Community Food Centres Canada
Who we are
Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) builds and supports vibrant, food-focused organizations that bring people in low-income communities together to grow, cook, share, and advocate for good food for all. CFCC was founded in 2012 to work with local partner organizations to drive the development of Community Food Centres in low-income communities. We believe food is a powerful community-building tool that can bring people together around shared goals, build skills and physical and mental health, and create the opportunity for greater equity and social change. CFCC is a flexible, collaborative and dynamic workplace.
Reporting to the Director of Communications, and working with communications colleagues and the wider staff team, the Communications Manager contributes to building CFCC’s brand and profile as a leader and innovator in the non-profit food and health space, and expanding the organization’s capacity to meet its revenue goals and to engage stakeholders around the issues facing our communities.
Who you are
You are an experienced communications professional who is excited by the idea of driving conversation and engagement on issues of food, health, and social justice. You have experience managing multi-stakeholder projects and campaigns and are comfortable working in a collaborative and enterprising environment. You are equally excited by “thinking it up” as you are by “getting it done”; nothing gets your heart thumping like a well-crafted editorial calendar, critical path, or user journey. You are a persuasive and strategic writer with exceptional editorial judgement, a flair for storytelling, and experience creating compelling and effective communications materials. You’re skilled at using a variety of platforms and strategies to communicate ideas and generate interest in key issues, and you have experience working with media and tracking trending issues. You’re a creative, driven, diplomatic, and meticulous self-starter and relationship-builder who is able to balance competing demands and priorities.
Responsibilities will include
- Contributes to developing and executing the organization’s annual communications plan, which supports the organization’s strategic objectives;
- Works to ensure the organization’s brand, messaging, and voice are consistent across all materials and activities;
- Develops key publications, public education tools, marketing collateral, and donor appeals and communications in a variety of formats and media, in keeping with CFCC’s high standards for content and consistency;
- Contributes to a website redevelopment and digital engagement project beginning in 2017;
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with partners and key stakeholders;
- Works to ensure CFCC + its partner organizations can be proactive on securing media coverage for key activities and issues;
- Works to increase the number of Canadians who are meaningfully engaged in CFCC’s work and the issues we address through creative and strategic campaigns, events, and partnerships;
- Contributes to the execution of national and local fundraising and awareness campaigns and events.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years of related work experience;
- Post-secondary degree in communications, journalism, or related field;
- Ability to write clearly, concisely and persuasively for a variety of audiences and platforms; excellent command of grammar, usage, and tone;
- Experience developing a wide range of effective communications materials and tools, including annual reports; advertising; websites; video; marketing collateral; infographics; briefs and talking points; op-eds; etc.
- Experience with website development projects and developing digital engagement strategies;
- Familiarity with the Canadian media landscape and experience generating media interest and coverage for issues-based stories and campaigns;
- Experience developing and/or executing creative and impactful engagement, fundraising, and public education campaigns;
- Proficiency with Drupal, WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, MailChimp, and all the main social media platforms. Familiarity with Salesforce an asset.
- Fluency in French (written and spoken) an asset.
Position details: Full-time, permanent; 37.5 hours per week
Start date: February
Please submit a covering letter and resume in a single document to work@cfccanada.ca with “Communications Manager” in the subject line. Posting closes December 30, 2016 at 5 p.m.
CFCC is committed to employment equity and encourages applicants from equity-seeking groups. Only those applicants being considered will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in CFCC.