Job Number: JR107511Job Title: Communications Coordinator - Communications (CON)Union:Union:Job Category: ProfessionalHospital Location: Consilium PlaceJob Type: Permanent, Full timeNumber of Positions: 1Minimum - Maximum Hourly Rate: $38.046 - $44.105Hours: Days
Job Description:Position Overview:Scarborough Health Network (SHN) is seeking a dynamic strategic communications professional to join our team as a Communications Coordinator. Your expertise will be an integral part of developing, planning, and implementing a wide variety of marketing and communications initiatives-particularly supporting SHN's expanding Education and Research programs and promoting academic experiences, including educational activities, research, and community outreach.
The Communications Coordinator reports to the Director of Marketing and Communications, and works in close partnership with academic leadership. The scope of this role includes dynamic content creation and coordinating its delivery across many multimedia channels - with a focus on high quality, innovative and effective storytelling and promotion to advance SHN's academic and community goals. This role requires in-depth knowledge of social media and other digital platforms and relevant trends, exceptional professionalism and communication skills, and awareness of community needs.
Responsibilities: Academic Communications
- Primarily serve as a communications partner for SHN Education, supporting medical, nursing, allied health, and non-clinical education.
- Plan and deliver communications for education programs and priorities, including learner recruitment, preceptor and faculty recognition, academic events, and program milestones.
- Tell the story of SHN's growth as a community teaching health network, including its role as a clinical training partner for the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health.
- Support research communications as SHN's research portfolio grows, including knowledge translation of research activities, research events, and findings for staff, learners, and the Scarborough community.
Content Creation & Organization-Wide Communications
- Collaborate with SHN's education, research, and other departments to create and share stories across diverse communication channels that promote activities, events, and achievements; healthcare professionals, faculty members, learners, and teams; as well as ongoing efforts in improving healthcare accessibility.
- Develop, capture, and produce high-quality, compelling, and on-trend multimedia content. This includes leading on videography and photography, focusing on short-format and easily digestible content, and supporting with design and graphic assets.
- Be part of driving social media strategies for the hospital and managing the SHN Education social media channels with the aim of increasing awareness, engagement, and participation. This includes work on content planning, publishing, and interactive features.
- Maintain and update content across a range of other digital communication channels, including the public website, SharePoint intranet, newsletters, etc.
- Communicate initiatives with a patient-centric approach emphasizing the positive outcomes for individuals within the Scarborough community and promoting a sense of community involvement in healthcare transformation.
- Support partnerships between SHN program areas and other healthcare and academic institutions and affiliates to positively impact community healthcare.
- Foster high engagement through social media platforms among key audiences, with a particular emphasis on students and younger community demographics.
Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Digital Media, or related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a communications, marketing, content creator or specialist, or similar role
- In-depth knowledge of social media platforms, copywriting, visual storytelling, multimedia and short format content development, and emerging digital trends
- Extensive experience capturing and editing photo and video content
- Strong skills with design, video and content management applications and platforms (i.e. Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, CapCut, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Hootsuite, etc.)
- Experience generating content for students or driving knowledge translation for research studies would be considered an asset
- Experience in an academic, healthcare, or post-secondary environment is considered an asset
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills
- Ability to build rapport with others and elicit engaging responses for compelling content
- Ability to think creatively and strategically
- Detail-orientated with excellent organizational skills
- Awareness of healthcare and community-related issues in Scarborough
Working Conditions: - Location: On-site minimum four (4) days per week, with remote work option one (1) day per week depending on project needs and schedule.
- Travel: Travel between SHN hospitals (Birchmount, Centenary, and General) is required, as well as to off-site locations on occasion.
- Schedule: Flexibility to work outside regular business hours to support events and content capture as needed.
Please include a portfolio with examples of past digital and communications work when applying for this position. This opportunity is posted to support the recruitment of an existing vacant position.
