Communications Officer - Toronto, Canada - Ontario Power Generation

Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation
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Toronto, Canada

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Location:
Toronto, ON, CA, M5G 1X6
Req ID:44881
OPG is a Top 100 GTA and Top Diversity Employer 2023
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Status: 18 month Contract
Working Conditions: Hybrid, minimum 3 days in the office
Education Level:4 year University Degree in the area of communications, marketing, public relations or journalism
Location: Toronto, ON
Number of Position(s):1

Travel: 10%
Deadline to Apply:December, 14th, 2023
Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

  • Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and changemakers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.
  • Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on and off the job.
    ACCOMMODATIONS
    This position is moving to OPG Corporate Headquarters:In Summer 2025, OPG will officially welcome employees to our new Corporate Headquarters located at 1908 Colonel Sam Drive, Oshawa, Ontario. This new space will enable teamwork, collaboration and innovation that will help us to achieve our mission to electrify life in one generation.
    JOB OVERVIEW
  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and resultsdriven professional to join our team in the role of a Communications Officer.
  • This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG's public outreach, engagement, and education efforts as part of the company's commitment to growing its social license.
    KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Establish and sustain sound working relationships with key sources within OPG to create ongoing opportunities for content development. This will include regular weekly calls with site contacts and cold calls to sources.
  • Assist in the identification and implementation of corporate relations and communications strategies, processes, and programs.
  • Implement community relations and employee communications programs and solutions to address issues and impacts.
  • Provide advice to the Corporate Relations and Communications management team and senior staff in implementing his/her part of the OPG corporate relations and communications strategies and programs.
  • Attend employee and public events at OPG locations, the site information centres, or in the local community as required to capture content for social media or other communications programs.
  • Keep abreast of new media and social media options and emerging trends in web technologies.
  • Assist in providing information to and coordinating spokesperson responses to employees, community stakeholders, and media.
  • Assist in monitoring the effectiveness of communications programs and strategies.
  • Provide backup support in the planning and execution of employee events.
  • Other Duties as Required

EDUCATION

  • 4 year University Degree in the area of communications, marketing, public relations or journalism.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 6+ years of experience with digital and social media, experience in developing webbased communications materials, and proficiency with publishing and content management systems.
  • Requires strong writing skills and experience in writing for a variety of digital mediums, with a focus on social media.
  • Requires experience with basic graphic/video design, project management and developing communications.
  • Requires experience with digital publishing and social monitoring tools.
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a flexible hybrid office environment.
    What Makes a Career at OPG Different?
  • As Ontario's largest clean energy generator, we're building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.
  • At OPG, our values are our strengths.
They are fundamental truths about our organization that don't change:


Safety - it's our business
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Integrity - always lead with integrity
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Excellence - never satisfied with good enough
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Inclusion - working together for powerful outcomes
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Innovation - creativity accelerates possibility
Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

  • Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
  • Longterm career growth and development opportunities
  • Electricity is vital to the province and OPG's clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.

Our promise to you:


  • We care about the safety and the wellbeing of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
  • A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
  • Opportunities to stretch and develop.
  • Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
  • Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
  • We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion
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