Actsafe is a nonprofit association whose mission is to collaborate with B.C.’s motion picture and performing arts industries to provide innovative, accessible health and safety training and resources.
We are looking for a creative, strategic, personable individual to work with us. This full time position involves providing strategic leadership in communications and stakeholder engagement, ensuring the ongoing delivery of existing programs and the conceptual development, production, dissemination and evaluation of new initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Expectations
Reporting to the General Manager, this position will be guided by organizational values, strategic objectives, and of course, budget and timeline. This position will continually identify innovative and effective ways to communicate with our industries. Working as a member of the Actsafe team, responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Leading research, design, delivery and evaluation of strategic communications planning;
- Developing and delivering effective stakeholder engagement strategies;
- Development of content for online and print publications and project specific communications, including planning, research, writing and / or editing;
- Management of social media and overseeing management of the website;
- Focusing on innovation and excellence;
- Telling our stories and engaging our industries.
Qualifications
Skills and Assets
The successful applicant will demonstrate an affinity for health and safety and the arts, and excellence in strategic communications and community engagement. Candidates must demonstrate:
- an aptitude for thinking strategically, leading people and processes, and speaking in public;
- a track record of shaping and delivering communication strategies across a variety of audiences, using a variety of tools and techniques;
- the ability to write and / or edit clear and compelling copy, translating complex technical information into concise, straightforward messages;
- the capacity for working both independently and as part of a team, and pitching in as required in a small organization;
- experience in managing multiple projects, and an ability to juggle priorities and solve problems;
- post secondary education in communications, public relations or a related field, combined with related professional experience;
- technical competence with social media, Content Management Systems and Adobe CS software.
To apply, write us a letter telling us why you want to work with us and what skills and assets you would bring to our team. Provide access to samples of your work. Email us at resumes@actsafe.ca We are already looking for someone great, so write soon!
