Energize Bridgewater Engagement and Communication Officer (Term: 2 years)

Energize Bridgewater Engagement and Communication Officer (Term: 2 years)

ABOUT ENERGIZE BRIDGEWATER

Over the past decade, the Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, has emerged as an international leader in sustainability and energy transition planning and programming. Winner of a GLOBE award in 2018 as well as the national Smart Cities Challenge in 2019, the community's Energize Bridgewater program has been recognized for its approach to innovation in a municipal setting.

Through this program, the Town is moving toward a transition to a clean, energy efficient economy within 30 years, while simultaneously lifting its residents out of energy poverty, a condition that affects nearly 40% of the population. With funding in place for the next five years, Bridgewater is expanding its sustainability team by seeking highly motivated professionals who want to be at the forefront of climate, energy, and social innovation in Canada.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced, creative, insights-driven, hands-on senior engagement and communications professional. You will be part of the Town of Bridgewater’s small but mighty Energize Bridgewater team. Reporting to the Energize Bridgewater Project Manager, the Energize Bridgewater Engagement and Communications Officer designs, delivers, and evaluates internal and external engagement and communications strategies and initiatives.

As this multidisciplinary team’s communications and engagement expert, you will work closely with the Energize Bridgewater Project Manager to ensure alignment and integration between the Energize Bridgewater program streams and all related engagement and communications work, as well as to organizational, community and academic engagement initiatives. The Engagement and Communications Officer ensures that program engagement and communications activities are centrally coordinated, and that the accessibility needs of all stakeholders, including marginalized and vulnerable community members, are comprehensively integrated into all products and channels.

In this role, your ability to juggle multiple responsibilities on tight timelines is essential. If you are a self-starter with demonstrated experience developing unique, engaging, and consistent engagement and communications with a design flare, this would be the right role for you. The role requires strategic thinking, cross-team collaboration, and exceptional written communication, branding, digital media (web, social, video), and design skills.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism, or a related field.

Experience:

• A minimum of three years of progressive experience in a role or roles with responsibility for internal and external communications strategy and implementation, content creation, and engagement planning and implementation.
• Proven experience with paid social media strategies.
• Experience developing video, including conceptualization and storyboarding.
• Experience developing and implementing communications and content marketing plans that include measurement metrics.
• Experience managing external consultants.
• Experience in any of the following considered an asset:
  • Energy efficiency and/or renewable energy projects
  • Smart cities initiatives
  • Public sector
  • Community services sector and/or poverty alleviation
  • WordPress or comparable web platforms.
  • Familiarity with MindManager software

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TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Two-year term position
• Salary: $48,883 - $65,163, commensurate with experience.
• Full-time (35 hours per week)

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested individuals should forward a resume and cover letter in confidence to:

Ashley Chase, Human Resources Officer

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Deadline to apply: Friday, May 14, 2021

While we thank you for your interest, only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

• The Town of Bridgewater is committed to the fundamental principles of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to treating people fairly, with respect and dignity, and to offering equal employment opportunities based upon an individual's qualifications and performance — free from discrimination or harassment because of Age, Race, Colour, Religion, Creed, Ethnic, national or aboriginal origin, Sex (including pregnancy and pay equity), Sexual orientation, Physical disability, Mental disability, Family status, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, or other protected characteristics, in accordance with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code.
• The Town of Bridgewater is committed to the principles of the Accessibility Act. As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment, and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..