The Communications Specialist is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to work with several client groups, including employees, community members, investors, regulators, Indigenous Peoples, media, and all levels of government, while producing creative written, visual, and broadcast content for the company's various web sites as well as, community outreach, investor, government media and employee communication vehicles.
The individual hired for this opportunity will be directly supporting communications for the stations and will be situated on-site.
This is a permanent, full-time position which offers a competitive benefits, compensation and pension package and is located on site in Tiverton, Ontario.
What will you be responsible for?
- Prepare key messages, backgrounders, speeches, presentations, executive briefing notes, site tour material, news articles, media releases, fact sheets and press kits
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Monitor, review, and manage requests from community groups for sponsorship that focus on health and safety, the environment and youth development
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Develop and successfully deliver strategic, multi-media communication plans for a variety of issues from concept through production. Ensure those plans and supporting material aligns to Bruce Power's brand standards and business objectives
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Proactively identify and manage ongoing and emerging issues. Develop strategic messages and appropriate communication platforms to best deliver those messages to target audiences
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Develop advocates through the creation and maintenance of positive relationships with key stakeholders, including employees, community members, investors, pensioners, regulators, customers, service clubs, aboriginal Indigenous peoples, industry participants, media, municipal government, provincial and federal government, and non-governmental organizations
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Produce highly creative written, visual, and multi-media content for the company's various web sites as well as, community outreach, investor, government media and employee communication vehicles. As required, but not limited to, prepare key messages, issues analyses, backgrounders, speeches, presentation, promotional items, executive briefing notes, site tour material, story pitches, media releases, fact sheets and press kits
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Proactively identify and implement emerging communications methods and tools to ensure the Bruce Power story is told widely, accurately and in a timely fashion
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Prepare and conduct public and media events. Facilitate workshops, community outreach efforts, promotional and media events. Provide information and coordinate spokesperson responses to target stakeholder groups
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Support the company's Emergency Preparedness program by having a key role in internal and external communications activities
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As assigned, represent Bruce Power at community, industry, government, media, or employee functions
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Create and manage mechanisms for measuring internal communications
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Accompany site guests on station tours
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Obtain additional training qualifications to fulfil this role
Education and Experience
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This knowledge is considered to normally be acquired through the completion of Grade XII plus a minimum of a two-year Community College course in Journalism/Media Relations or the equivalent
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A period of over 10 years of experience is considered necessary to gain the experience required for this position
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Requires knowledge of internal communications, employee engagement, public relations, journalism, or mass media with a strong focus on communications, planning and issue management to effectively deliver sound communications programs and identify impacts on employee and public relations
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Requires knowledge of project management techniques to effectively coordinate and manage communications projects and programs, including the design and delivery of such programs
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Requires excellent communications skills in English to effectively communicate orally and in writing with all levels of corporate staff and stakeholders via multiple vehicles
Selection Criteria
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Skills, Knowledge, Education, and Experience per the above qualifications
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Transferable skills (for example, demonstrates uncompromising high standards, displays good judgment, and achieves success together)
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Technical writing sample and/or writing assessment
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Presentation skills / multi-media communication skills considered as asset
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Past performance record and suitability for this position
Bruce Power Inc.
177 Tie Rd - RR2
Tiverton
Ontario Canada
www.brucepower.com
