially in Information Security is required.
- Proven experience writing, editing and event planning/execution.
- Strong written and verbal communicator with attention to detail.
- Experience in digital communications, web design, web content management, project management tools like Trello, video production and editing is required.
- Demonstrated experience and creativity to support communication efforts for IT-related topics to variety of audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in a manner consistent with brand in reference to promotional material, blog content, and social media posts.
- Demonstrated commitment to maintaining currency with evolving communications technologies.
- Excellent time management skills with strong ability to plan ahead to meet timelines.
- High degree of collegiality, working well independently and as a team member.
- Proven success in providing superior service and support in a busy, demanding environment.
Assets (Nonessential):
- Knowledge of theUniversity structure and administration.
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Communicator
- Insightful
- Organized
- Self-directed
Closing Date: 10/14/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
Recruiter: Khristen Sivaramalingam
Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.
If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.
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