Strategic Communications Advisor
Top Benefits
About the role
Why you’ll love working here:
- high-performance, people-focused culture
- our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
- learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
- membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
- competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).
- optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
- yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
- the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers
Job Summary:
The Strategic Communications Advisor helps facilitate and support marketing and communications requirements related to specific internal partner groups. Reporting to the Strategic Communications Manager, this individual works collaboratively with the Plan Marketing & Communications (PM&C) team to help deliver effective communication campaigns for HOOPP members and employers with measurable outcomes, while ensuring alignment with HOOPP's Strategic Plan and upholding our core values.
A creative, collaborative, and proactive approach, strong oral and written communication skills, effective time management and attention to detail are requirements for success in this role.
What you will do:
- Managing communication campaigns and tactics to support HOOPP member and employer communications
- Produce various communication materials for HOOPP's external (and occasionally internal) communications channels. This could include researching, writing, editing articles, presentations, all-staff emails, training materials, newsletters, etc.
- Develop communication materials that follow HOOPP's branding guidelines within written content
- Build an understanding of the internal partner groups' objectives and business requirements for specific projects
- Ensure communications calendars and project plans are up to date
- Assist with planning and scheduling marketing and communication work within the Agile environment
- Maintain positive working relationships with internal stakeholders and PM&C team members
- Help execute communication tactics that ensure audiences are provided with timely and accurate information
- Coordinate services provided by external consultants and vendors for communications related programs
What you bring:
- University degree or college diploma in journalism, communications or public relations, or equivalent training, education and/or experience
- 3-5 years of experience in communications (including pension or other financial services communications)
- Excellent writing, editing, proof-reading and attention to detail; ability to translate technical concepts into plain language
- Proven ability to express ideas proactively in a clear, well-organized manner
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Strong ability to prioritize workload and manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
- Flexible approach to work and positive attitude
- Proven vendor and project management skills
- Computer skills - MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint
- Prior pension industry knowledge and experience working in an Agile environment an asset
The expected annual base salary range for this role is: $71,000 - $109,000 CAD
###The actual base salary offered to the successful candidate may vary based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, individual's expertise and level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered.
###This role is eligible to participate in discretionary incentive plan(s), subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan text.
This job posting is for a newly created role.
About HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)
Established in 1960, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan for Ontario's hospital and community-based healthcare sector. We serve more than 460,000 members who provide valued healthcare services at more than 670 employers across the province. At HOOPP, we exist to provide a stable and reliable pension for our members that starts in retirement and is paid for life. As one of Canada's largest and most respected pension plans, HOOPP's net assets reached $112.6 billion at the end of 2023 and our funded status remained strong at 115%. HOOPP's core values - professional, accountable, collaborative, compassionate and trustworthy - guide our every interaction with our members, employers and employees.
We've become one of Canada's leading pension plans by consistently challenging ourselves and embracing innovation. From our unique investment management approach to our innovative technology and thought-provoking research, we constantly seek to push the boundaries, and we do this by hiring passionate, forward-thinking people. Our high-performance culture, which spans our head office in Toronto and our office in London (UK), is founded on collaboration, respect and belonging. HOOPP is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud of our diversity. We select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Should you require accommodation because of a disability during the recruitment and selection process, please contact our Human Resources team. We will be happy to consult with you so that arrangements can be made for reasonable accommodation.
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Strategic Communications Advisor
Top Benefits
About the role
Why you’ll love working here:
- high-performance, people-focused culture
- our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
- learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
- membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
- competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).
- optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
- yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
- the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers
Job Summary:
The Strategic Communications Advisor helps facilitate and support marketing and communications requirements related to specific internal partner groups. Reporting to the Strategic Communications Manager, this individual works collaboratively with the Plan Marketing & Communications (PM&C) team to help deliver effective communication campaigns for HOOPP members and employers with measurable outcomes, while ensuring alignment with HOOPP's Strategic Plan and upholding our core values.
A creative, collaborative, and proactive approach, strong oral and written communication skills, effective time management and attention to detail are requirements for success in this role.
What you will do:
- Managing communication campaigns and tactics to support HOOPP member and employer communications
- Produce various communication materials for HOOPP's external (and occasionally internal) communications channels. This could include researching, writing, editing articles, presentations, all-staff emails, training materials, newsletters, etc.
- Develop communication materials that follow HOOPP's branding guidelines within written content
- Build an understanding of the internal partner groups' objectives and business requirements for specific projects
- Ensure communications calendars and project plans are up to date
- Assist with planning and scheduling marketing and communication work within the Agile environment
- Maintain positive working relationships with internal stakeholders and PM&C team members
- Help execute communication tactics that ensure audiences are provided with timely and accurate information
- Coordinate services provided by external consultants and vendors for communications related programs
What you bring:
- University degree or college diploma in journalism, communications or public relations, or equivalent training, education and/or experience
- 3-5 years of experience in communications (including pension or other financial services communications)
- Excellent writing, editing, proof-reading and attention to detail; ability to translate technical concepts into plain language
- Proven ability to express ideas proactively in a clear, well-organized manner
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Strong ability to prioritize workload and manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
- Flexible approach to work and positive attitude
- Proven vendor and project management skills
- Computer skills - MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint
- Prior pension industry knowledge and experience working in an Agile environment an asset
The expected annual base salary range for this role is: $71,000 - $109,000 CAD
###The actual base salary offered to the successful candidate may vary based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, individual's expertise and level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered.
###This role is eligible to participate in discretionary incentive plan(s), subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan text.
This job posting is for a newly created role.
About HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)
Established in 1960, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan for Ontario's hospital and community-based healthcare sector. We serve more than 460,000 members who provide valued healthcare services at more than 670 employers across the province. At HOOPP, we exist to provide a stable and reliable pension for our members that starts in retirement and is paid for life. As one of Canada's largest and most respected pension plans, HOOPP's net assets reached $112.6 billion at the end of 2023 and our funded status remained strong at 115%. HOOPP's core values - professional, accountable, collaborative, compassionate and trustworthy - guide our every interaction with our members, employers and employees.
We've become one of Canada's leading pension plans by consistently challenging ourselves and embracing innovation. From our unique investment management approach to our innovative technology and thought-provoking research, we constantly seek to push the boundaries, and we do this by hiring passionate, forward-thinking people. Our high-performance culture, which spans our head office in Toronto and our office in London (UK), is founded on collaboration, respect and belonging. HOOPP is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud of our diversity. We select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Should you require accommodation because of a disability during the recruitment and selection process, please contact our Human Resources team. We will be happy to consult with you so that arrangements can be made for reasonable accommodation.