Director Of Communications Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• University degree in an appropriate field combined with 5 years of experience in philanthropy or business development.
• Solid experience in organizing events, fundraising activities, and establishing partnerships.
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
• Essential bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written.
• Strong ability to engage with the business community.
• High solicitation capacity.
• Experience in managing and recruiting teams and volunteers.
• Excellent knowledge and mastery of computer tools, such as Office and data management software.
• Proof of absence of criminal records related to the position held.
• Good knowledge of the regional community sector.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent organizational skills, initiative, and autonomy.
• Excellent analytical skills and resourcefulness.
• Excellent priority management.
• Ability to rally work teams towards a common goal.
• Ability to combine leadership and management.
• Adaptability to change, allowing for handling multiple files simultaneously.
• High sense of integrity, professional ethics, and loyalty.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Innovation aptitude.
• Relational and labor relations maturity.
• Ability to coach multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide human, mobilizing, and structuring leadership to ensure the effective execution of activities and projects under its responsibility, in line with the ASO's mission, vision, and strategic directions.
• Contribute to maintaining accessible, adapted, and quality services for people living with a neurocognitive disorder and their loved ones.
• Manage two team members, offering close support and clarifying expectations, responsibilities, and priorities.
• Oversee the work, support skill development, and foster autonomy, collaboration, and accountability of each person.
• Mobilize resources under its responsibility around common objectives through listening, adaptability, and positive leadership, contributing to a healthy, respectful, and stimulating work environment.
• Ensure optimal resource utilization, continuous improvement of practices, and adaptation of activities based on the growing and evolving needs of the individuals supported.
• Exercise a strategic function under the supervision of the General Director, in collaboration with the work team and volunteers, and in accordance with organizational values (respect, person-centered approach, teamwork, and excellence).
• Propose innovative solutions in philanthropic development to ensure the organization's growth and visibility.
• Act as a resource person for various professional matters and assist the management team, all employees, and administrators with any relevant issues.
• Serve as the organization's anchor for developing financial and service partnerships.
• Implement a major gifts program, planned giving, and philanthropic development.
• Oversee communications inherent to the organization's activities and maintain good relations with regional partners.
• Identify and develop business opportunities to achieve the organization's philanthropic objectives within the strategic plan.
• Collaborate closely on the budget and ensure accountability for activities under its responsibility.
• Solicit, recognize, and retain donors to achieve set objectives.
• Develop and implement fundraising strategies encompassing all types of donations.
• Develop and manage a major gifts and planned giving program.
• Develop and manage a donor recognition program.
• Participate in strategic planning and ensure the implementation of activities under its responsibility.
• Conclude partnership agreements, whether financial or service-based, with various regional donors.
• Develop, mobilize, and solidify relationships with all donors, financial and service partners, community organizations, and the Outaouais business community.
• Develop and encourage third-party fundraising activities for the ASO.
• Analyze third-party activity offers and sign collaboration agreements.
• Develop, propose, and coordinate new fundraising activities.
• Maintain continuous training in fundraising to ensure best practices and trends.
• Manage the organization's annual fundraising and collection activity calendar.
• Maintain membership and presence in regional business groups, such as the Gatineau Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, etc.
• Attend various networking events to promote the organization and identify potential partners and/or donors.
• Participate in the development of the philanthropic and communications budget and ensure accountability.
• Manage human resources under its responsibility in collaboration with the General Director.
• Supervise and conduct employee performance evaluations.
• Ensure support and collaboration among employees in its department.
• Collaborate in updating and/or drafting policies and procedures related to its department.
• Develop and ensure compliance with current standards, policies, and procedures.
• Plan continuous training for employees and make recommendations.
• Plan and lead team meetings for employees under its charge.
• Plan and coordinate employee work schedules.
• Participate in identifying, recruiting, and retaining volunteers who will contribute to fundraising activities.
• Recruit and manage expert volunteer committees.
• Oversee recognition activities for volunteers under its responsibility.
• Supervise collaboration between the communications manager and external communications firms.
• Manage the creation of the organization's communications, marketing, and promotional documents and tools.
• Validate external communications, promotional tools, and key messages of the organization.
• Lead, in collaboration with department managers, the organization's special activities, such as Volunteer Week, Yolande Gravel Awards, Alzheimer's Awareness Month, Caregiver Week, etc.
• Supervise the programming and monitoring of the ASO's social media and website updates.
• Participate in the production of the annual report, including writing and data collection.
• In collaboration with management teams, ensure the deployment of the communication plan.

Benefits

• Annual salary according to the current salary scale: $79,297 to $98,698, depending on experience.
• Flexible work schedule of 35 hours per week, according to current policy.
• Availability to occasionally work evenings and weekends.
• Workplace: Gatineau and Aylmer service points, with the possibility of teleworking according to current policy and operational needs.
• 7 sick days and 3 personal days annually.
• 13 statutory holidays.
• 2 weeks of vacation per year pro rata to hours worked, plus 2 paid weeks during office closure at the end of December, including associated holidays.
• Group insurance plan including free access to a telemedicine service (including psychologists and psychotherapists).
• RVER (Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan) with employer contribution.
• Wellness program (reimbursement of expenses related to activities or work-life balance).
• Work-life balance program.
• Free parking.