Communications Specialist (Internal)

About Western

Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth.  We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

About Us

The Western Communications team provides strategic advice to university senior leadership, faculty, staff and teams of internal and external communications staff across Western in order to build the university’s brand on a local, national and global scale.

Western is a dynamic place full of passionate people intent on making an impact in the world, today. 
 

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Associate Director, Integrated Communications you will work closely with various staff, faculty and leaders across campus to lead the development and implementation of internal communication plans and strategies that build bridges between the administration and campus community to advance the University’s goals. You will develop and edit Inside Western – our weekly digital newsletter for faculty and staff – and manage mass emails for the university. You will play a pivotal role in keeping employees at Western informed of what is taking place at the University

Role Overview

Western Communications is looking for a master of messaging who excels at collaborating with teams and driving engagement from within.¿ 

The role requires a strategic thinker who thrives on creating compelling content to captivate internal audiences through effective communications. 

Qualifications

Ideal candidate

The ideal candidate has an undergraduate degree; with a major in communications, journalism, media relations or related program, coupled with 5 years’ experience supporting communications plans for a variety of projects.

You have in-depth knowledge of principles of writing, including grammar and style and are current with communications best practices, processes, trends and tools. 

You inspire others and have the ability to establish and build effective working relationships and partnerships with colleagues and stakeholders. You have strong project management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously from conception to completion within tightly prescribed timelines
 

Western Values Diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.  If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone 519-661-2194.

Please Note:

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.


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