Manager, Marketing & Communications

Women's College Hospital•Toronto, ON

2d•CA$82,500 - CA$90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Women's College Hospital Foundation (WCHF) is seeking an experienced Manager, Marketing & Communications who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is looking to play a central and strategic role in a growing Marketing & Communications team, embraces health equity, and seeks to champion the voice of our organization. The candidate has experience working for a hospital or healthcare Foundation and writing fundraising- and donor-specific communications, and is immensely creative, with the ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts in a multitude of ways that will excite and mobilize existing and potential audiences and donors. Shining a light on and lifting-up the work taking place at Women’s College Hospital (WCH) in ways that will attract donor interest and encourage brand engagement, the candidate will have the opportunity to connect with some of Canada’s leading healthcare professionals and write on subjects critical in today’s health landscape. This is a unique opportunity to expand awareness and understanding of an already successful hospital brand. The role holds considerable responsibility with carriage of the written output from WCHF, and significant contributions to strategic planning. Commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access is a necessity for this role, as this is a guiding principle of WCHF. WCHF values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, racialized people, LGBTQ2+ individuals, people with disabilities, and foreign-born residents to apply.

Requirements

Post-secondary education (3-4 year degree) in a related field, or comparable work experience.
Minimum 8-10 years’ experience, including work with a hospital and/or healthcare Foundation and/or organization seeking funding from the public.
Demonstrable experience writing Donor Proposals, Cases For Support and Impact Reports.
Understanding of healthcare sector and hospital environment is welcome.
Ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts in easy-to-understand and compelling ways.
Ability to work proactively to ensure all deadlines are met to ensure business continuity.
Enthusiasm for WCH and WCHF mission.
Personable and service-oriented with the ability to positively interact internally as a team member, as well as externally with donors and leadership members.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and an ability to multi-task with minimal supervision.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and to work well under tight timelines or changes in priorities.
Highly organized, accurate and detail oriented

Responsibilities

Contributing to development of WCHF materials, including: Donor Proposals, Cases For Support and Impact Reports; Events communications (such as: speaking remarks, presentations, collateral materials); Donor public campaign materials (such as: newsletters, e-blasts); CEO communications (such as: op-eds, team-wide communications, speeches); Organizational documents (such as: Annual Reports, Board of Director reports and memos)
Project managing communications materials from beginning to end; accountability of final outputs of materials.
Manages one direct report
Act as resource to colleagues across the organization.
Liaising with colleagues in WCHF and WCH, including medical and healthcare practitioners and patients, to understand the stories that can and should be told and proposing how best to tell them.
Managing critical paths to ensure clarity of drafts and deadlines.
Supporting team to develop templates for best-in-class, consistent, and effective donor and public communications