Social Media and News Coordinator - Victoria, Canada - University of Victoria

University of Victoria

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Victoria, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Organizational Unit- University of Victoria -> VP External Relations -> UVic Communications & Marketing- Posting Close Date

March 2023- Please note that positions will close at 4 p.m. on the closing date.- FTE

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0- Salary Grade- $65, $85, Additional Posting Information- N/A- Salary posted will be pro-rated based on FTE- Classification

SG10- Start Date- 3/20/2023- End Date- 3/19/2024- Employee Group:

PEA
Term
# of Hires Needed
1
Category
Arts, Entertainment, and Media
About this OpportunityThe University of Victoria is one of Victoria's largest employers and one of Canada's best diversity employers. Together we are more than 5,000 dedicated faculty, librarians and staff supporting the University of Victoria's diverse academic programs, world-class research and commitment to civic engagement.

The salary range for this position is:

Recruitment range:
$65,701- $72,440 starting salary determined by the PEA Collective Agreement.

Performance range:
starting salary to max of $85,446 is available through annual performance increases.

_ This position may be eligible for a Remote Work Arrangement_

Job SummaryReporting to the Manager, Marketing and Communications, the Social Media and News Coordinator will work closely with UC+M staff and stakeholders across campus to centrally coordinate the adaptation and distribution of the UVic's key institutional stories across the university's central communications channels.

This position will create or adapt content for the various channels including social media for targeted audiences as an important and regular part of their work.

This position will be responsible for the UVic website news management system and for posting and coordinating content assets within this platform, and for providing technical and standards based news management system training and support for its use where required.

A periodic review of the system and recommendations for improvements (including a potential replacement) of this system, as well as their implementation are also within the scope of this role.

This position will engage UC+M leadership in the development and implementation of a strategic distribution plan for story content across the university's central communications channels.

To support this plan, this position will coordinate editorial and technical development of story content.

This position will also identify distribution channels in consultation with UC+M leadership; make recommendations for placement of story content, and the coordination of placement with the designated UC+M staff for each channel.

This position will also create or adapt content for the various channels as an important and regular part of their work.

This position will work with department staff to engage communications officers across faculties and units to make content distribution recommendations in alignment with the university's strategic priorities.

This position will play a role in UVic's emergency response network by providing support to utilize any of UVic's communications channels to alert and notify our stakeholders in the event of an emergency or crisis.

This position plays an integral role in UC+M's mandate to communicate UVic's vision and strategic objectives, and to promote and protect UVic's brand as one of Canada's leading research-intensive universities.

They focus on the university's expertise, accomplishments and community engagement, represented through the university's positioning components and research communications strategy, to position UVic as one of Canada's leading research-intensive universities.

Job RequirementsThis position requires a Bachelor's degree in Communications (or related degree), or experience in a related field and four years of experience in internet technologies development and customer service.

Experience requirements include:

Project management
Popular social media platforms and enterprise dashboards
HTML/XHTML, CSS, web program scripting familiarity
Complex content management systems and related technical infrastructure
Creation of social media content

Equivalent combinations of training, education and/or experience may be considered.

Competencies include:

Can confidently edit and write for different audiences and digital media
Ability to synthesize complex material and write plain language content for a general audience across multiple platforms
Has a strong understanding of a variety of social platforms and emerging types of digital media in order to coordinate the most impactful digital media distribution strategy for multiple audiences
Ability to motivate creative and technical staff
Excellent interpersonal and promotional skills
Demonstrated analytical skills
Ability to make decisions quickly and appropriately
Excellent time management skills and an ability to prioritize workload, shifting attention among dynamic tasks and prioritie