Communications Specialist - Special Projects and Digital Communications, Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Posting ID Number: 2024-5557
Job Title: Communications Specialist - Special Projects and Digital Communications FT 2024-5557
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Public Relations
Number of Positions: 1
Status: New
Posting Date: 24 April, 2024
Reporting to the Manager of Public Affairs & Communications, the Communications Specialist, Special Projects and Digital Communications, will support Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s communication needs for both internal audiences and within the community.
Join our team as a Communications Specialist and contribute your unique skills and talents to shaping stories of hope, healing, and health. This is your opportunity to make a significant impact, developing communication that matters, applying your passion for storytelling to a role that will challenge and reward you in equal measure. Influence Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s brand as a growing, forward looking, values based acute-care hospital dedicated to a vision of creating healthier communities, together.
In this dynamic role, you will:
Support and champion initiatives like “Wellness & Well-being” and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” bringing these essential corporate priorities to life.
Craft compelling content across all platforms, from heartwarming interviews with our diverse hospital family to visually striking graphics, videos and photographs, ensuring our voice resonates in every corner of the community.
Be a storytelling maestro, guiding our clinical and corporate teams to uncover and articulate impactful narratives, enhancing the visibility and understanding of our mission: Keeping people at the heart of all we do.
Ensure the message is consistent and unmistakably CMH, embodying our brand with clarity and creativity across all channels.
Navigate the social media landscape with finesse, engaging with our community and managing digital conversations with empathy and insight.
Extend your expertise across departments, supporting a wide range of projects and ensuring our communication materials are fresh, informative, and accessible.
Forge strong partnerships with the CMH Foundation, volunteers, and regional allies, amplifying our collective impact through united communication efforts.
Analyze, synthesize, and translate complex ideas into clear, engaging communication pieces, from infographics to event materials, making health and hospital-related information accessible to all.
Offer strategic communications counsel and hands-on support for corporate initiatives, events, and special projects, always with an eye toward fostering community connections.
Step into the heart of our clinical and corporate teams, promoting initiatives and celebrating achievements, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.
Stand ready to provide media and crisis communications support, maintaining calm and clarity when it matters most.
Education & Experience
Post-secondary degree or diploma in communications, public relations, journalism or related field
Five (5) years of experience in corporate communications (or comparable equivalent field)
Qualifications
Excellent written, listening and presentation skills
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment while effectively managing multiple competing requests
Great attention to detail
Positive team player who works collaboratively with all hospital stakeholders
Highly motivated with demonstrated success in taking initiative and problem solving
Communication planning with clearly articulated strategies, key messages and manageable timelines
Maintains professionalism and represents the hospital with diplomacy
Proficiency using Microsoft Office, Canva, Gimp, Adobe Creative Suite
Proficiency with producing graphics, video and photographs
Proficiency with publishing to multiple social media platforms at strategically opportune times
Experience with SharePoint and Drupal 9,10
Both a cover letter and resume must be included in the application to be considered for this position.
As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID-19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Cambridge Memorial Hospital requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.
The successful external applicant is required to provide the applicable criminal record check, as requested by Human Resources, in accordance with federal and provincial legislation. Valid criminal record checks are in original format and dated with two months from date of conditional offer from CMH.
CMH Inclusion Statement
At Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH), community matters to us. We acknowledge and are grateful for the opportunity to meet, work and offer healthcare on what is the traditional territories for the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee and the Chinnonton.
We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace; one that generates belonging. We want a work culture where people are free to express their authentic selves and are able to bring their best daily. That includes a workplace that is free from violence, harassment and discrimination of any kind.
We welcome all applicants and encourage members of equity-deserving groups including Indigenous and LGBTQ2SIA+ communities regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, neurodiversity or physical ability. We promise to ask if needed, and to provide reasonable accommodation to you during the recruitment and selection process to ensure an equitable experience.
To support all of us in this journey, Cambridge Memorial Hospital is an employee partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion (CCDI) and provides access to all CMH members to CCDI resources and education. We encourage you to reflect upon our inclusive commitment to you as we welcome and encourage you to explore a promising future career at CMH.
Mari Iromoto Executive Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Susan Toth, Director of Human Resources
We thank all those who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.