Communications Coordinator, Business Council of - Calgary, Canada - Diverse Workforce

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Calgary, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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ABOUT US
We are a small team with a big mandate—to make life better for Albertans. We do what we do because we love this province and the people who call it home. Alberta is a place of opportunity, resilience, and innovation—and we want to make it even better. We do so by increasing economic and social prosperity through thriving business.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Communications Coordinator will play a critical role in telling the Business Council of Alberta (BCA)—and Alberta—story to a diverse audience across BCA's channels.

Reporting to the Vice President, Communications & External Relations and Manager, Communications & Brand, you will work with the Communications and Policy teams to execute a variety of communications, policy, external relations, and administrative projects—all in service of making life better for Albertans.

You will be responsible for deploying, tracking, and updating BCA's digital communications from newsletters and social media to website posting and maintenance.

You will be a key point of quality control, ensuring everything the Council puts out meets the standard of excellence.

You will also act as administrative support to the Communications & External Relations team.

We work in a very fast-paced environment, and we take a team approach to our work.

You must be adaptable, flexible, proactive, and willing to take on assignments outside of your core function to help our entire team succeed.

With your colleagues, you will produce content for the top chief executives in the province, government decision makers, Indigenous groups, community leaders, non-profit and other stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Executing Communications Strategy

Policy and communications content: create and publish a variety of different content to support the communication of BCA's policy ideas, including newsletters, website copy, reports, social media, videos, briefing notes, and more.
Social media strategy: execute the BCA social strategy and schedule; develop new content, celebrate policy moves and member successes; and repurpose content such as pulling quotes from reports or podcast clips as social content.
Website updates: ensure BCA website content is current including member rosters, commentaries, podcasts, media stories, and economic analyses.
Graphic development: design graphics for website, social, and newsletter content.
Content management: develop and maintain a library of photos, and shortform and longerform video content, including writing scripts, filming, and editing video/photos, and posting to appropriate channels.
Quality control and proofreading: ensure every piece of content is proofread and flawless.
Campaign execution: assist the team in brainstorming and building campaigns around policy recommendations.

Communications Administration

Act as core administrative support for department head, and other team members as needed.
Meetings and scheduling: schedule meetings; follow up on RSVPs; create and distribute agendas, summaries, and reports.
Financial administration: track vendor invoices and expenses and create expense reports.
Performance tracking: track performance for BCA's communications activities using BCA's monitoring software programs, social media analytics, and maintain OKR tracking sheets.

Media Support

Media facts and messages: maintain a record of key facts and messages for use in communications and media, across several priority topics.
Track member media announcements for use as proof points and to celebrate in communications.

Member Meeting and Events

Assist with member events, such as with setup and registration tables.

ABOUT YOU

Values
You believe in creating a better Alberta within a strong Canada. BCA's values of innovation, integrity, community, and legacy resonate with you.

Characteristics
You have a curious and open mind, and you value learning. You welcome feedback and see it as a gift. You are confident and welcome challenges as opportunities. You are happy to accept assignments and tasks that stretch outside your formal job or comfort zone.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Excellent written, verbal, numeracy, and presentation skills
High proficiency in Office 365 Suite, especially Outlook and Excel
Effective time management and the ability to juggle multiple tasks
Adaptability and willingness to learn

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Certificate, Diploma, or Bachelor's Degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Business or relevant field
Preference for those with completion of a cooperative education term or internship
Experience in communications, events, or media an asset
Knowledge of CMS (WordPress, HubSpot)
Social scheduling tools
Analytics tools (Google Analytics, social media analytics)
Basic graphic design (Canva)

This role could be right for a wide variety of experience profiles from early career to more experienced. W