Public Engagement Officer - Canada - WUSC / EUMC

Description

POSITION TITLE

• Public Engagement Officer

POSITION LOCATION

• Ottawa, Canada preferred (hybrid work model)

REPORTS TO

• Manager, Public Engagement

CONTRACT TERM

• Indeterminate

SALARY LEVEL

• PRO1 (50K 56K)

APPLICATION DEADLINE

• August 6, 2023

EXPECTED START DATE

• August 2023

LANGUAGES

• Bilingual English / French

Are you passionate about engaging Canadians in global development? WUSC is currently looking for a Public Engagement Officer to support WUSC's public engagement strategy, and mobilize our network of international volunteers and volunteer alumni.

BACKGROUND

WUSC (World University Service of Canada) is a Canadian non-profit organization working to create a better world for all young people.

We bring together a diverse network of students, volunteers, schools, governments, and businesses who share this vision.

Together, we develop solutions in education, economic opportunities, and empowerment to overcome inequality and exclusion for youth around the world, particularly young women and young refugees.

WUSC currently works in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, with an annual budget of approximately CAD $40 million.

We have over 90 staff in our Ottawa office, and over 200 people overseas implementing 16 development projects in collaboration with donors such as Global Affairs Canada, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank.

Volunteering for development is one of the important ways in which WUSC pursues its mission.

WUSC has ambitious targets to mobilize hundreds of skilled Canadian volunteers each year to support partners in lower-income countries where we are working to advance gender equality and facilitate economic opportunities for poor and marginalized young people.

In Canada, this network of volunteers, along with other members of the WUSC network works for us to raise awareness among Canadians to inspire greater action on global development issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of the Manager, Public Engagement, the Public Engagement Officer is responsible for engaging WUSC's network of international volunteers and volunteer alumni to deliver public engagement activities and actively participate in WUSC's campaigns.

The Public Engagement Officer also plays a key role in planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating WUSC's public engagement initiatives and events.

Communications and Digital Engagement

• Develop written content (blogs, webpages) and and support the dissemination of communications;
• Collaborate with country offices and partners to collect and disseminate stories of change to the Canadian public;
• Lead on social media content development to support public engagement campaigns or events promotion;
• Contribute to developing marketing material and other content to support the work of the public engagement team (in both official languages);
• Support the development of digital engagement tools and campaigns;
• Collaborate closely with the corporate communications team to amplify volunteer and program stories, and public engagement activities of volunteers through corporate communications channels to corporate communications audiences.

Public Engagement

• Volunteer & Alumni Engagement_
• Support the design, development, organization, preparation and delivery of preassignment training courses and activities for volunteers, in person and online, in both official languages.
• Facilitate the public engagement section of the returned volunteer debrief, inperson and online
• Develop public engagement resources (e.g. checklists, templates, guides) for international volunteers and other key audiences.
• Ensure continuous communication with mobilized volunteers on public engagement and fundraising campaigns, events, and opportunities.
• Provide oneonone support for volunteers' specific public engagement and fundraising activities (virtual and eventually inperson), offering guidance and ideas, and answering questions as needed.
• Oversee the budget and allocation of funds for volunteer public engagement activities.
• Develop and implement strategies, work plans, and budgets for volunteer alumni onboarding and ongoing alumni engagement;
• Oversee the Alumni Engagement Committee
• Provide oneonone support to alumni who wish to undertake public engagement and fundraising activities among their networks.
• Develop new initiatives (e.g. speakers bureau, networking events) to engage alumni in new and meaningful ways.
• Public Engagement Events & Initiatives_
• Support the development and implementation/dissemination of public engagement initiatives and events, in collaboration with the campus, communications and programs teams.
• Lead on the planning and organization of events targeting alumni and other members of the WUSC network
• Support the logistics and planning of virtua