Communications Advisor (CL4)

Education
Central Office/IT Campus
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Department of Marketing and Communications Continuing Full-time Position: Commencing approximately April 3, 2023
Application deadline is 11:59pm, March 2, 2023Competition No. 2023-045
Salary range: $71,979.23 to $84,681.45 annually

This position may be eligible for hybrid or remote work after demonstrating successful progression in proficiency in the position. You can review our FlexWork Policy on www.nscc.ca

NSCC firmly believes a vaccinated population is a vital part of keeping us, our friends, families and communities protected from COVID-19 and the developing, fast-moving variants. As such, we recommend that NSCC employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

You are a collaborative, team player who takes personal accountability to deliver on what is expected in your role and you strive for excellence every day. You understand our position as role models to our students and as such, you demonstrate the utmost professionalism, integrity and respect for all persons in everything you do. You are committed to life-long learning, occupational currency and a belief in NSCC's mission. You bring a learning-centered perspective to everything you do. You think broadly, celebrate diversity of thought, and respect the uniqueness of individuals. You flourish in a dynamic, changing and sometimes ambiguous environment by keeping informed and connected within your role and the College. Is this you?

Qualifications and Occupational Experience:

• The minimum educational qualification for this position is a university degree or graduate certificate/advanced diploma in public relations, journalism or a related field.
• You have a minimum of 3 years of recent and related occupational experience in communications, external relations, content creation, event planning and media relations.
• You have specific experience in crisis communications and issues management and are competent with the monitoring of and content creation for social media channels (e.g., Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn).
• Experienced in Adobe Photoshop, as well as Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office 365 and Hootsuite.
• Experience in an educational environment would be an asset.
• Your work in the field includes demonstrated experience in news, persuasive and feature writing. You must be able to apply these writing styles to articles, media releases, media advisories, speeches, briefing notes, presentations, web, internal and day-to-day communication.
• You understand the importance of internal audiences as part of effective stakeholder relations and consider them in every communications strategy and plan.
• You are familiar with and experienced in key corporate communications channels such as intranet, email, Microsoft Teams. You keep pace with emerging tools that support effective communications in a distributed organization.
• You have a proven ability to establish relationships via superb inter-personal skills with internal colleagues, students, and external partners; this is demonstrated in part by your strong network of media contacts.
• You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology to create an exceptional student experience.
• You have experience in presenting to internal and external audiences.

Relevant Skills and Knowledge:

• You demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• You possess excellent interpersonal skills that enable you to interact at all levels of an organization.
• You are known for your superior customer service skills and can create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction.
• Your superb collaborative skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment.
• You have specific technical occupational knowledge and skill in social media monitoring and content development and creation for social media channels, email, Sharepoint and similar communications tools.
• You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• You are a strong communicator - both written and oral.
• You possess excellent coordination skills specifically related to event planning and the development of communications plans for both internal and external audiences.
• You are experienced in media relations.
• You are a strong storyteller.
• You have solid administrative, organizational and problem-solving abilities and, are able to multi-task and manage multiple priorities
• You have strong project management skills to support extensive creative projects, large external and internal partner events and announcements and manage College closure communications.
• You have experience working with confidential information requiring a high level of trust and integrity.

You will change lives. You will join committed individuals as we work to build Nova Scotia's economy and improve quality of life through education and innovation. As an NSCC employee, you will be part of that change.
You will find a place to grow personally and professionally with opportunities for professional development and collaborative projects.
You will do meaningful and challenging work in a publicly accountable and respectful working and learning environment that is diverse, safe and inclusive. You will have the freedom to enable innovation, improvement and excellence.
You will celebrate the uniqueness of individuals. NSCC campuses are located on the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq People. Nova Scotia Community College values diversity and inclusion and is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including Aboriginal/Indigenous Persons, members of racially visible communities, persons with disabilities, persons of a minority sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and women. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing an online questionnaire with your application.

NSCC offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package. As a learning-centred organization, we provide opportunities for every NSCC employee to be a life-long learner. Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent, occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.

NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment, NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations, as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact David Meister, HR Generalist at [email protected]. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here: https://www.nscc.ca/about_nscc/policies_procedures/index.asp.

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