Communications Advisor

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January 1, 2025 (6 days left to apply)job requisition id R1013Communications AdvisorDepartment:
Strategy, Communications and Stakeholder RelationsType:
12 Month ContractPosting Date:
December 18th, 2024At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions.
Everyone at OPTrust - in Toronto, London and Sydney - makes a meaningful impact.
Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone.
We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.What OPTrust Offers YouUnique culture rooted in our core values:
collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.A flexible, hybrid work model.Benefits package after six months of consecutive employment.Optional membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.A dedicated inclusion, diversity, and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate, including our employee-led resource groups.About the roleWe are looking for a strong communicator to join our creative team of storytellers, strategic thinkers, designers, brand experts, and digital strategists.
In this role, you will write and edit great, memorable, and compelling content.
You will develop and lead communication strategies and make an impact with creative ideas that support organisation-wide initiatives.What you'll doPartner with our internal business partners to create internal and external communication programs that inform and engage different audiences.Support business partners to ensure effective integration of OPTrust's brand and voice in all communications programs and materials.Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to develop engaging communication projects and programs to achieve organisational objectives and deliver key initiatives.Help tell stories, define key messages and bring ideas to life.Continuously look for ways to enhance best practices and leverage various communications channels.Develop original content and stories for OPTrust's intranet, website, social media, training material, video scripts, Town Halls, Q&As, newsletters, email campaigns, etc.Review, proofread, and edit communications using the Canadian Press Stylebook as a guide.What you bring7-10 years of relevant communications experience in the pension sector and/or financial services are considered an asset.Post-secondary degree or diploma in journalism, marketing, public relations, communications, or equivalent training and/or experience.Knowledge of pension policy communications.Experience supporting communications for c-suite executives.A team player who thrives in a collaborative and dynamic environment and can easily manage multiple projects.Curious, confident, and can turn complicated concepts into clear, compelling, and memorable content.Strong writer, critical thinker, and effective communicator.Proactive and creative in your approach to tackle challenges and identify solutions.Exemplify OPTrust's values:
collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.Please submit your application via Workday by January 1st, 2025.Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity, and equity in everything we do.
OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths.
We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please send a message to ***, or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening.
We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.As an organization we're seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Call to Action 92.
We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners, and we have created an employee-led Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.About UsWith net assets of $25 billion, OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada's largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan (including OPTrust Select), a defined benefit plan with over 111,000 members.
OPTrust was established to give plan members and the Government of Ontario an equal voice in the administration of the Plan and the investment of its assets through joint trusteeship.
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